One week makeover of a WordPress blog
Excellent post on Erik’s experience redesigning his WordPress blog in one week. He had to make decisions. Decisions are hard. I can relate.
Excellent post on Erik’s experience redesigning his WordPress blog in one week. He had to make decisions. Decisions are hard. I can relate.
There has been a great deal of talk in general web design circles regarding what some call the commoditization of web design. I have many opinions on this, but they boil down to the part where I feel some agencies are not providing the value that they think they provide. Successful design and consulting is…
Alex Ivanovs has a detailed post on the Pagely blog on how to make your blog more searchable. Beyond installing your typical SEO plugin, Alex’s suggestions touch on how to audit your site, making your design more mobile-friendly, and examining your social media exposure.
If you’ve ever worked on a site that evolves over time or for one that has pre-existing brand guidelines, then you probably know a bit about style guides. Chris Coyier has kindly named some common style guide strategies, and talked about pros and cons for each: The Sidelines: The style guide is done after the…
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Get a sneak peek at WordPress 6.1 with Nick Diego. Help test 6.1 Release Candidate 2 — and the Plugin Dependencies feature plugin. Be sure to browse the 6.1 DevNotes, Field Guides, and Team Updates. WP-CLI 2.7.1 is available now.
🎨 Lukas Oppermann writes about the more and less well-known benefits of design systems: “Knowing the benefits can be useful when you try to convince your management that a design system is not a waste of money. Or when you want to convince your designers that it will not replace the creative part of their…