Using one image for every possible viewpoint variation of a design (desktop, laptop, tablet, mobile, and all the non-standard browser window sizes in between) isn’t exactly ideal in terms of design and maintaining the image’s resolution. With the...
All WordPress developers have a list of their favorite plugins that they won’t create a new WordPress build without. Here are some of our favorite plugins to add to our WordPress projects: 1. Yoast Yoast isn’t your average SEO plugin. In addition to it allowing you to...
Looking for some new ways to optimize your code and increase the speediness of your site? Here are some simple ways to streamline your site that you may have overlooked. 1. Minimize HTTP Requests HTTP requests are a big reason why a site’s load time can be so slow....
Most WordPress themes should have a file that serves as the default page template that any page in a WordPress build will be assigned to by default — it should go by page.php. Sometimes, however, the default page template might not be conducive to the design and...
If you’re a web developer, chances are you prefer to develop and work on Google Chrome over any other browser. The reason for this is probably because not only is Google’s Developer Tools dashboard and console an invaluable tool to help with development,...
In WordPress, hooks are the building blocks for your themes and plugins and are vital for their functionality. Basically, their purpose is to allow developers to make their own custom code (and custom functionalities) to themes or plugins without changing any of the...
If you’re a WordPress developer then you probably know how much quicker and easier it is to develop a theme or create a new WP site on your local machine rather than doing so on a remote server. The only slight problem with building a theme locally is that you...
Nginx is a great web server. I am using it on other blogs I owned online. It’s probably the second most popular web servers in used today.. and growing rapidly. Some will argue that Nginx is more resource-friendly than Apache2 and can be used as a reverse-proxy...
One long awaited feature that was recently released as part of Ubuntu 16.04 is the ability to dock ot move the Unity Launcher to the bottom of your screen. In previous version of Ubuntu, the launcher was installed at the left side of your screen with no easy way to...
Ubuntu 16.04 “Xenial Xerus” was just recently released and this brief tutorial is going to show you how to do an in-place upgrade easily. An in-place upgrade from 15.10 to 16.04 is quite easy. All you need is a stable Internet connection and running few...
