Guides, Tutorials, Opinions

Helpful guides, tutorials, and opinions based on the situations I bump into while working online.

#Netlify

How to Skip Automatic Netlify Build When Committing to GitHub

I have Netlify linked to my GitHub account and set to perform an automatic build (deploy) every time I push a commit for my Hugo blog. Sometimes, the changes I make don’t need to be pushed live immediately. So, I...

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#ubuntu

Solution: Flameshot Won't Open GUI Tools in Ubuntu 22.04

If you’re using Flameshot in Ubuntu 22.04 or Gnome 41+, you’ve probably encountered an issue where the GUI and editing tools won’t appear when taking a screenshot. Even though the solution is simple and...

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#Ubuntu

How to Take a Screenshot in Ubuntu Without a Print Screen Button

I got tired of huge, full-sized keyboards, so I started buying smaller ones with fewer keys, such as 65% or 60%. Normally, the Print Screen button is not added to those types of keyboards. That is a bit of a bummer for...

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#Hugo

How to Add Ellipsis (3 Dots) to a Hugo Summary (Excerpt)

Let’s say that you have a blog and want excerpts of your latest posts to be displayed on your homepage, as I do. Hugo lets you do this automatically with the .Summary page variable, which, by default, takes the...

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#Hugo

How to Automatically Update the Footer Copyright Year in Hugo

Most websites have the current year displayed next to the copyright notice in the footer. But having to manually update it year after year isn’t ideal, no? Fortunately, programming languages, frameworks, SSGs, and...

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