PUMPKIN OR PUMPKIN Jar A symbol of prosperity and wealth. In Chinese tradition, gourd gourd is a symbol of health and wisdom, as well as an attribute of Li Te-guai, the second of the eight Taoist immortals.

Seven months. That's how long ago my last post here went live. After that, I dropped off the Steem world. Why? Well, that's complicated, but I'll try my best to explain. I was deeply involved in a Discord

A month or so ago we were offered two bearded dragons, complete with vivariums. Their current owner had little time to care for them properly and although we don't have much spare room in our house, we

Source Last week I talked about optimizing your images on your Wordpress site to improve page loading times. In this post I will delve further into speeding up your site. Firstly, we need to get a baseline

Source Speed is a very important consideration for visitors to your website. In the early days of the internet, web pages were tiny, reflecting the slower internet connections of the day. As technology

Source Anybody who has used Wordpress knows that the admin page can be found at /wp-admin and the login page is at /wp-login. If a nefarious third party wants to hack your Wordpress site and gain access

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Source I have previously extolled the virtues of combining blogging on Steem with Wordpress - making use of the Steempress plugin from @steempress.io. You can read all about it HERE. During the past nine

Source Last week I announced a small contest here. The winner would receive 12 months worth of Wordpress hosting with me. I usually charge $25 in Steem or SBD for this. In addition, I offered to not only

Source I have been using the @steempress-io Wordpress plugin since the wonderful team of @fredrikaa and @howo pushed it to the plugin repository. It does a great job of reposting your Wordpress posts to

Anyone who has used WordPress prior to the latest version 5 is well versed in using the 'classic editor' for writing posts and creating pages. With the new version came a new editor called Gutenberg. It

Source Last week I shared HERE how to install Wordpress locally on your computer for much speedier development purposes. I ended by posing the question How do I get it uploaded to my host? The other question

For the past several weeks I have been working on developing an online literary journal for The Writers' Block - the premier fiction writing community right here on Steem. This will serve as both a proof

Sauce Two months. Nine weeks. Or sixty-three days. That's how long it has been since I last posted on Steem. Why? Life. If you take a look at my last post, we had a family emergency with my son. All is

Sundays are usually quiet affairs in the Muxxy household. I get a lie in, only to get woken up either by a dog, cat, or Kim bringing me a strong dose of caffeine to bring me round. As it's the day before

When I first began on Steem, I shared and posted about my hobby, 3D modeling. Since getting into writing fiction and co-creating @thewritersblock, I have not had much of a chance to indulge in this pastime.

The second day of Steemfest3 began with an Uber ride to the ICE Krakow Conference Center. My agenda for the day was to catch up with some presentations, host a roundtable discussion, take part in other

I have been part of the @noblewitness team for a while, alongside @SirCork, @Anarcho-andrei and @rhondak. Due to recent events that I won't go into detail about, I have decided to hang up my witness hat.

After two trains and two flights I made my way to Krakow yesterday ready for Steemfest. I flew with KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines, and my first flight had me in Amsterdam within an hour from Birmingham, UK.

Having gone to bed early last night, knowing I planned to be up at 4.30 am, I tossed and turned in my bed. Sleep eluded me, despite how hard I tried to calm my mind. Was it nerves? Worry? Excitement? Maybe