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Param Chahal

Param Chahal, the mind behind TemplateToaster have more than a decade of industry experience. He wishes to render his pool of wisdom on to the world by contributing with content ideas here on this blog through a team of dedicated editors and writers.

Error 503 Service Unavailable: The Ultimate Troubleshooting Guide

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If you are just a beginner and working on your website, it is quite possible that you run into some errors. It will be a great disappointment as you are new to it. But where there is a problem, there is obviously a solution. This is true for all the major CMSes as supported by an active community to help you out even on exceptional things you encounter. But there are some common errors though encountered rarely like 503 service unavailable error. The main difficulty in handling this error is- finding the reason that returns a 503 error. So, we have made a try to lessen your problem by giving you a detailed view of this very error with possible causes and fixes. Let’s get down to business starting with “What a 503 service unavailable error actually is”!

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A Complete Guide to WordPress .htaccess file: Security, SSL, Redirect, Rules, Tricks & More

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The .htaccess or simply htaccess file is a great tool that allows you to have some worthy cool things on your website. It manipulates how Apache serve files from its root directory and all the subdirectories in WordPress. The WordPress Htaccess file is an important but also a temperamental system file. A small code error in htaccess file can result in server malfunctioning. So, a backup should always be maintained and extra caution should be taken while dealing with it. Here, we will cover all the basics of htaccess file, setting up security, SSL, redirects to permalinks etc. in WordPress htaccess file. So let’s dive in to learn how to optimize the htaccess file for your WordPress website.

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“jQuery is Not Defined”: Fixing the Common jQuery Error in WordPress

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jQuery Is Not Defined Fixing The Common jQuery Error in WordPress website

JavaScript is used for anything from inducing interactivity into WordPress page like hovers to create animation and effects. Whatever fancy functionality you see on WordPress page, comes from JavaScript. Though it is very popular to provide flexibility, runtime errors are very common with this. One of the most common JavaScript errors in WordPress is - “jquery is not defined”. It makes things stop or not working on your WordPress site. Let’s see the causes of this issue and procedure to fix it in detail.

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Top 10 jQuery Cheat Sheets: Hand Books for Time-Starved Geeks

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jQuery Cheat Sheets

jQuery is well-written JavaScript library that can be easily implemented for rapid web development. Web developers use jQuery for more exciting, interactive, and more user- friendly web pages. It simply adds a wow factor to your site. But it's not that easy to memorize all its syntax. So, here it’s good to go with jQuery cheat sheets. These are like quick notes for a web designer or developer to code faster. These will keep you ahead of the curve!!

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WordPress Bootstrap Theme Development: How to Use Bootstrap in WordPress from Scratch?

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Responsive websites automatically adjust to look good and function well on any size screen. If you are also thinking to make a responsive website from scratch, nothing can be better than Bootstrap. Bootstrap is a responsive lightweight, fast, and easy framework to develop mobile-first sites. You can use it uniformly across multiple platforms. So, it's best to create responsive themes with super speed. But the question is - how to add Bootstrap in WordPress themes? Here is the step by step tutorial to guide you. It will cover all the basics to make a WordPress Bootstrap Enabled theme.

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How to Properly Add JavaScript and jQuery to WordPress using wp_enqueue_script and Plugins?

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WordPress is a great Content Management System that separates design from the content. It gives you lots of privileges to alter the look and style of your website. But sometimes, you feel restricted to modify the design due to the preset styling options at the theme level. Here, the WordPress Javascript and jQuery step in. This aid you to work out of the page or post boundaries, you are authoring. You can add different styling, layout or content changes to your site by using Javascript or jQuery in WordPress. Even, you can embed audio/video players, interactive pages or subscription forms by using these scripts and libraries. But I think most of the users know where to use WordPress Javascript or jQuery. What they really need to be more concerned about is - how to properly add jQuery or JavaScript in WordPress.

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How to Create a WordPress Custom Login Page?

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If you are running a membership site or blog, you may need a login page. A login page makes users to signup and login using their credentials. It allows them to visit, share and contribute to your site by via posts, images, videos, or comments. But, WordPress provides a default generic login page. It doesn’t give any built-in options to add your own logo and change the feel of a page to match your theme. It is far behind to result in an ideal login page. So, a WordPress custom login page will play an important role here. A custom login page is crucial to add your own branding to the site. You can add more fields to get more information from the users. Moreover, it facilitates you to limit the admin panel access by specifying user roles. In short, a WordPress custom login page offers many benefits with a pleasing user experience.

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How to Create a WordPress Theme Offline from Scratch

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A website promotes your business, services and brings more clients. It is a powerful marketing tool to flourish your business. If you are investing time and efforts into it, it’s good to have a website that will make you feel proud. These days, the users are smarter and choosy about the available options. Even the brands compete for their attention. So, it is essential to stay updated with latest technological advancements. Sometimes, you need to switch to the latest themes. It will give you a beautiful upgraded website to reflect your brand with better SEO results. Usually, the developers and site owners prefer to create WordPress theme offline.

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Magento 2.2 Update: Latest Features with Important Fixes & Enhancements

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Magento Update

Magento 2.2 release encapsulates significant enhancements in platform security and developer experience. It included upgraded technology stack with pipeline deployment. It facilitated separate build and deployment stages that can run separately. After that in the same year, Magento update is launched. It’s really exciting to see Magento update so soon. Let’s see what all new it presents!!

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101 Guide to Wp_kses function: Escaping, Security and more!

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If you're a WordPress developer that writes HTML/CSS/JS, you should be very alert about website security. As it is one of the important aspects to protect your website from hackers, spammers etc. You need to prevent them from injecting malicious code into your databases. You must have heard about escaping. It helps to secure your data prior to rendering it for an end user. It also prevents cross-site scripting (XSS). WordPress provides built-in functions to stop this type of things automatically. But if you need to escape your output in a specific way, wp_kses function in WordPress will come handy. It will give you control over what is allowed and what’s not.

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