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Locate Free Port Games Online

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6 Ways to Power Up WordPress Comments

It's a relatively simple process to add some flair to your blog comments these days. I want to look at 6 of the best free tools and give you a quick overview of the benefits of each. Let's start with one you've likely heard of before...




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How to Install and Customize Varnish for WordPress

The following is a guest post by Austin Gunter of WPEngine.com. If you’re looking to boost performance for a content-heavy WordPress installation, adding a cache like Varnish is a great way to boost your site’s performance. NB - This is an advanced topic, and only relevant if you have full control over your server (e.g. you're on a VPS). It does not apply to regular webhosting.




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WordPress Development: Bypassing the Settings API

The following is a guest post by Andy Walpole. There are many parts of the Wordpress API which are fantastic but there are also other parts which, I would argue, are lacking. The Settings API was introduced in version 2.7 to allow the semi-automation of form creation. All credible Content Management Systems and frameworks have their own set of functions or classes for the same purpose. Drupal has a multitude of hooks which can be leveraged, while CodeIgniter uses a combination of the Form Validation Class and the Form Helper . When creating a Wordpress plugin recently I wanted to create a dynamic form to insert data into a field in the option database table. I decided to create a class for this purpose with the intention of creating reusable code for future projects.




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CSS & JS Auto-Refreshing with Live.js

I want to share a fantastic little tool that I've only recently come across; Live.js, written by Martin Kool. This JavaScript file automatically checks for changes to your CSS and JavaScript files, and refreshes them. That means you can have your text editor in one half of the screen, and a web browser in the other. When you save changes in the editor, the updates are reflected immediately in your browser. It really helps to speed up your development time.




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7 Plugins to Save Time With the Dashboard

As bloggers, we spend a lot of time working on a range of different tasks. This includes things like checking stats, monitoring ad revenue, and interacting on social media. That leaves us with a lot of sites to log into. But by adding a few WordPress plugins, you can pull some of this data back into the WordPress dashboard, which saves you time by giving a quick snapshot overview of everything.




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How to Add a “Reading Mode” to Your Posts

In this post, I will show you a simple way to add a distraction-free "Reading Mode" to your blog. The purpose of adding a feature like this is to enable a visitor to remove all the clutter of your site, and focus solely on the post itself. In an ideal world; there would never be a need for such a feature. In reality though, sites have numerous other goals to achieve, such as brand building, serving ads, promoting other content etc. In this way, you can compromise between the two. Do what you need when the user first arrives, but get out of the way when they decide what to read.




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Get Started With CSS3 Transitions Today

Transitions (basic animations) are one of the most popular additions in CSS3, and one of the easiest to implement for big gains on your site. A transition is simply an animation from one set of CSS properties to another. So for example; whilst before you may have had links with blue text, which suddenly turned orange when you hovered on them, you would now replace that sudden jump with a more graceful animation. In this post, we'll look at the basic syntax, step through some examples, and finally take a brief look at current browser support.




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All About Cubic Bezier Curves & Transitions

In the last post, we looked at the basics of CSS transitions, including how to use easing to control how your animation flows. In this post, I want to look deeper at a very powerful easing feature; cubic bezier curves. In short, they let you define exactly what path your animation will take, and thanks to some awesome community tools, they are extremely easy to use (No maths required at all). This gives you total flexibility with your transitions. One of the best tools is the free Cubic-Bezier.com by Lea Verou. It lets you make new curves and see them in action just by dragging the handles. We'll use it for all of the demos in this post, and it's well worth a bookmark!




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Authenticate Your Twitter API Calls Before March

On the 5th of March, Twitter is going to retire version 1 of its API. The replacement, version 1.1 is very similar, but with one major difference; every single call must be authenticated. This means that come March, your existing API calls will break; including simple things like displaying tweets on your site. To fix this, you need to move to the new v1.1 API, and authenticate with Twitter.




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Right or Wrong, Open Source Needs Opinionated Leaders

There is a lot of debate going on right now in the WordPress world about the WordPress Foundation barring all ThemeForest/CodeCanyon (Envato really) authors from speaking at WordCamp events. I don't want to rehash the argument here; the best place to get it is in the original post, and the comments on it. Instead, I want to make a different point: Regardless of whether he is right or not, it's good for WordPress that Matt makes these bold choices.




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Las Pozas: The Surrealistic Wonderland Hidden in the Middle Of The Jungle

girlsthatwander After losing 20,000 orchids in an unseasonal frost, “extravagant” Englishman Edward James turned to his real love, surrealism, and...




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Weird Kafka-Style Anatomies, Fantastic Creatures And Fancies Chart By Camille Renversades

Fantastic creatures and fancies chart by Camille Renversade, French chimérologist. Inspired by the old school boards, like the old Deyrolle...




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This Art Collective Creates Concepts That Have Emerged From The Coronavirus Pandemic

The Coronavirus is changing our relation to each other and affecting our perception of reality. This virus is very democratic:...




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Florida Man Arrested Trying To Quarantine On Abandoned Disney Treasure Island, And That’s What This Island Looks Like From The Inside

The 42-year-old said he didn’t hear numerous deputies searching the private island for him on foot, by boat and by...




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Stunning Photos Of The Installation Process For 5G Network Equipment On The Mount Everest

AsiaWire China Mobile Hong Kong and Huawei have jointly taken 5G connectivity to the highest-altitude base station to the north...




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Remembering The Original Woodstock In Wonderful Historical Photographs, 1969

A wide-angle view of the huge crowd facing the distant stage during the Woodstock Music & Art Fair in August...




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This Bakery Turns Internet Trolls’ Insults Into Delicious Cakes, And Sends Them Back To Trolls

The New York City-based company Troll Cakes touts itself as a bakery/detective agency that can not only bake a chocolate...




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An Incredible Welded Steel AT-AT Walker BBQ Grill

Alex Dodson of Burned by Design has created an incredible hand-welded steel AT-AT Walker that features with a convenient BBQ...




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Faces: Fantastic Macro Worlds Of Mofeed Abu Shalwa

According to Mofeed Abu Shalwa: “A group of faces of some flying insects , part of my second project, Hovercraft...




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Artist Dan Lam Crafts Colorful Art Of Neon Drips, Blobs, And Squishes

Born in the Philippines in 1988, artist Dan Lam cultivates upon our incessant yet human interest in the oddities of...




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Artist Makes Cardboard Cutouts With Pandemic Jokes To Lighten This Difficult Time

Gotcha! According to John Marshall: “I draw on sheets of cardboard and pose with them at sunset. I call them...




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1969 Buick Century Cruiser: The Concept Car That Believed You Only Live Twice

Someday you will be able to drive a superhighway, turn the controls over to a guidance system, and travel across...




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Beautiful Winning Photos From The 2020 Head On Portrait Award

The winner of the 2020 Head On portrait prize is Australian photographer Fiona Wolf, with her image titled The gift,...




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Strange Things Behind Belgian Windows

160 photos of the strange and intriguing objects people display behind their windows, for passers-by to look at. These things...




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Masks For Dog Walking: This Girl Makes Unusual Face Masks To Keep Walking With Her Dog

According to an artist: “During this quarantine period, I needed something to cover my face to walk my dogs and...




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14 New Stunning Coronavirus-Themed Street Art Works From Around The World

A mother and her child are reflected as they pass a mural by artist FAKE, titled “Super Nurse”, paying tribute...




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Amazing Photos Of “Luxurious” Lada Stretched Limousines

Lada is a brand of cars manufactured by Russian automobile manufacturer AvtoVAZ (originally VAZ). The Lada brand appeared in 1973,...




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This Tiny Face Makeup Is The Perfect Solution For A Coronavirus Mask

mykestify While some women might be quite used to wearing a mask over their face due to their job specification...




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This Family Uses Chalk Art To Go On Adventures During The Lockdown

Quarantine might have trapped us inside the shells of our houses; however, some people are finding ways to escape the...




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The Lockdown Illustrated By Mariano Pascual

This unprecedented period of lockdown has inspired many artists, including the illustrator Mariano Pascual. The Argentinian visual artist based in...




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Places I’d Love To Live In: Beautiful Illustrations Of Lovely Places By Darya Shnykina

In these times of confinement, the time is for the mind to escape. Today we invite you to discover the...




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Low-Budget Glamour Shots That Are Just Too Terrible For Words

Some people actually paid money to have these photos taken. Can you imagine? How much would you pay for a...




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In 1898, Revolutionary French Artist Toulouse-Letrec Went To The Toilet On A Beach, His Friend Took These Photographs

In 1898, Maurice Joyant took four photographs of his childhood friend Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec Montfa, better known Toulouse-Letrec...




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Family Of Romanian Photographer Moved To A Small Town In The UK And He Started Discovering The Beauty Of This Country

According to Aurel Paduraru: “I am a Romanian photographer and traveler. Last year, my wife, our five-year-old son, and I...




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Exquisite Realistic Paintings By Russian Artist Serge Marshennikov

Serge Marshennikov is a Russian artist born was born in 1971 in Ufa (Bashkiria, USSR). His grandfather was a general...




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A welcome lesson in Mississippi Bass fishing

WABASHA, Minn. — A couple of times a year, my good friend Mike Wirth invites me to join him for a few hours of Mississippi River bass fishing. For some reason, such invitations are rare, but...




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UNI football position preview: Will McElvain entrenched as No. 1 quarterback

CEDAR FALLS — A four-way quarterback competition dominated the preseason headlines for Northern Iowa last August. Walk-on redshirt freshman Will McElvain emerged as the competition’s...




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Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, USHL conduct annual drafts despite uncertain times

CEDAR RAPIDS — The United States Hockey League conducts its annual drafts Monday and Tuesday. It’s a 3 p.m. start for Monday’s Phase I draft of players with a 2004 birth date....



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Finding the secret homes for blue herons

Even in highly “improved” places like Iowa, nature still has a few secrets, and I got to steal a peek at one last week. Having fished with great blue herons most of my life, I have long...




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The Gazette’s 2020 preseason Super 10 softball rankings

The Iowa high school softball season was supposed to start practice Monday. Instead, the coronavirus pandemic has everything delayed until June 1, or maybe longer. Or, perhaps, canceled. But since...




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Best sports movies: Just as baseball is America, 'Field of Dreams' has become Iowa

Editor's note: The Gazette sports staff has compiled lists of its top 15 favorite sports movies. Each day, a different staffer will share some insight into one of their favorites. Some of them are...




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Podcast: Michael Jordan, the NBA and ‘The Last Dance’ from 2 different perspectives

“The Last Dance,” the Michael Jordan documentary on ESPN every Sunday night for five weeks got me thinking I’d like to talk about this. You can listen to Jordan talk and “The...



  • Hlastradamus Odds Podcast

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Big Ten extends suspension of team activities through June 1

Last week, University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld made some waves when he announced at a Board of Regents meeting UI athletics plans to resume practice on June 1. Monday, the Big Ten announced...




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Cedar Rapids RoughRiders take son of longtime coach with 1st pick in USHL Draft, Phase I

CEDAR RAPIDS — Yes, Mark Carlson is good friends with his father. But make zero mistake here. Cade Littler is a hockey player. That’s the biggest thing and why the Cedar Rapids...



  • Minor League Sports

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Fran McCaffery’s new challenge: Recruiting preps you don’t know quite so well

Film on Class of 2021 high school basketball players dried up in mid-March when the high school season ended, with most state tournaments (Iowa’s excluded) canceled. If you’re a college...



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Best sports movies: ‘Slap Shot’ is true to the sport of hockey

Editor’s note: The Gazette sports staff has compiled lists of its top 15 favorite sports movies. Each day, a different staffer will share some insight into one of their favorites. Some of them...




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With Iowa high school summer sports in limbo, #LetThemPlay social-media group gaining traction

CEDAR RAPIDS — Darren Lewis knows his voice is minimal. And he isn’t looking for a political debate. “I just wanted to spread some hope and some positivity,” he said....




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Ankeny wide receiver Brody Brecht picks Iowa football and baseball

Once in a while, a college football prospect with potential in another sport ends up with the Hawkeyes. Brody Brecht might be the next one of those for the Hawkeyes. The 6-4, 200-pound wide...




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Vinton-Shellsburg senior golfers join coronavirus fight in New Jersey as nurses

Carli Lang and Lillie Lamont loaded up Lang’s Chevy Impala and pulled away as their families waved goodbye, shrinking in the rearview mirror. The Vinton-Shellsburg seniors weren’t...