Some audio files in M4A format do not play on some devices.
Remuxing reassembles the data packets of the audio stream and that’s exactly how to fix the problem.
[Rx] How to Setup FlexSlider
FlexSlider is a free responsive jQuery slider toolkit from Woo Commerce. This is not a WordPress plug-in. It’s pure JavaScript.
[Rx] Lossless Ripping of Audio from MP4
I have some video files in MP4 format. I want rip out the audio (.M4a) without re-encoding. This method uses a command line program and a batch file, but YOU CAN DO IT!
[Rx] How to Trim MP4 Videos
Ever been sloppy and left a bunch of junk at the beginning of a screen recording figuring to trim it up later? Easy, just grab a free MP4 trimming tool and clean it up, right? Ah… no.
How to Install Semi-bold and Other Font Variations for Word/PowerPoint
If Microsoft Word and PowerPoint don’t recognize fonts styles other than bold or italic even if other styles are installed, there is a hack.
I found the perfect font to use for titles in a presentation, Raleway Semi-bold. I installed it and when I went back to PowerPoint, I had two options: bold and italic. So, where’s semi-bold? A quick search found that it’s a MS-Office problem. A hack around it was to remove all other variations of the bold font, except for the semi-bold. This would be great unless I wanted to use the actual bold font. My solution was to rename the Semi-Bold Raleway font and install it as a “new” font.
[Rx] How to Convert ePub to PDF using Calibre
Calibre’s defaults for converting ePub to PDF produce a crappy document. Here’s how to solve that problem.
Are you getting ugly pdfs with no margins and odd font sizes without page numbers? Have no fear, there is a very EASY way to solve this problem (well, easy if someone tells you how to do it).
What is Grunt?
What the heck is a JavaScript Task Runner?
Grunt is a command line tool that runs on Node.js and automates your JavaScript build process.
Grunt is an “easy” way compile coffeescript, sass, compass. It can minify, concatenate, and a whole lot more. Everything is simple… as long as you know what you’re doing.
I put the install process for both Node.js and Grunt in the post on Trimming CSS Fat.
HTMLy Flat-File CMS
If you’re looking for a “light” alternative to WordPress that doesn’t require a massive learning curve, PHP-driven HTMLy just might fit the ticket.
HTMLy a simple PHP CMS program that stores all the posts in Markdown. It’s also open source and free. It looks like recent development is a few months old, which is a concern. There is not a lot of documentation available either. Many of these applications are one-man shows. If this guy disappears, so does the program. The good news is that the github issue forum is active.
[Rx] Using WordPress Duplicator to Restore Local Database
Duplicator is a plugin to backup, migrate, copy or clone a site from one location to another.
I wrote a recipe up some time ago to do a localhost database restore using Duplicator, but never prettied it up. Since it might be of use to someone in the future (like me), I’m going to go head and publish it.
CloneVDI to Copy VirtualBox Containers
There’s an option to clone/copy inside of VirtualBox by right-clicking the container. Another option is to use the CloneVDI Tool. I haven’t tested out the last versions of VirtualBox, but last time I used the tool it was much quicker.
