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• Setting Up Pokémon Emerald Development on macOS

  This post describes how to set up the tools needed on macOS to build a Pokémon Emerald development project locally.

• About

  About this site.

• Notes

  Notes, write-ups, and older blog posts on development, devices, and other interests.

• Privacy

  How this site respects privacy.

• Projects

  A list of projects, gists, APIs, and development ideas that Jennifer Tesolin has worked on.

• Jenn Tesolin | Web projects, photography, and creative side quests

  A personal site by Jenn Tesolin featuring web projects, photography, notes, and other creative side quests.

• Using iOS and Android devices together

  Tips for using Android and Apple devices together, including calendar, contacts, iCloud mail, and music.

• Photography

  A gallery of photos that Jennifer Tesolin has taken

• Search

  Search for a post or page, by title or tags.

• Sitemap

  All pages and posts located in jenntesolin.com

• A guide to setting up a Chromebook for web development

  Outdated: Notes on using a budget Chromebook for web development, including Linux, IDEs, browsers, and other tools.

• Jekyll: Static Sites on the DigitalOcean App Platform

  Update in progress: This tutorial describes how to host your Jekyll static site, including plugins, on the DigitalOcean App Platform.

• Installing Homebrew and Fixing Ruby on macOS

  Update in progress: Notes on installing Homebrew, managing packages, and updating Ruby on macOS.

• Great apps and programs for web development

  Update in progress: A list of applications you can use for web development, grouped into free, paid, and subscription-based tools.

• Installing Git and GitHub on your Mac

  Update in progress: This post describes older ways to install Git and GitHub tools on macOS.

• Jekyll: Setting up your development environment

  Update in progress: Jekyll is a static site generator built with Ruby. This post covers an older setup for getting a local Jekyll development environment running.

• Installing Node.js and Grunt on macOS

  Outdated: Notes on installing Node.js and Grunt on macOS, preserved for reference.

• Quick Tip: Highcharts credit in a new window

  A quick example of opening a Highcharts credit link in a new window or tab.

• Quick Tip: WordPress and Campaign Monitor

  A quick and simple way to integrate your Campaign Monitor list with WordPress.

• 6 resources you may find at your local library

  A look at resources available through the Toronto Public Library, along with a reminder to check what your own local library offers.

• PHP Tip: Comparing integers and numeric strings

  This post describes how to compare variables containing integers using PHP.

• Change your iTunes media view mode

  Change your playlist view mode in a newer iTunes release.

• Jekyll: Configure Jekyll for GitHub Pages

  Update in progress: Notes on configuring a Jekyll site for GitHub Pages, with older hosting details kept only where still useful.

• Jekyll: Fix pagination after upgrading to version 3

  In Jekyll 3, built-in pagination was deprecated. This post describes how to resolve the error.

• Jekyll: The configuration file

  Update in progress: The Jekyll configuration file `_config.yml` holds important settings for your site. This post highlights some items used in one of my older sites.

• Jekyll: Custom Search

  This post describes how to create a basic search using JSON and jQuery.

• Creating a Development Environment for IIS 7+

  Outdated: This post describes how to enable IIS on Windows 7, along with setting up MySQL and PHP. Administrator access is required.

• WordPress Blog Migration

  This post describes a few ways to move WordPress, either to a different server or to Jekyll.

• Using RasPlex for your Media Server

  Update in progress: An older post about setting up a Raspberry Pi media centre with RasPlex.

• Creating the Sticky Footer with Fixed Navbar example using Bootstrap 3 and Emmet

  Outdated: This post describes how to use Emmet shortcuts to quickly create Bootstrap’s Sticky Footer with Fixed Navbar example.

• Raspberry Pi: Setting Up Bluetooth

  Outdated: Notes on setting up a Bluetooth dongle with Raspbmc on a Raspberry Pi.

• WordPress Development Tips: Updates and Deprecated Notices

  Outdated: A few WordPress development tips for update prompts and deprecated plugin notices.

• Fixing Ubuntu 12.04 network issue

  Outdated: Notes on fixing a network issue after upgrading an Ubuntu virtual machine from 10 LTS to 12.04 LTS.

• ASP.NET Menu Control: Styling with Bootstrap 2

  Outdated: Notes on adapting an ASP.NET menu control to work with Bootstrap 2 instead of using hard-coded navigation.

• Quick Tip: Using Font Awesome 4 with Bootstrap 3

  A quick post on how to use Font Awesome 4 with Bootstrap 3.

• Using RequireJS with Bootstrap, Google Maps, and more

  Outdated: This post describes how to move an older Google Maps and Bootstrap setup into a config file for use with RequireJS.

• Bootstrap 3 and Google Maps

  Outdated: Notes on updating an older Google Maps setup for Bootstrap 3 tabs and modals.

• Quick Tip: MySQL REPLACE

  How to use MySQL’s REPLACE() function to change text in SELECT and UPDATE queries.

• Raspberry Pi: List of Projects and Resources

  Update in progress: This post collects resources, guides, and tips I found while putting together my Raspbmc media centre.

• A look at Raspbmc video streaming

  Outdated: A guide to video streaming on a Raspberry Pi using Raspbmc.

• Quick Tip: MySQL CONCAT

  A quick example of using MySQL’s CONCAT function to combine two columns into one value.

• Quick Tip: MySQL CASE

  How to use MySQL’s CASE function to handle conditional output in a SQL statement.

• Quick Tip: Firefox and Notepad++

  A couple of small tips I found useful while working on websites.

• PHP and UTF-8 encoding issues: Tips and tricks to resolve them

  Character encoding can still be a pain, even when the right meta tag is in place. Here are a few tips that can help resolve common UTF-8 issues in PHP and MySQL.

• iOS 7 Wishlist

  A few things I would have liked to see in iOS 7.

• WordPress Quick-tip: Display x number of posts outside your blog.

  Sometimes, you may want to display posts outside of WordPress. Here are a few resources that helped.

• Bootstrap and ASP.NET 4.0 master pages

  Outdated: Working with Bootstrap in ASP.NET 4.0 master pages can be a little tricky out of the box, especially when script paths and validation scripts do not load as expected.

• jQuery time picker issues and .NET

  Using a jQuery time picker with .NET caused issues with a custom validator. Here is one way to fix it.

• Japan Trip 2011: Planning and Tips

  Update in progress: Useful phrases, transit advice, and budget tips from my 2011 Japan trip.