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How to update Hugo Tweet Shortcodes to include the user and id parameters. Symptoms If, like me, you are using the Hugo static site generator for your website you may have noticed the following error message appearing in your build console recently. 1The "tweet" shortcode will soon require two named parameters: user …
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How to use a scheduler to automatically post Hugo articles when hosting on an Azure Static Website with Github Actions. Since a refresh in early 2021 this site has been hosted on an Azure Static Website, backed by a GitHub repository and using GitHub Actions to run the Hugo site generator to convert my markdown files …
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March 2021 is kicking off with the formal launch of the IT Should Just Work: Labs. These are tools and utilities, usually associated with articles on this site, which are being made available for general use.
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When running a one or more WordPress sites it’s important to make sure they are running an up-to-date application. This PowerShell function will check if a site is outdated. WordPress usually includes it’s version number in a generator tag in the head section of the HTML output. If it’s not there then a common …
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This site, I.T. Should Just Work, has had a makeover - both cosmetically and also under the hood. This post will take you through the new design, migration process, and reasoning behind this refresh. A little bit of history This site, in one form or another, has been around since 2008. It came from humble beginnings on …
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Wow. Thanks to all those that voted for “IT Should Just Work” in the IT Blog Awards and passed the devious maths test at the bottom of the voting form. I’m shocked and humbled to let you all know that the results are in and this blog won the award for Best Analysis. It’s surprised me, and the flurry of social media …
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I’m pleased to announce this blog is a finalist in the 2018 IT Blog Awards hosted by Cisco in the category of “Best Analysis”. Voting is open to the tech community through January 4th 2019, so if you’ve found this blog useful or insightful at any point (or you’ve followed my advice and your datacentre didn’t catch fire …
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It’s confirmed- I’ll be returning to Barcelona in September as an official Blogger for VMworld Europe 2017. Thanks again to Corey Romero and the VMware Community team for extending me this opportunity. Following the 2016 event I’m looking forward to a week of intense learning whilst meeting old friends and making new …
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