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In the Pandemic, QR Codes are Finally Proving Worthy in the West 😷
In western society QR codes have been mostly regarded as an ugly marketing gimmick, but they’re now proving valuable as a logistical solution to the virus problem.
20 Years On and Website Hit Counters are Still a Waste of Pixels 🧮
Website hit counters clutter up the computer screen and run the risk of looking like an unsophisticated attempt to impress visitors. Counters should be extinct, with the exception being for humour, parody and pastiche.
Waiting on Final Images for a WordPress Website? Use this Handy Thumbnail Placeholder Trick 🪟
A handy WordPress media uploader hack for dummy image placeholders in your website build, with a quick swap when the final versions are ready.
Stop GoDaddy Spamming Branded Footer Links to WordPress Installatron Sites 🪧
GoDaddy’s love of advertising on customers’ websites is annoying. Fortunately, the branded GoDaddy backlinks inserted into WordPress sites generated by quick-install apps can be removed.
“Don’t Make Me Think: Revisited” – Steve Krug (Book Review) 📘
A person of average technical ability must be able to navigate your website easily. This is required reading for anyone wanting to create a better experience for their visitors…
QR Codes Could Get the Chance They Deserve Thanks to iOS 11 🔗
QR codes are great in theory. They’re a novel means for accessing information via smartphone, but the adoption rate among consumers is fairly low. That could change…
Google Security Smackdown: Websites Without HTTPS Will Suffer 🔓
Following several years of communiqué, Google has pushed the button and decreed all websites must become “secure” and adopt https. If your site visitors use Chrome, pay attention…
Cheap Instant Website Builders: Should We Dump Them? 🫗
What is so bad about instant online website builders, if the claims are to be believed? Are jealous rival designers defending their turf? This could be a messy breakup…
Rant: Manipulative Website Email Popovers Look Like Backhanded Ransom Notes 🖕
Okay, so we’re all sick of full screen pop up dominators on websites begging for email subscribers. Right? Let’s rant…
Warning: Dubious Web Industry “Regulator” Selling Questionable Business Leads 🥸
Hold on to your lunch money. There’s a UK internet business lead generator outfit operating under false pretenses and making misleading claims…
Badly Behaved Images? Leverage the Power of Vector Graphics to Eliminate Unruly Design
The Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format is the frequently overlooked solution to high quality design both in print and online. Once explained to non-designers, it is obvious the advantages afforded by “vector paths” is common sense, essential to workflow and cost effective…
Browser Ad Blockers are Destroying Website Functionality and Killing Content 🛑
While the blocking of aggressive advertising in web browsers is common, the side effects are that overzealous ad blockers damage core website functionality and mute genuine content…
Google AMP: Shocked Webmasters Learn of Changes to Mobile Site Search Results
Google Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) is the most important design and development change to hit webmasters in the last 5 to 10 years. Life just got complicated…
Vote “Remain” in the EU: Britain is a Steadying Hand on Digital Law Madness
Vote “Remain”. Britain is a parental chaperone on EU digital policy, is negotiating better terms and has MEPs to represent our interests. We can do more from the inside…
10 Website Trust Signals You Can’t Afford to Ignore
Does your small business website seem honest and trustworthy to customers? Use these psychological triggers to increase conversions and build a good reputation…
Dodge WordPress Website Disasters: Use a Localhost for Development 🏗️
Are you a smart webmaster? Avoid web development hell by testing, building and improving your WordPress site in a localhost offline server…
Overwhelmed by Web Design? Use This 10 Step Project Checklist and Stay in Control
Are you a web design client or consultant? Do you need to track project progress? This website checklist is a coherent action plan for setting priorities and better managing your time…
Can We Really Trust WordPress Plugins? Back Up Your Site Manually NOW 🤔
Do you back up your WordPress website manually? You might use a plugin but these can fail, especially free ones. Better a little caution than a great regret!
How to Comply with Google’s EU Cookie Ultimatum 🔧
Google have emailed webmasters warning them they must comply with the European Union website visitor cookie user consent policy by 30th September 2015…