Development

“Render-blocking resources” — if you’ve seen this pop up while speed testing your website, or heard about it as a common cause of slow loading speed, you’re probably baffled. You’re looking for ways to speed up your website and get rid of any extraneous code slowing it down, but where do you even start in fixing this? Lucky for you, eliminating render-blocking resources isn’t so hard once you know what you’re dealing with. A simple plugin can do the trick, or you can even take care of it manually if you’d rather do that. Totally lost? We’ll explain in simple […]

While finance experts are predicting the deepest financial crisis of this century due to the Covid-19 pandemic, that doesn’t mean it will hit everyone as hard. Although the future might not seem very bright for some companies and individuals, we have to remember that all previous recessions have started a new era and new opportunities for business and innovation. If your company’s online business was not built on a well-designed strategy at this point, you might want to adopt some of these tools and tactics to stay in the game so that your market share would not be taken by […]

Whether you’re a charity or a content creator who’s been hustling for a while, you’re probably considering reaching out to your audience for financial support. However, being able to accept donations on your WordPress site can be difficult without the right tools. Luckily, there are several excellent plugins that you can use to set up this functionality on your website. Without any coding knowledge, you can create slick donation forms, manage your income flows, set goals, and more.  In this article, we’ll introduce you to three user-friendly plugins that you can install to accept donations on your WordPress site. Let’s […]

With the COVID-19 pandemic upsetting economies worldwide, businesses are moving online in a bid to stay afloat and protect the health of their employees. This means there are more opportunities now for marketing to e-commerce businesses as a developer. However, nabbing new clients isn’t quite as easy as reaching out with a list of your services. It is critical that your marketing approach is a creative and full-fledged plan. Fortunately, it isn’t rocket science either, and there are some concrete steps you can take to reach more businesses. In this article, we’ll discuss some helpful tips for attracting new e-commerce […]

Who hasn’t wanted to design their own beautiful website without having to do any coding at all? Thanks to platforms like WordPress, page builders, and website building services like Wix and Weebly, this has been possible for a while. In this webflow tutorial, you’ll get to know one more possibility. The sites produced with the options above can be a bit repetitive. You can usually spot them from a mile away. Webflow is an online tool that promises to do away with that. It promises to revolutionize website building, allowing you to design a fully-featured, gorgeous business website without needing […]

Anyone can learn to code, but developing good programming habits is another matter entirely. Programming is one of the easiest professions to pick up without any formal training. But when you’re entirely self-taught, you can end up with bad habits that are hard to kick. You may not even know you’ve picked up a common vice until someone points it out to you, resulting in the dreaded “spaghetti code”. However, it can make your projects unsalvageable and cause people to not want to work on a team with you. Ready to build better habits? There are some things even a […]

Choosing a developer-friendly host is key to success as a web professional. You’ll want to be able to cater to varying client goals. You’ll also require tools that improve your workflow, make debugging easy, and generally increase your efficiency. Fortunately, if you know what to look for, you’ll find that there are several hosting providers that can meet your needs. Backed by useful tools, you can then improve your workflow and better deliver on client projects. In this article, we’ll discuss why you need a developer-friendly web host. We’ll also see how the tools available from your host can influence […]

You very likely know the pain of duplicating content across posts or pages when you’re working with similar structures and want to maintain consistent formatting. Typing it all out manually can be painful drudgery, and even with copying and pasting, you risk introducing mistakes. Fortunately, content duplication doesn’t need to be so complicated. WordPress provides multiple methods – both built-in and via plugins – to create new posts and pages that are identical to your existing ones. In this article, we’ll briefly discuss why you might need to duplicate a page or post in WordPress. We’ll then walk through how […]

Full site editing is coming to WordPress. If you’re confused about what this means or how to feel about it, you’re certainly not alone.  The major paradigm shift has been in the works for some time now. The ability to customize every aspect of your site makes WordPress more beginner-friendly and lowers the barriers to entry. However, as with the initial introduction of Gutenberg, the discussion surrounding it seems divided into two camps. In this post, I’ll explain what full site editing in WordPress means and explore some key considerations on both sides of the argument. Then I’ll discuss how […]