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Home Assistant Formuler Z11 Remote

As mentioned before, I started using Home Assistant to create my own smart home and as it goes, you start playing with other smart devices in the home. You connect lights, heating, tv, sound system, router, and, in my case, the Formuler Z11 box. You start with little scripts to turn everything on (or off) with a single button press, instead of having to grab three separate remotes. And then you find the Universal Remote Card… a remote control card, within Home Assistant!

Standard buttons for zapping and volume were added quickly, but the ‘Groups’ and ‘Guide’ buttons turned out to be a little bit more of a challenge. But… I got it working, and below is the how-to, if you want to add custom buttons for your android tv box in Home Assistant as well.

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WP_MEMORY_LIMIT or WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT ?

the more you know…

By default, WordPress enforces a memory limit of 40 MB. This means a single PHP script is allowed to use up to 40 MB of RAM. In certain cases, you may need to increase WordPress’ memory limit to run heavier plugins like WooCommerce or bbPress. To increase WordPress’ memory limit, you can define WP_MEMORY_LIMIT in your wp-config.php file using the line below.

define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M' );

The setting above will allow WordPress to use up to 256 MB of RAM for each script, as long as the memory_limit setting in your php.ini file is 256 MB or greater. As is often the case with computing resources, setting a higher memory limit doesn’t necessarily increase the performance of your WordPress site. Since WP_MEMORY_LIMIT controls memory allocation PER SCRIPT, it’s actually in your best interest to set it as low as possible to reduce the chance of a rogue script saturating the RAM in your server.

Sometimes, it’s a good idea to tailor WordPress’ memory allocation separately for the frontend and backend. That’s where WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT comes in. WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT allows you to set a different memory limit for WordPress’ administration dashboard. This is useful because certain administration tasks require more RAM. Below is an example of how you can use WP_MEMORY_LIMIT and WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT together.

define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '64M' );
define( 'WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M');

The setting above will allocate up to 64 MB of RAM per PHP script for processes spawned from WordPress’ frontend, while administration-related scripts from the backend dashboard will be able to use up to 256 MB of RAM.

Height of CSS block containing floats

How to give that block the correct height? Read here.
How can I make a div grow its height when it has floats inside of it? I know that defining a value for the width and setting overflow to hidden works. The problem is that I need a div with the overflow visible.

The answer is this: In order for a parent to wrap around children elements which are floated, a new block formatting context needs to be set on the parent. This can be done with:

.wrap {
    display: flow-root;
}

or

.wrap {
    contain: layout;
}

The latter is a bit newer. Either of these have an advantage over overflow: auto; because they have the explicit purpose of creating a new block formatting context, while overflow: auto works as a side effect. Interestingly, flow-root can be also used alongside block or inline for better layout control. For example:

.wrap {
    display: inline flow-root;
}

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That’s all folks!
Have a nice day…

WordPress Menu target=_blank

How to open external menu links in a new tab with WordPress?
When creating a menu with WordPress, you can decide that a menu item links to an external page by adding a Custom Link. (And thank you Press Customizr for the images.)

You can change the target of this link, so that it opens in a new browser tab. For that you need to check an option located below the Navigation label field of the menu item and named “Open link in a new tab“, as illustrated in the following screenshot.

If this option is not visible, it means that it’s not enabled in the menu screen option. Simply follow those steps to activate the option :

  1. Click on the Screen Options link in the top right corner of the menu admin screen.
  1. Check the “Link Target” option : this will reveal the “Open link in a new tab” option.

That’s all folks!

Install Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account

Thank you ‘Tom’ for the article on How To: “Maintain only a local account on your Windows 11 PC“.

By default, you must log in with a Microsoft account in order to install Windows 11 and go through the box (OOBE) setup process that triggers either as part of installation or the first time you turn on a new Windows PC. It seems like Microsoft really wants you to log in to Windows 11 using its account system, both so it can track you, …and so you can get benefits such as synchronizing your wallpaper and preferences across different computers.

However, there are many reasons why you would want to install Windows 11 using a local account only. Maybe you want to install Windows 11 with a local (non-Microsoft) account because you are installing the OS on a child’s PC or on a PC that you plan to sell, give to a friend or donate to a charity (without giving other people access to personal data). Or perhaps you just like your privacy and don’t want to create an account with Microsoft in the first place.

Whatever your reason for doing so, it’s easy to install or set up Windows 11 without using a Microsoft account. Below, we’ll show you the method: which involves issuing some commands during the install / OOBE process. We’ve tested the method on the latest major Windows 11 version, 24H2, and they work.

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