https://serverfault.com/a/846214 When multiple sites share the same server and there is no default site set in the server config, Nginx will redirect to the first site in the config, if there’s a secure certificate error. Here’s how to fix that, based on the linked answer above. 1 – Create a default zone As nginx is… Continue reading How to prevent Nginx from redirecting to the wrong site when there’s a secure certificate error
Author: Matt McDowell
How to setup a throwaway email address (in Fastmail)
I recently had a domain that I wanted to let expire, and my domain registrar kept sending me emails about it, with no way to turn them off. They suggested changing the email contact to a throwaway address. I couldn’t figure out how to do this in Fastmail so I contacted support. Thank you for… Continue reading How to setup a throwaway email address (in Fastmail)
Credit Card Numbers for Testing Ecommerce Checkout
Card Type Number American Express 3700 000000 00002 Discover 6011 0000 0000 0012 MasterCard 5424 0000 0000 0015 Visa 4007 0000 0002 7– or –4012 8888 1888 8 Expiration date: use any date after today. CVV: use any three digit combination (four digits for American Express). Note: the Visa card number is a different length… Continue reading Credit Card Numbers for Testing Ecommerce Checkout
Inclusive Components, a book on web accessibility by Heydon Pickering
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/11/inclusive-components-prerelease/ I’m a big fan of the patterns library at A11Y Project. This book feels really similar. To me, this is the most useful kind of accessibility guide. Grab and go components that you can use and adapt to your current project.
Email newsletter service recommendations
Starting a new project? Congratulations to you! Hopefully your project is something so interesting, so valuable, so unique — that people will want to hear more about it as it gets off the ground. An email newsletter is a great way to keep everyone in the loop. Even if you don’t plan to start sending… Continue reading Email newsletter service recommendations