While attempting to upload some videos this week, WordPress did not allow me to upload certain file types. I found this helpful page and information: http://msyk.es/blog/adding-removing-allowed-filetypes-wordpress-media-library/ I added the following code in the theme's functions.php file to allow me to import my video files. function my_myme_types($mime_types){ $mime_types['f4v'] = 'video/f4v'; //Adding f4v extension return $mime_types; } add_filter('upload_mimes', … [Read more...]
WordPress Maximum Media File Upload Size
March 8, 2013
This week I have been trying to import some video files to a website. By default, WordPress limits the size of a file to 8M. Not very large for when we need to upload video files. In researching the solution for this, I found this post: http://bavotasan.com/2012/increase-max-upload-file-size-in-wordpress/ The key is to create a php.ini file and put it in the wp-admin folder. I've added the following in my php.ini file: memory_limit = 100M upload_max_filesize = 100M post_max_size = … [Read more...]
Chris Becker is in the top 1% endorsed Flash professionals at LinkedIn
February 8, 2013
Today I received notice from LinkedIn that I was in the top 1% endorsed Flash professionals. I'm grateful to those who have endorsed me. I continue to strive for professionalism in all that I do. I'm also grateful that there are many who have come to trust my experience with Flash and I hope that I will also be able to continue providing expert services including graphic design, website design, illustration, presentation designs, animations, video editing and much more. Thanks again for … [Read more...]
Curious George sketches with the kids at Mayo Elementary School
January 31, 2013
Today I was able to share my illustration skills with the Kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade classes at the Mayo Elementary school in Holden, MA. It was a large group of kids but they were riveted and stayed focused on the stories I read and when I was drawing George. As usual, I had fun having the kids finish the phrase, “This is George. George was a good little monkey, but always…” and they say CURIOUS! It's always a hit. … [Read more...]
htaccess woes solved
December 10, 2012
This week I had a URL rewrite/forwarding issue with one of the websites that I created. The site was rebuilt in WordPress from a static HTML website. The client wanted to make sure that old links took people to an appropriate page or similar page on the new site which now had new or different url's. So we have created several rewrite rules in the .htaccess file (this is a file that has several settings and configurations for this site). Everything worked great for all of the links except for 2 … [Read more...]
WordCamp Boston 2012 – I’m going
June 13, 2012
WordCamp is a place for all of us WordPress guru's to get inspiration, instruction, and make connections. Last year was my first year. There were good and bad sessions but it was overall a good investment of time and money. I'm looking forward to this year. I was thinking about presenting, but I chickened out. If this year is similar to next year, I'll make the leap and do a presentation. WordCamp Boston - July 14 & 15, 2012 … [Read more...]
Shortcodes in WordPress
May 11, 2012
I've been creating WordPress themes and websites for many years now and I still love learning new things - like shortcodes. I knew there was a lot of power just waiting to be welded with shortcodes, but because Genesis is such a powerful and feature-rich framework, I haven't needed to create any shortcodes of my own. A recent job though provided me the opportunity to create my own shortcode. The client wanted to show the author's avatar in post listings and details. This particular custom child … [Read more...]
Curious George sketch at local grade school
February 10, 2012
Today I was able to share my illustration skills with the 1st grade at the Mayo Elementary school in Holden, MA, my daughter's class. My children love to share that their dad drew Curious George. So I get to share my experiences and help them have new experience thanks to George. It was a large group of kids, bigger than I was expecting and I read one of the books I art directed, Curious George Makes Pancakes. I always like having the kids finish the phrase, "This is George. George was a good … [Read more...]