Managing Discord User Roles

After creating your own Discord server and inviting users to join your community, you will likely want to set User Roles that determine how the different users interact with the server and which features they can access. In this article, we will outline how to create and manage Discord User Roles to help keep your Read More >

How to Install Discord on Desktop and Mobile Devices

Discord runs in a browser, but the desktop app adds features the web client cannot reach: noise suppression, game activity detection, and global push-to-talk that works when the window is not focused. This guide covers the current official installers for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, then walks through securing your account with a passkey Read More >

Pingbacks and Trackbacks

Each page or post that you create in WordPress allows you to have interaction with your viewers using the Discussion options. For more information on the Discussion option for comments, please view our tutorial on disabling or enabling comments for each page or post that you create. Defining Pingbacks Understanding Trackbacks Need a new home Read More >

Creating your First WordPress Site with Ansible

A low-cost High-Availability Cloud Server is one of the best ways to host websites and other web apps. However, deploying the software can be time-consuming depending on your experience level. Luckily, with our included Ansible Control Node and WordPress UltraStack Ansible Playbook, you can deploy a WordPress site with all necessary dependencies easily. In this Read More >

How to Use Jetpack’s Repeat Visitor Block

The Jetpack plugin provides many options for your WordPress site. These options include the addition of blocks that can help with your responses to posts. The Repeat Visitor Block is a great addition that can provide a response to a repeat visitor based on a number of visits. Follow the tutorial below to learn how Read More >

Using the Media & Text Block

The WordPress editor packs a few fundamental blocks including the Media & Text block that allows you to easily add text with an adjacent image. This block of text and image was added into the Media & Text block to demonstrate the use of the block. Follow the tutorial below to learn how to find Read More >

Using the Code Block

When you’re working in WordPress there will be many times when you need to present code to your viewers. The WordPress editor provides a Code block that makes it easy to add and share code. The main advantage of the block is that it will keep the spacing used in the code without trying to Read More >

How to Create a Discord Server

While Discord already has a large number of popular communities for a wide variety of interests, you may decide that you want to create your own server. Fortunately, Discord allows users to create their own servers at no cost, making it easier than ever for you to establish your own online community. Even though the Read More >

How to use the Table Block in WordPress

One of the more important blocks in the WordPress editor is the Table block. Tables are a great way to organize information used in your posts and pages. Previously, tables were often either done directly in HTML, with a plugin or through other code-based means like Bootstrap. In some cases, these options may be preferred, Read More >

How to Use the Cover Block

Blocks are great for building content but often present issues in formatting when using images. The Cover block was created in order to help provide an option for background images with text. This block gives you the options for image and text alignment, image positioning, and color overlay. We will also show you how to Read More >

How to use the Spacer Block in WordPress

Adding spaces between blocks with the new Gutenberg editor in WordPress (the default editor pages and posts) can be a little tricky. It used to be that you can simply hit enter a few times and the spaces would be there. Or, some people add empty blocks with a space to hold the block in Read More >

How to Set Up Your Discord Account

In order to start using Discord, you will first need to create and set up an account. This account will allow you to use Discord in your preferred web browser and quickly start finding communities for your favorite interests. You can then customize how you are notified of activity in those communities, making sure you Read More >

How to Install Jitsi Meet on Ubuntu Server

Jitsi Meet is a free open source video conference web application available for free use online or with desktop software. Like Google Meet and Zoom video conferencing, you can easily create a Jitsi meeting in your browser using https://Meet.Jit.si within seconds without installing additional software or browser extensions. Or, you can learn how to install Read More >

WordPress UltraStack Ansible Playbook Tutorial

As we start to expand on our Ansible Catalog, we are excited to provide our Ansible Playbook for deploying WordPress to the Open Source community! We have taken great care in developing our curated WordPress-UltraStack-Ansible playbook to allow system administrators, web developers, and content designers to easily deploy WordPress. To simplify the process of getting Read More >

Maintaining Your Deployments in GitHub

In this article, we will outline the process of using Git to handle versioning a repository and keeping a copy on a GitWeb provider as a backup, or for sharing. This article assumes that you have already received a copy of the WordPress UltraStack playbook, and want to retain custom changes to the playbook by Read More >

Using Git to Manage your Workflow

“Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.” https://git-scm.com/ Choosing a workflow Part of what has made Git so common is that it is able to support a nearly limitless amount of workflows. From the extreme organizational complexity Read More >

Ansible Galaxy and Prebuilt Playbooks

Rather than create our roles from scratch, we’ll use community submitted roles from Ansible Galaxy for use in our playbook. You can think of Ansible Galaxy as a community repository for Ansible Roles. As any person or team is able to contribute, it is important to use curated playbooks that are well-tested. This ensures that Read More >