Learn how to use Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Reader or Mac Preview to save copies of your password protected PDFs that no longer require a password.
March 5, 2024
Resave Password Protected PDFs on a Mac
05March
March 4, 2024
Solving the WordPress error: not a valid JSON response
04March
How I solved the Wordpress Error: "Updating failed. The response is not a valid JSON response."
March 1, 2024
Find and Replace Ordinal Numbers using Superscript in InDesign
01March
Learn how to automate superscripting the letter portion of 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc in your InDesign document using Find/Change and GREP.
February 26, 2024
WordPress: updating failed. Could not insert post into the database.
26February
in 2024, when I went back to update older posts on ArtsandBricks.com to make updates, many posts would error and not save. When I clicked "Update," a red bar across the top of the page would appear that read, "Updating failed. Could not insert post into the database." Here's how.
January 30, 2024
Fixing the size of the a href to match with an image
30January
If you've ever run into the issue that the wrapping an image isn't the same height or width as the image it's wrapping, you can often fix this discrepancy with simple CSS. Here's how.
December 18, 2023
Gamifying my writing works!
18December
Why Grammarly first won me over: Being naturally competitive, Grammarly's "gameifying" of my weekly writing comparisons with others using the app motivates me.
December 16, 2023
Reasons to create a domain redirect
16December
Well-designed user experiences work behind the scenes, with the design details often going unnoticed by the end user. Domain redirects can be essential to customer satisfaction and positively reinforce a good user experience. Here are scenarios where this plays out.
November 6, 2023
Tricks for working with the newer versions of Adobe Camera Raw (2023 and beyond)
06November
In 2023, Adobe Camera Raw's user interface changed significantly. This can make it hard to follow along with tutorials recorded before the updates. Here are a few tips and tricks that may help you find moved tools and options.
October 25, 2023
Lottie Animations and Webflow
25October
While designing and building my first Webflow website, I ran into the issue that the Lottie files I created and exported using Bodymovin and LottieFiles from within Adobe After Effects included a blank last frame. This meant that looping was not smooth, and the animation became blank after playing. These two solutions worked for me.
August 24, 2023
Bitbucket: Warning Remote Host Identification Has Changed
24August
On June 20, 2023, Bitbucket issued two new SSH host keys and started replacing the current host keys. This caused my Terminal access to throw a "Warning: Remote Host Identification has changed!" error. Here's how I changed the fingerprints.