Having a local development environment set up on your computer is an efficient workflow for developing a site, but what do you do when you have multiple projects to work on simultaneously? This is the function of Virtual Hosts — which allows you to run multiple sites all on the same server — whether that be a local or production server. This post will walk through the steps to setting up Virtual Hosts on MAMP, although the steps are roughly the same for any server running Apache. Enable virtual hosts The first step is to find the MAMP application in […]

One crucial component in the process of developing a website is making sure your site is compatible with all target devices and browsers. While in an ideal world, every end-user would be using the latest versions of contemporary browsers such as Chrome or Firefox, this is, unfortunately, not always the case. A site’s content and intended user experience should be accessible to everyone (as much as possible), regardless of browser or device used. There are many different tools and methods for cross-browser testing — Chrome Developer Tools, BrowserStack, BrowserShots, etc. While all of these tools can be useful for checking […]