My good friend Barry Collins recently made use of Midjourney to generate GTA images of the PC Pro podcast crew. He’s since been good enough to show me how it was done, as well as creating some for myself too.
All I’ll say is, you wouldn’t want to mess with me based on the results!
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Ask most users what they hate most about what WordPress plugins do and they’ll say “banner ads”. Drill down further, though, and you’ll find that it’s any kind of advertising within WP Admin.
Used to up-sell an audience to a premium version of the product, it’s understandable. But what if it’s to a different product entirely? What if it’s a free one? Then it REALLY does get annoying, particularly when it’s outside of the individual plugin’s pages and is splashed across the whole of WP Admin.
In this post I’m going to show some examples of behaviours, what the issue is, and suggestion some alternatives for developers as well.
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I really hate Manchester Airport. Everything from how slow they process booking in but, particularly, their security. It’s a rarity I get through without some kind of issue. But, hey, I’ve only been to a handful of UK airports, so I’m sure it’s not the worst. As it turns out, it is.
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Install enough plugins on a WordPress site and you’ll soon come across some that make various style changes to make themselves stand out in the menu.
In this post I’m going to look at some examples of this, explore the reasoning behind it but also explain what the issues are with doing it.
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If you’re considering buying yourself a personalised plate, the thought of it can be a little daunting. I’ve just done it for the first time and can confirm that it’s not as difficult as it may first seem. However, I did come across a lot of things that aren’t immediately answered.
So, in his post I’ll go through what I found – hopefully it will help someone else!
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