If you need to exclude a specific category from your RSS feed, put the following code in your theme’s functions.php. Go to Appearance | Editor | Theme Functions (functions.php) // Excludes Category from RSS Feed function exclude_catid_feed( $query ) { if ( $query->is_feed ) { $query->set( ‘cat’, ‘-1’ ); } return $query; } add_filter( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘exclude_catid_feed’);…
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If you are running iOS 7 or higher, then yes, your iPhone is indeed tracking where you’ve been. But, it promises to only use that information for entirely benevolent reasons. Honest! Hidden deep within the Settings app is a gem of a feature called Frequent Locations, which is a beautifully generic way for your iPhone to say,…
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Using a WMI filter, you can apply a group policy based on the client’s TCP/IP subnet. 1. In Group Policy Management, right-click the WMI Filters folder and click New. 2. Name your new WMI policy, give it a description if you wish. 3. Click the Add button, leave the Namespace at the default setting “root\CIMv2”…
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Mac OS X allows you to remove and rearrange the built-in system icons on the menu bar. Icons like Time Machine, Bluetooth, WiFi, Volume, Power, and a few other icons including the date and time (as seen in the orange box in the screenshot below) can be rearranged with ease. To rearrange the system icons,…
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If you have your Windows 10 taskbar set to auto-hide, yet it refuses to do so, here is what you can do to make it behave. 1. Open the Task Manager. (Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+Esc) 2. On the “Processes” tab, find “Windows Explorer” and click it to highlight it. 3. Click the “Restart” button in the lower…
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On December 18, 2015, the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) approved HTTP Status Code Error 451 “Unavailable For Legal Reasons”. This code is a more specific version of the existing 403 “Forbidden” code. The new 451 code is intended to be displayed when accessing a web page that is blocked by government or ISP. In…
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First, a little refresher on how to grab a screenshot in Mac OS X. Press: Command + Shift + 3 to grab a screenshot of the whole screen. Press: Command + Shift + 4 to grab a screenshot of a portion of the screen by dragging a crosshair marker (that displays screen coordinates), and drawing…
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Every year I have to go through my various WordPress blogs and update the copyright year in the footer. For example, Raving Roo started in 2013, so I display the copyright as “2013 – current year”. Well, why do something manually when a piece of code can do it for you? Simply replace the text…
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