Adding the Property Attribute to Style Sheet Declarations in WordPress for HTML5 Validation

HTML5 validator error

Of all the blogging platforms I’ve tried, WordPress is my favorite. If it is self-hosted, it is easy to customize. One of the pitfalls of customization, however, is how easy it can be for a plugin of dubious quality to wreak havoc on your site. One of the problems I have had is that while … Read more

Using PowerShell to Check if a Particular User is in the Local Administrators Group

PowerShell 5.0 icon

PowerShell is a very powerful tool for Windows administrators and developers alike. I wanted to find out if a particular user ID was in the local admin group on all servers in my domain. Fortunately, someone had written a script (source link no longer exists) to check that very thing on the server you’re logged … Read more

Why is this Website Garbled?

DIYthemes site on Chrome

I use Thesis from DIYthemes for this blog, and have found it to be a very versatile system for customizing their themes. However, I saw that my HTML 5 validation was failing due in part to the use of deprecated attributes on a link tag. I decided to report the problem via the DIYthemes website, … Read more