Title: birdy's Replies | WordPress.org --- # birdy [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) * Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) In reply to: [WordPress for client Question](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-for-client-question/) * [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * (@ozum) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-for-client-question/#post-9426449) * [@christosg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christosg/), you should also consider licensing terms of premium theme you purchased. It may or may not allow you to use the theme more than website or client. In this case you or your friend needs to purchase another license. * Forum: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/) In reply to: [Stop updating](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-updating-2/) * [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * (@ozum) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-updating-2/#post-9426422) * I agree with [@dpope0824](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dpope0824/), not every feature added seems to have positive impact on general population of users. Although staying in an old version is an option, it is not always possible, because of consumer/customer demand of upgrade to latest and newest. * [@mickmel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mickmel/), you are right, this is an open source project, and we should contribute. However not all of us are PHP developers. Maybe a more transparent management/methodology of new features would be beneficial for all of us. - This reply was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/). - This reply was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/). * Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) In reply to: [Books for intermediate WP user?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/books-for-intermediate-wp-user/) * [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * (@ozum) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/books-for-intermediate-wp-user/#post-9426375) * Also there is a discount for “WordPress 4.x Complete” ebook. (However it seems an intermediate level book) * Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) In reply to: [Books for intermediate WP user?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/books-for-intermediate-wp-user/) * [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * (@ozum) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/books-for-intermediate-wp-user/#post-9426368) * Relatively newish book (December 2016) for beginners with positive feedbacks: * Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) In reply to: [WordPress MEAN Stack](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-mean-stack/) * [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * (@ozum) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-mean-stack/#post-9426364) * I know that adding support to a no sql would be a very labor-intensive work, but it really helps many developers. Isn’t it possible to add future targets? * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Where does a noob start – Website not looking anything like the demos](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-not-looking-anything-like-the-demos/) * [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * (@ozum) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/website-not-looking-anything-like-the-demos/#post-9426345) * IMHO, if you are not experienced, you could also start with demo content provided by theme developer and start to change it bit by bit, until you learn inner workings of the theme. * To ease learning process, while changing it, try to do things different than demo content with small steps and read the doc how to make this small change. * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Installation failed: Could not create directory.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-could-not-create-directory-7/) * [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * (@ozum) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-failed-could-not-create-directory-7/#post-9426336) * Also another potential solution for Mac could be using Mac Bitnami installers. * Please check: * [https://bitnami.com/stack/wordpress/installer](https://bitnami.com/stack/wordpress/installer) * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [first installation of WP on Synology DS216J](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-installation-of-wp-on-synology-ds216j/) * [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * (@ozum) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-installation-of-wp-on-synology-ds216j/#post-9426329) * I forgot to add link of package: * [https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/packages/WordPress](https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/packages/WordPress) * Also according to documentation, it supports your NAS (Synology DS216J). * Hope it helps. * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [first installation of WP on Synology DS216J](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-installation-of-wp-on-synology-ds216j/) * [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * (@ozum) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/first-installation-of-wp-on-synology-ds216j/#post-9426326) * [@det1242](https://wordpress.org/support/users/det1242/) * There is a ready to use WordPress package for Synology. Did you consider it? * Regards, * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Can´t install wordpress: Error establishing a database connection](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-install-wordpress-error-establishing-a-database-connection/) * [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * (@ozum) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-install-wordpress-error-establishing-a-database-connection/#post-9426321) * Hi tuviejaenbolas, * I have same error. Could you please be more specific how did you solve it? * Thanks in advance, * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Autoptimize] Zero Lenght File with CSS optimization](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zero-lenght-file-with-css-optimization/) * Thread Starter [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * (@ozum) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zero-lenght-file-with-css-optimization/#post-4321269) * Thank you for your effort. * For your F.A.Q. * I added that line to header.php and some themes have header-xxx.php where xxx is several types of header files. One should add the line below all of the header files and add his/her theme name instead of [THEME FOLDER HERE] * /../[THEME FOLDER HERE]/style.css” type=”text/css” /> * Regards, * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Autoptimize] Zero Lenght File with CSS optimization](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zero-lenght-file-with-css-optimization/) * Thread Starter [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * (@ozum) * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zero-lenght-file-with-css-optimization/#post-4321267) * Dear futtta, * Since I don’t know PHP I cannot test autoptimizeStyles.php. * I tested 1.7.2, and unfortunately 1.7.2 does not solve zero-length problem on WPEngine. * Anyone else having same problem, here is my temporary solution: * I removed [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) url(“../kickstart/ style.css”); from CSS files and requested that file from PHP generated HTML files like: * /../kickstart/ style.css” type=”text/css” /> * Although it is not a best practice for WordPress, autoptimize works well with this on wpengine. This problem doesn’t appear on other hosts, so I can live with that solution. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Autoptimize] Zero Lenght File with CSS optimization](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zero-lenght-file-with-css-optimization/) * Thread Starter [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * (@ozum) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zero-lenght-file-with-css-optimization/#post-4321135) * I trapped the problem in one statement: * I use a child theme. In the child theme’s style.css I call parent theme’s style. css with following standard statement: * [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) url(“../kickstart/style. css”); * If I delete [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/) statement, AO works as expected. This happens only on wpengine.com. In other host, this does not cause any problems. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Autoptimize] Zero Lenght File with CSS optimization](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zero-lenght-file-with-css-optimization/) * Thread Starter [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * (@ozum) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zero-lenght-file-with-css-optimization/#post-4321123) * No, there are 3 CSS. * 2 of them is very short 25 Bytes and 71 bytes with contents below: 1. html{margin- top:28px !important}* html body{margin-top:28px !important} 2. #wpadminbar{display: none} * Those are same in both working and non-working site. So I assume they created correctly. * Third one is zero byte, which should 150-200 KB according to working site. * Thank you for your kind help and for this great plugin. * Benchmarks based on my experiences: For CSS, I have better results than I have with W3 Total cache. W3TC created more files/requests. For JS AO created less files/requests than W3TC, but my site didn’t worked well with AO, but woked with W3TC. However I use Cloudflare for JS, because their rocketloader is fascinating. * Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/) In reply to: [[Autoptimize] Zero Lenght File with CSS optimization](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zero-lenght-file-with-css-optimization/) * Thread Starter [birdy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozum/) * (@ozum) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zero-lenght-file-with-css-optimization/#post-4321075) * 1. I disabled AO on frotibase.com 2. I checked theme’s css permissions are 664 * On wpengine I temporarily switched to thirteen theme and AO worked for CSS. When I switch back to Kickstart theme it stopped working. But as I told you same theme works on other host. 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