Global Creations LLC – Blog

After setting up blogs for many clients,  we finally got around to creating one for Global Creations’ CEO, Jerry.  This blog is an esoteric combination of  posts related to technical website development issues and various random topics.  For the most part the  information here documents things we have tried.  We use this information so as not to reinvent the wheel if the same issue arises again. We figured if we solved a problem,  perhaps others will be looking for solutions to the same problem.  Look around and see what you can find.

Generating a Proper WEBM File in OSX

The Problem Web browsers will play either MP4 or WEBM formatted video files, or both.  Thus it is important that both formats be available.  In the Divi theme, from Elegant Themes, the video modules ask for both formats.  I found that the MP4 format would display...

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Divi Slider Height

There are lots of plugins that can make slideshows, but Divi includes a slider module that can do a lot. I didn’t need a lot, and that’s where I ran into a problem with the height of the Divi slider module.

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Scam Emails

Ever get a scam email that looked like it came from a business you know? One of my clients found that some of his clients were getting strange emails that almost looked like they came from him. Here’s what happened . . .

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Making a Website GDPR Compliant

The Issue The European Union created a policy called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).  GDPR gives web users specific rights including the ability to delete any information your website has collected about them.  There are lots of web pages that discuss...

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