Fixing the e.indexOf is not a function error

Fixing the “e.indexOf is not a function” error on your website

If you have a WordPress site that was built before August 2020 (when WordPress 5.5 decided to stop supporting jQuery Migrate), or if you manage a site that recently weaned off jQuery Migrate, you might run into errors where the parts of your site that run on Javascript stop working.

When you open the Developer tools of your browser (that’s the F12 key for most browsers), you might also see an error message that looks something like this.

Uncaught TypeError: e.indexOf is not a function
    at S.fn.load (jquery.min.js?ver=3.6.0:2:84932)
    at headings.min.js?ver=3.19.4:1:2579
    at headings.min.js?ver=3.19.4:1:2706
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Setting up a virtual Postfix mail server — Part 4: Setting up a Sender Rewriting Scheme (SRS)

Setting up a virtual Postfix mail server — Part 4: Setting up a Sender Rewriting Scheme (SRS)

In the previous part of this tutorial series, we set up DKIM, DMARC and rDNS on mail server to make emails from our mail server more deliverable, as these protocols make it less likely that other mailboxes will flag our emails as spam.

With that set up, we can now turn our attention to something else. Currently, any incoming mail to one of your domain emails will fail the SPF check for the domain.

Gmail SPF Softfail
To see this, you will have to view the email's message source. You can do that with most mail clients; here's how to do it for Gmail.
  1. Why SPF fails for incoming emails
  2. Installing and configuring PostSRSd
    1. Installing PostSRSd
    2. Configuring PostSRSd
  3. Configuring Postfix
  4. Starting PostSRSd
  5. Conclusion
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XAMPP MySQL not starting on Windows

XAMPP MySQL not starting on Windows

XAMPP is a great tool for web developers who need to host websites locally on their own computers. Unfortunately, because it uses ports and services that are commonly used by other applications, conflicts can happen, causing certain applications on XAMPP to be unable to run.

In this article, we will be exploring what you can do if XAMPP’s Apache service does not run on Windows.

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XAMPP Apache not starting on Windows

XAMPP Apache not starting on Windows

In a previous article, we’ve explored the issue of Apache being unable to start on macOS devices. In this article, we will be exploring the same thing, but for the Windows version of XAMPP.

What should you do if XAMPP’s Apache service does not run on your Windows machine? Read on to find out.

Update 6 April 2023: Added some new solutions to the article.

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A primer on vertical-align in CSS

How to vertical-align text elements in CSS — the last guide you’ll ever need

Of all the CSS attributes that are available to web developes, the vertical-align attribute is perhaps the most mystifying. At first glance, the attribute seems like the vertical aligning cousin of the text-align attribute, but when you try and use it to vertically-centre your elements, it doesn’t work!

<div style="height:100px;background-color:#eee;">
	<p style="background:#dcc;">Item to be vertically-centred</p>
</div>

Item to be vertically-centred

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XAMPP Apache not starting on macOS

XAMPP Apache not starting on macOS

XAMPP is a great tool for web developers who need to host websites locally on their own computer. Unfortunately, because it uses ports and services that are commonly used by other applications, conflicts can happen, causing certain applications on XAMPP to be unable to run.

In this article, we will we exploring what you can do if XAMPP’s Apache service does not run on a macOS platform.

We also have a guide if XAMPP Apache isn’t starting on your Windows device.

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XAMPP MySQL not starting on macOS

XAMPP MySQL not starting on macOS

XAMPP is a great tool for web developers who need to run or test web applications locally on their own computer. Unfortunately, because it runs applications on the LAMP stack, conflicts can happen, causing certain applications on XAMPP to be unable to run.

In this article, we will be exploring what you can do if XAMPP’s MySQL service does not run on a macOS platform.

Are you looking at getting XAMPP MySQL to work on Windows instead? I’ve also wrote a guide for getting XAMPP Apache working on macOS. Do click on these aforementioned links if they are what you need instead.

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For security reasons, this URL is only accessible using localhost (127.0.0.1) as the hostname.

Bitnami phpMyAdmin: For security reasons, this URL is only accessible using localhost

If you’re running a Bitnami LAMP stack for your web server, you will be glad to find that it comes with phpMyAdmin — an indispensible tool for managing your server’s SQL server. If you try to access said SQL server (the default URL is at yourdomain.com/phpmyadmin), however, you will find an error message that goes like this:

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Best practices when uploading images onto WordPress

Best practices when uploading images onto WordPress

If you’re managing a WordPress site that you’ve developed yourself, or one that has been created by a developer and handed over to you, this is a handy guide that you should read. It covers how to optimise your images, so that:

  1. Your site loads as fast as possible, and;
  2. Your images are optimised for crawling and indexing by search engines like Google
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