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Default ACF Flexible Content Fields

Written by Anthony Published December 29, 2018 Discussion 2 Comments on Default ACF Flexible Content Fields

I had a recent request to set up some default Advance Custom Fields Flexible Content Fields for new posts. We often use FCF blocks for a lot of our page creation to allow for greater customization and flexibility. While this might seem like limiting some of that flexibility it comes with the benefit of streamlining…

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New Office & Desk

Written by Anthony Published March 17, 2018September 5, 2018 Discussion Leave a Comment on New Office & Desk

I’ve been working from home for almost a year we finally got around to setting up a better office. We have a three bedroom home and decided to swap the rooms we use as the office and the guest room. After a few years of living in a home you realize the initial decisions you…

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A Return to Television

Written by Anthony Published February 3, 2018August 31, 2019 Discussion Leave a Comment on A Return to Television

Almost a year has passed since I left the TV station and pursued Web Development work full time. Things are going great, but now I’m starting another journey that has led me back to television. I am now the TD for the Sacramento Kings games on NBC Sports California. For now I’m doing mostly the…

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Books Read in 2017

Written by Anthony Published January 2, 2018September 9, 2018 Discussion Leave a Comment on Books Read in 2017

2017 Shaped up to be a better reading year. Getting hooked to the Expanse and Red Rising series certainly helped. That and my new job allowed for a long vacation in December to get a lot of reading done. The Well of Ascension – Brandon Sanderson The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler —…

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WordCamp Sacramento 2017 Photography

Written by Anthony Published September 21, 2017March 4, 2019 Discussion Leave a Comment on WordCamp Sacramento 2017 Photography

This year I took on the role of Photographer Wrangler on the organizing committee. That meant I reached out to all the volunteers who said they would help photograph the event and organized a schedule for everyone. We were a little short on volunteers so I ended up shooting both days and I had to…

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Lomo Photography

Written by Anthony Published June 23, 2017September 9, 2018 Discussion Leave a Comment on Lomo Photography

I’ve been going through some old photo folders and stumbled across some of my favorites from my lomo kick. All pictures taken with the Lomo Fisheye and Holga film cameras.

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New Adventures

Written by Anthony Published May 22, 2017February 17, 2018 Discussion Leave a Comment on New Adventures

Today marks my final day working at a television station. It’s been a long journey, with many interviews and jobs that I almost got. I’ve been working on my programming skills for several years. A little more than a month ago I got my first part-time Junior WordPress Developer position that I could do from…

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MAMP PRO for Local WordPress Development

Written by Anthony Published May 21, 2017February 17, 2018 Discussion Leave a Comment on MAMP PRO for Local WordPress Development

I’ve used a few different options for local development on my laptop over the years. I’m at a transition point in my career and I thought I would take a minute to post on my workflow. I hope it helps others and serves as a reference point for me in the future. For a while…

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Local Timings Application

Written by Anthony Published March 13, 2017February 16, 2018 Discussion Leave a Comment on Local Timings Application

In my day job working at a local television station I spend time in Master Control monitoring our five stations that we broadcast. Two of these are sub-channels that play out old movies and tv shows from a network feed. The network sends a pulse when its time for our local break to air and…

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Book Read in 2016

Written by Anthony Published January 2, 2017September 9, 2018 Discussion Leave a Comment on Book Read in 2016

I didn’t read as many books this year but the ones I did were great. I finished reading the Silo series, started the Mistborn and Expanse series. Here are all the books and their descriptions. Shift – Hugh Howey In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platforms that…

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Locking Down WordPress Login Pages

Written by Anthony Published December 29, 2016February 9, 2017 Discussion Leave a Comment on Locking Down WordPress Login Pages

WordPress has many best practices when setting up a new site, one of which is changing the links for the WordPress login pages. When I set up my own site I realized I took some shortcuts and never got around to this.

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Rediscover Theme Settings with the WordPress Customizer

Written by Anthony Published November 14, 2016January 15, 2017 Discussion 5 Comments on Rediscover Theme Settings with the WordPress Customizer

The blog post version of my WordCamp Sacramento 2016 talk on the WordPress Customizer, covering the basics as well as brand new features as of WordPress 4.6

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  • Michelle McGinnis

    This is so great, thank you! Very useful.

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  • Ben Palmer

    Really cool little trick, ive prepopulated them with a custom query but this is a great little thing to help…

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  • Adrian

    Great example, thank you. I looked for something similar.

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  • Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer

    Good Continuation !

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  • Anthony

    Hi Troy, thanks for checking out my post. I did a little testing with your question and found that without…

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