CSS sprites allow you to combine multiple images into one. The technique reduces the amount of storage your images use and speeds up the loading of your website. I wrote about the technique in my recent article on WP Hub entitled “Speeding Up a WordPress Website“. I have been working …
Tech Stack: Javascript, React, MongoDB, Express, JSX/HTML and CSS In this group project, we had five days to build a stock tracking application. Three friends and I opted to modify the brief by building a cryptocurrency trading application instead. The application allows anyone to register themselves as a player and …
For many years, this website used the popular WordPress theme Genesis by StudioPress. It remains one of my favourite WordPress frameworks, but in early 2020 I wanted to try something different and opted for the lightweight WordPress design GeneratePress. I can’t speak highly enough about GeneratePress. It’s one of the …
A big part of search engine optimisation involves managing internal and external hyperlinks on your website. Nine attributes are available for the HTML anchor element (<A>). The most important attribute is href as it defines the URL a user should go to, but you will also see the target attribute …
Syntax highlighting is a common feature of Text Editors which uses multiple colours and fonts to help you read and analyse code more easily. They can help you view the structure of code, make comments stand out and quickly point out any errors you have made. It’s a feature that …
Website builders help you create professional websites in minutes. They can be used to create blogs, business websites, resumes, online portfolios, eCommerce stores and more. All you have to do is select a pre-made website design, move things around using a drag and drop page builder and then add your …
It should be no surprise that WordPress is one of the most popular platforms for online communities. With a built-in user system, simple publishing options and website design customiser, the core version of WordPress is a great starting point for a community. All you need to do is choose one …
I have been using Cloudflare for many years for their domain name server functionality, their SSL certificates and their content delivery network (CDN). Cloudflare’s CDN perhaps does not boast as many configuration options as other CDN services, however it is free to use and their network boasts over 200 locations. …
Pretty Links is a fantastic link tracking WordPress plugin that gives you full control over the links on your website. Developed by Caseproof LLC, the plugin can be used to make your URLs look cleaner, track clicks and categorise links. If you actively use Pretty Links to track important URLs, …
SmartFrame is a versatile image toolkit that allows you to protect your images and improve delivery speed to website visitors. Using SmartFrame you can prevent others from stealing important images and deliver high quality versions of your image to website visitors on many different devices. The service is free to …