Diagnosing Error Code 5 Out of Memory Crash/Hang in Chromium Browsers (Google Chrome, Brave, Microsoft Edge)

While working with one of the larger websites we manage, we ran into a problem that needed debugging. Some of the WordPress back-end pages of the site would fail to load with the following error message. Aw, Snap! Something went … Read More

How to Fix Can’t Edit WordPress Files

Quick Fix for One Potential Cause If You Can’t Edit WordPress Files This is a quick post of a frustrating error I ran into recently. It includes a quick fix workaround that may help if you can’t edit WordPress files. … Read More

How to Copy a Live WordPress Website to a Local Mac

How to Copy a Live WordPress Website to a Local Mac with cPanel, MAMP and Hosts File Redirection It is normally not a problem to make minor updates and changes to a live WordPress website online such as making blog … Read More

Basic Web Design Tips Stand the Test of Time

TBT – This throwback Thursday post reviews our basic web design tips that stand the test of time. These are some basic web design tips we offered when interviewed for magazine articles over a decade ago that are still often … Read More

Fix for Theme Menu Options Not Saving in WordPress

After a good amount of troubleshooting and web research I’ve located a fix for theme menu options not saving in WordPress on DreamLight.com and some of our client WordPress sites. Common Symptoms of the Problem Some common symptoms of this problem … Read More