SGudbrandsson

<?php
/**
 *
 * This script will copy your wordpress from public_html (or wherever)
 * and place it in a staging folder.
 * It will then clone the database, reconfigure the config file
 * and replace URL's from the original URL to your staging URL.
 * It will then make sure to NOT allow search engines to index the page.
 *
 * Use this script to clone your main wp in order to test maintenance work

nicolashery

Environment variables in Jekyll templates

This is one way to pass some data (API tokens, etc.) to your Jekyll templates without putting it in your _config.yml file (which is likely to be committed in your GitHub repository).

Copy the environment_variables.rb plugin to your _plugins folder, and add any environment variable you wish to have available on the site.config object.

In a Liquid template, that information will be available through the site object. For example, _layouts/default.html could contain:

dergachev

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application: