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Tricks I learned installing my first SSL certificate

Tricks I learned installing my first SSL certificate

by David Gewirtz | Mar 28, 2016 | Lab Notes, Seamless Donations

I just finished installing my first-ever SSL certificate by hand. While it wasn’t exactly fun, it wasn’t as harrowing as I expected it to be. Of more value, I learned about some helpful tricks and resources, which is why I put myself through this process....
All hosts are different: Seamless Donations 4.0.15 release

All hosts are different: Seamless Donations 4.0.15 release

by David Gewirtz | Mar 26, 2016 | Lab Notes, Seamless Donations

This lab note corresponds with the release of Seamless Donations 4.0.15. While this release took longer to complete than I would have liked due to some family circumstances, it’s a large release with some very important compatibility options that should make...
Working around PayPal breakage: the joys of being middleware

Working around PayPal breakage: the joys of being middleware

by David Gewirtz | Jan 28, 2016 | Lab Notes, Seamless Donations

The problem with middleware is that your software is always caught in the middle. In the case of Seamless Donations, the plugin is fundamentally a piece of software that lives between WordPress and a payment gateway, which today is only the standard PayPal interface....
Reengineering the Seamless Donations core payment gateway

Reengineering the Seamless Donations core payment gateway

by David Gewirtz | Aug 12, 2015 | Lab Notes, Seamless Donations

This update has been almost six weeks in the works. Granted, much of that time has been spent doing my “day job” work, but it has still taken a much longer time than I wanted  — especially considering that it’s a bug fix upgrade. During that...
Seamless Donations 4.0 kinda works, in an alpha sort of way

Seamless Donations 4.0 kinda works, in an alpha sort of way

by David Gewirtz | May 31, 2015 | Lab Notes, Seamless Donations

All the key elements of Seamless Donations 4.0 now work, and work together (mostly). Each of the core elements has been written and tested. These include the new forms engine, the new admin UI engine, the new custom post types, and the PayPal interface that takes data...

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