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Why and How to Increase Dwell Time on Your WordPress Website

March 20, 2018design tips
Dwell time and how to increase dwell time are often neglected elements of search engine optimization. You, too, probably mostly concentrate on how to get visitors on your site and rarely give a thought about how to keep them there. However, dwell time, the amount of time visitors spend on your site, is an important …
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Putting Things in Context With React

March 20, 2018design tips

Context is currently an experimental API for React – but soon to be a first class citizen! There are a lot of reasons it is interesting but perhaps the most is that it allows for parent components to pass data implicitly to their children, no matter how deep the component tree is. In other words, data can be added to a parent component and then any child can tap into it.

See the Pen React Context Lights by Neal …

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10 Web Design Commandments for Every Project

March 20, 2018design tips
Do you have a rulebook when it comes to website design? There are some rules that apply to pretty much every web design project—let’s call them the “web design commandments”. No matter how large or small the website, these rules are the foundation for good design. If you follow along with these basic guidelines, and […]
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8 Ways You’re Wasting Money As A Web Developer

March 19, 2018design tips
Picture the emotions that come to your mind when you think about your web development business. Can you recall the excitement of signing a new contract for building a website or the joy of solving a critical problem that took you most of the last week? But then there is fear. How you are going …
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Doc Pop’s News Drop: Yoast’s €25,000 Diversity Fund

March 19, 2018design tips
Doc’s WordPress News Drop is a weekly report on the most pressing WordPress news. When the news drops, I will pick it up and deliver it right to you. In this week’s News Drop we talk about Yoast SEO’s €25,000 Diversity Fund to help underrepresented speakers attend WordCamps, plus we recap some highlights from this …
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20+ Best Portrait Photoshop Actions

March 19, 2018design tips
Retouching and enhancing portrait photos is a time-consuming task, and starting from scratch with every photo can be frustrating. Using a portrait Photoshop Action can save time, and give you a beautiful result with a few clicks. Let’s dive into some of the best portrait Photoshop Actions available today. These Photoshop Actions help you save […]
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Going From Dumb Little Idea to Real Website in Like 10 Minutes

March 19, 2018design tips

I live in Bend, Oregon. I woke up with the dumbest idea ever that there should be a little food truck map website and it should be called Vend, Oregon. It’s not my finest idea, but hey, I’m full of those. Fortunately, we don’t have to spend all day on this.

1) Figure out what’s going to go on this dumb little website

Fortunately, all the hard work was already done. One of our local rags already created a …

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The Beginner WordPress Developer’s Guide to wp_enqueue

March 18, 2018design tips
While WordPress is powerful, there are plenty of under-the-hood features that can help you maximize its efficiency. In fact, overlooking inherent functions such as wp_enqueue could even impact your site’s overall effectiveness. If you optimize your themes and plugins correctly, you can improve your site’s performance while enhancing user experience. The wp_enqueue function is a great …
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