Technology – Zoyinc

AlmaLinux GUI – no taskbar or application shortcuts

I did a fresh install of AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux 9.5 base VM, after which I found that I didn’t have the taskbar or icons I expected: Looking in settings, there didn’t seem any obvious settings. Extensions Click on “Activities” in the top left corner and search on “Extensions”: You will likely have to install this extension.… read more…
AlmaLinux 9.5 base VM

My Setup I need to upgrade a number of my VMs from CentOS7 to AlmaLinux 9.5, this post is about creating a base VM that can be cloned for multiple purposes. At the moment my home lab is on ESXi7, and I will be installing AlmaLinux from the iso: AlmaLinux-9.5-x86_64-dvd.iso VM Configuration Setup You will… read more…
Reset Kodi thumbnails

Kodi keeps thumbnails for most images that it displays. There may be times you need to reset just the thumbnails, that is what this post is about. The Kodi “Profile Directory” folder is where the user’s config is stored. This is typically in the Kodi folder “userdata”. Below this folder is a “Thumbnails” folder which… read more…
Set default settings values in Kodi skins

I am currently creating a personal, Zoyinc, fork of the Amber Kodi skin. This is customized to my personal needs. The reason for the skin is so that if I want to setup additional devices, or rebuild an existing one, I have a simple process. One of the things that I was trying to achieve… read more…
Add/Remove/Reset music/video libraries in Kodi

If you make some, shall we say, “structural”, changes to the files in your Kodi music library, this will not necessarily be reflected in Kodi. If you were to create a music library in Kodi and change the files, say adding a cover.jpg, you could then do an “update library”. However while this seems to… read more…
Zoyinc Kodi skin on Sony TV

I have created a customized skin for Kodi, forked from the Amber skin. The purpose of this skin is to get the experience which I want from Kodi, it was not designed as a skin for everyone. Having said that I have no issues with anyone using it, but bear in mind I won’t be… read more…
[L] – WordPress UAM Locked Post

I recently started seeing “[L]” at the end of all my WordPress post titles: This was very strange and I searched high and low until I found the following post in the WordPress forums for User Access Manager: UAM Multiple “L” indications in header and subhttps://wordpress.org/support/topic/uam-multiple-l-indications-in-header-and-sub/ I have to say not that obvious…….. In my… read more…
Import Pictures and Videos – images not previewed

I use the Windows “Import Pictures and Videos” to import my photos: To me this works better than the default “Import Photos and Videos”: This post is not about the choice of tool but rather the way the tool works. When importing, it first scans you device, say a camera, and it gives you the… read more…
WordPress style name not visible

In WordPress block themes you can set the style for the site using “Styles”. By clicking on “Styles” and then selecting “Browse styles”, you can see a list of the available styles. When you do this you can only see the list of styles, with the font and colors associated with those styles, but you… read more…
YARPP tweaks

These are the customizations I made to get “Yet Another Related Posts Plugin”, YARPP, doing what I wanted on the Zoyinc site. Bear in mind this is being done for the “Twenty Twenty-Three” theme which is “designed to take advantage of the new design tools introduced in WordPress 6.1” using Gutenberg and blocks. It is… read more…