Switch WordPress to HTTPS with free Let’s Encrypt certificates

How to switch your WordPress blog to HTTPSAs the one or other may have noticed, en.code-bude.net is running strictly via HTTPS protocol since some days. All requests via HTTP protocol will be redirected to HTTPS. How exactly the switch from HTTP to HTTPS for code-bude.net was realised and what things to have in mind, I want to explain in the following article.
This article shall show you how to change your WordPress blog setup from HTTP to HTTPS. As a basis for the article I used my setup, which consists of a VPS (virtual private server) with runs Ubuntu Server as operating system and Apache as a web server.
To give you a better overview, I divided the article in the following parts:

Why you should use HTTPS for a WordPress blog?
How to install Certbot and generate SSL certificates
Automatically renew SSL certificates with Certbot
Configure Apache to use Let’s […]

New theme – the bug hunt is opened

Neues DesignThe one or the other may have noticed it already – code-bude.net is running with a new design recently. The theme change was on my to-do list for more than two years, but I was scared to switch the theme. Scared of ranking losses in Google or to shoot me the design because I had programmed the old Theme in non recommend ways. But now I have, however, done so.
After 5 years, the old theme has got it made and with its lack of responsiveness it was not up to date anymore. From now on code-bude.net can also be read comfortably on mobile devices.
Help me to improve the new theme!
Since the new Theme certainly is still missing one or the other edge, I depend on your help. If you find an error (text or illustration) or if you have a proposal, at which point something […]

Update: Cloud Downloader 3.0

Feels like I’m having a run. Thus, today there is an update for the Cloud Downloader. This time the new version number is 3.0 – and did you get it? We have a round version number. And this means…
…tday there is not only bug fixes, but also new features. What exactly has changed, I want to summarize in the following. But first have a look at some screenshots!
Cloud Downloader 3.0 - better search Cloud Downloader 3.0 - file size prediction Cloud Downloader 3.0 - new features
New features

From now on the search screen will show you the filesize (in megabyte) of all tracks together. Moreover it shows also the size of the selected songs. Thus, you can estimate before downloading, if your download list will fit on your favorite USB drive.
The actual transmission rate is displayed during […]

Update: Cloud Downloader 2.9.6

Cloud Downloader 2.9.6The last update of the Cloud Downloader was two weeks ago. Since then I got a lot of feedback from you all by e-mail. So, among other things, two bugs could be identified. Therefore, today there is a new version.
The version 2.9.6 of the Cloud Downloader includes the following changes:

Previously, when specifying a “/likes” URL only the songs were observed. If a complete playlist was liked, its songs have been disregarded. Now all the songs, even those from “embedded” playlists, are respected.
The “/playlists” URLs from the profile pages could not be read. This works now.
The complete code has been revised in order to prevent crashes/errors.
One, two typographical errors in the GUI have been fixed.

The current version can be found (as always) in the Cloud Downloader’s main article by clicking the following link:
Download: Cloud Downloader 2.9.6

Update: Cloud Downloader 2.9

Cloud Downloader 2.9The latest version of the cloud Downloader is not even a week old and still today there is a new update. In Version 2.9, there are contrary to 2.8 less new features as far more bug fixes.
I have revised the search algorithms as well as the download function and I hope to be able to deliver more “stable” results now. What has happened in detail, you can see from the list below.
Have fun with the new version and as always – thank you for your numerous feedback! (Since the last release I received more than 100 mails from you!)
Download: Cloud Downloader 2.9
 
Innovations and bugfixes in version 2.9:

Bugfix: “/search”-URLs will work again in the search
Feature: The donations dialog (which opens when closing the application) can be deactivated
Upgrade: Improved search and download algorithm
Upgrade: Improved error handling