Update: The developers of MAMP recommend the following workaround: Workaround for the 10.10 Preview 5 bug: Rename the file “envvars” located in into “_envvars” If you’re running MAMP Pro 3 and you installed Yosemite preview 5, you’ve probably noticed Apache won’t start anymore, with the following error: dyld: Symbol not found: _iconv Referenced from: /usr/lib/libmecabra.dylib… Continue reading MAMP Pro on Yosemite Beta 5
Using UnCSS and grunt-uncss with WordPress
Following on from my last blog post about modernising WordPress development with grunt, we’ve been using the process for a few months at Storm and have been slowly making it better. This week, while working on pretty heavy project, we noticed that our compiled single CSS file was a huge 6,500 lines and ~180kb. This… Continue reading Using UnCSS and grunt-uncss with WordPress
Modernising WordPress theme development
Last October, I spent two days at #fowa in London. One of the most common themes that came out of it was how far automation tools have come in the last few years. Where I work at Storm, we have two groups of devs, I’m lucky enough to lead the WordPress and PHP team while upstairs… Continue reading Modernising WordPress theme development
MAMP Pro under OS X Mavericks
If you’re a developer and you got access to use Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks earlier this week, you’ll notice that it’s actually mostly a hassle free experience, apart from changes to the code signing and authorisation model that mean non-signed applications can no longer elevate permissions to root level. Now, this shouldn’t matter to… Continue reading MAMP Pro under OS X Mavericks
Sky+HD DNLA SkyPlay2/SkyPlay Endpoint update
Just a quick post to say that as of last night’s Sky+HD box firmware OTA update, Sky have updated the DNLA endpoint for SkyPlay requests to /SkyPlay, from /SkyPlay2. You’ll need to update any SkyPlay requests to this, or get an “Invalid Action” back from the UPnP/DNLA endpoint.