This is because a website is more than just a static folder on a computer: there are some dynamic parts, too, that change all the time depending on what device is used or who is accessing the site, for instance. Two tools work together to display the webpage you see: the browser you’re using on …
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How to set up a git repository between a website server and a local computer?
This are the steps to set up a repository between a website hosted on a server and a folder on your local computer. First, git must be set up on both the server and the local computer On the local computer, it’s easy, I just installed Github and that was it. I had created a …
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What is a repository on Git?
A repository is this set of folders that is tracked and synchronized. Contributing to the repository means changing it: adding or removing files, or editing them. Usually, the repository encompasses all the files related to a project. It’s thus connected to the highest-level folder of the project. Git creates a subfolder called “git” within this …
What is a staging server?
A “staging” or “pre-production” server is a server that hosts your website in the same environment as your production or active server. However, access isn’t public and it’s restricted to developers and persons who test it. You might confuse this with: Advantages of having a staging server Basically, it’s a copy of your website that …
Testing out a map plugin
Well, test wasn’t very conclusive. They’re all about putting a thumbtack on a map image and it’s not what I needed. I just resorted to making image pictures instead…
Container for Google tag manager
Deciding where to put the container in case of multi-domain websites depends on two things: how independent are the domains? By this, view it from a user point of view: will a user need to navigate from one to the next seamlessly, or will this never happen? how many tags are common to both? For …
Day 2, google tag manager vs hardcoding tags
Well, thanks to analytics mania I learned that using google tag manager seems to increase performance vs simply hardcoding the tags in the page header. In the end, there are only three ways of adding a tag to a website: hardcode (type) it in the website header code. Disadvantage: you need to code or rely …
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FreshAngle, online day 1, yeah
FreshAngle.eu will have several goals, and the first is simply to get started with an online presence. Succeeded today in setting up the website, creating the database and first basic theme with zero customization. Not bad for a start! It wasn’t easy, but if I hadn’t tried I wouldn’t have made it. Me, today, ‘course …