You might be saying to yourself that your business is safe and will survive during this unheard of in our lifetime pandemic. But simply having an online presence might not be enough. According to a study published by the U.S. Census, before the pandemic, nearly 90% of shopping still took place in brick & mortar […]
Technology
Content (Management) Is King
If you are a web designer, you are no doubt familiar with the vast array of content management systems (CMSes) available today. WordPress has become the darling of the CMS and web design crowd and has been for quite some time now. Its large and active user and developer community has a lot to do […]
Moving Your WordPress Site to HTTPS
Now that a lot of hosts are offering Let’s Encrypt as part of their hosting package and Google is punishing non-https sites, there’s no better time to convert your site to HTTPS. What Is the HTTPS Protocol? HTTPS (HTTP Secure) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for secure communication over a computer […]
5 TED Talks For Designers
This year TEDÂ turns 30. For those of you who didn’t pay attention in class, TED (technology, education, design) is a global conference (now actually a few of them), where the most amazing minds of humanity share their ideas in a short and effective form of 18-minute (or less) talks. IvanQuick Facts: Amazing since 1985. Online […]
Creating a Favicon
There’s an excellent tutorial over at Matt Mullenweg’s site detailing how to create a favicon; it’s an old post but still useful today. And here’s an interesting look at different sites’ favicons and a link to a great review by Makiko Itoh. More Reading Read more about the fascinating favicon. Favicon generator Another favicon generator […]