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When you optimize images on a website, how do you check how good is good enough? Is it speed performance
More than half the top 1 million websites use Google Fonts. This is not the best practice for mobile speed.
The
Sometimes when we're tuning speed on client websites, we strike gold. There's a horrible problem with an easy fix. The
Many speed test recommend using webP format for images instead of JPEG or GIF or PNG formats. Why? Where did
Astra is a popular WordPress theme. Usually, we'd tell you to run from anything claiming popularity - and never follow
We always want what we can’t have. Turns out, scarcity makes people perceive limited quantities as more precious and valuable.
Since WordPress core version 5.4 release date: March 31st, 2020, there's a odd image file lurking on your site.
wp-includes/images/w-logo-blue-white-bg.png
[caption id="attachment_63496"
Is website font decoration more important than speed performance? Is the typography on your site the easiest way for users
Do you have a recommended dimension pixel size and actual file size for blog post images?
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Image rotation is our plugin invention for improved speed and reduction of workload. This scheme is helpful - not only
Thumbnails are a scaled-down or cropped representation of larger pictures. They help in recognizing and organizing images. Thumbnails are used
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Use tandem plugins for some image speed trickery. The plugins are Hide Featured Image (7.6k download) and Default Featured Image
There are times when date stamping your website or it's content can be good - or bad. Say, you wrote
“Elegance is refusal”.
~ Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel (1883 - 1971) was a prolific and successful fashion creator. Chanel extended her influence
When you're working hard to optimize a website, you learn that image file size is an important detail for speed.
By default, WordPress always compressed images upon upload. In version 4.5, WordPress changed JPEG compression from 90Q to 82Q. This
Genericons are vector icons embedded in a webfont designed for aesthetics and signage. But what if you don't use them.
WordPress themes often come with two icon fonts employed. Genericons is an open-source icon font to replace image icons. Genericons
PagePipe ComboPack includes:
issue #1 - Mail.Me - Contact Form 7 plugin alternatives. MAIL.ME details
issue #2 - Fly.Me - Hummingbird plugin
We hated it when Yahoo sold Smush to these marketing guys: WPMU DEV (Owned by Incsub of Australia).
They added a
We've done library sections on websites before. They are popular (meaning they are visited from search engines). But success is
Twenty-seventeen is an unusual default WordPress theme. It allows background video in the header section. Here we share ideas to
To be read in modern browsers, HTML/CSS files must be UTF-8 – an encoding scheme developed in 1992. WordPress uses
Few people care about speed as much as we do.
Susty is the lightest stripped-down WordPress theme we've ever seen. It's
Favicons (or site icons) are a recognizable element used by web browsers. It's good for memorability and branding. Favicons are
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