Putting your Slack status on “Do Not Disturb” mode is an effective strategy to reduce distractions and concentrate on your tasks. Speaking from experience, as a person who prioritizes efficiency, this function has proven to be extremely beneficial in organizing my schedule and preserving a balanced work-life equilibrium. What is “Do Not Disturb” in Slack? … Read more
Slack has emerged as a crucial resource for teams working remotely, enabling continuous connection and effortless collaboration. A feature I especially appreciate is the option to mark my status as “Away”. In this piece, I’ll guide you on how to change your status to Away on Slack, offering some personal advice and strategies throughout. Step … Read more
Have you ever realized that you’re missing critical messages on Slack owing to your status constantly showing up as “away” or “inactive”? I certainly have experienced this annoyance, particularly when attempting to remain engaged and responsive to your team members. However, worry no more, as I’ve stumbled upon a clever hack that enables you to … Read more
In this article, I’m going to show you how to update your lunch status on Slack. Being a regular Slack user myself, I grasp the significance of clear communication with my team, particularly when it’s time to take a break for lunch. The lunch status option on Slack enables me to inform my team members … Read more
As someone who regularly uses Slack and Zoom, I frequently need to distribute Zoom meeting links to my colleagues. In this article, I’ll walk you through the steps for sharing a Zoom link on Slack, from start to finish. Step 1: Copy the Zoom Meeting Link The first step is to copy the Zoom meeting … Read more
Have you ever been curious about the identity of the person who threw in that funny emoji reaction on a Slack message? Being a regular Slack user, I’ve frequently found myself pondering over who’s behind those tiny expressions of digital feelings. Fortunately, Slack offers a functionality that lets you discover who put an emoji reaction … Read more
Implementing the Microsoft Teams Phone System has greatly enhanced my daily work activities. It has made my communication smoother, boosted my efficiency, and simplified teamwork with my colleagues. In this piece, I’ll guide you through each step of setting up the Microsoft Teams Phone System, enabling you to reap the same advantages. Step 1: Assign … Read more
I had some old tutorials out there that use outdated PHP libraries to access a MySQL database. I wanted to update these to use the latest PHP library called MySQLi. MySQLi is the improved database driver for use in the PHP scripting language to provide an interface to MySQL databases. It replaces both PHP’s MySQL … Read more
In in this tutorial we’re going to set up a local WordPress installation on our desktop environment for testing and development purposes. This installation is going to be an out-of-the-box WordPress installation with the default files and a new database. We’re going to use a newer tool called Local by FlyWheel. Local is a tool … Read more
This tutorial will show you how to insert data into a MySQL database using the latest MySQLi PHP libraries. This tutorial will replace our older tutorial on MySQL libraries and that post will redirect here in the future. Assumptions First, we will assume you have PHP, MySQL, and Apache running. I use MAMP for my … Read more
There are tons of quality WordPress themes out there. You found the perfect one for your site, almost. Everything looks good at first then you decide you need a few little tweaks to the theme code to really fit your needs. Stop modifying the theme directly. Start using WordPress Child Themes. If you aren’t familiar with child … Read more
If you are a web developer doing any kind of CSS and HTML work then you need to be using the zen-coding plugins. So what exactly is zen-coding? It’s not a new language, but more of shortcut system for generating structured code, such as HTML or XML, using a CSS selector like syntax. If you don’t get it yet, you’ll see the beauty within seconds of playing with the language.