5 Pieces of AI Software for Your WordPress Site

March 1, 2018design tips
Major experts across a range of verticals are espousing the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) for their industries. AI, defined by John McCarthy in the 50’s as ‘the science and engineering of making intelligent machines’, has numerous applications From natural language processing to market analysis and data mining, AI is being used across financial, educational, …
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WordPress Myths Debunked

March 1, 2018design tips
Not only does WordPress power 29% of the entire internet, it takes up 50-60% of the CMS market share, making it the most widely used CMS in the world. Whether you are setting up a blog, reviving your website, or launching your online enterprise presence, many will recommend that you use this CMS due to its “jack-of-all-trades’ …
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5 Reasons to Be Counting Your Words

March 1, 2018design tips
Almost everyone is a writer in some way. Whether you’re crafting copy for a website, working on a paper for a class, or a content marketing professional trying to develop the perfect tweet, Word Counter is a tool that can make your life easier. A good word counter helps you stay on target with your […]
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Third party CSS is not safe

February 28, 2018design tips

…because third-party anything really isn’t safe. Jake Archibald:

If you’re worried about users tricking your site into loading third party resources, you can use CSP as a safety net, to limit where images, scripts and styles can be fetched from.

We’ve long discussed security considerations for using and managing third-party scripts, but the topic of security in third-party CSS was recently broached in response to a “trick” that employs keylogging via CSS.

Jake’s post is a worthy read because …

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WordPress Comment Spam

February 28, 2018design tips

Akismet is an incredible spam preventer for WordPress sites. I’d say it does 95% of the work for us. A few issues though make me want to augment it with other tools:

  1. Some spam still slips through
  2. It doesn’t prevent spam that seems easy to block
  3. There are false-positives, so spam still needs to be checked

#1 is no big deal, we can nuke the slips pretty easily. We even have WordPress comment settings such that all comments need to …

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​Learn UI Design: The Complete Video Course

February 28, 2018design tips

(This is a sponsored post.)

If you’ve ever thought “Man, all my designs look like crap”, this may be the best ad you see all day. If you’ve desperately searched Dribbble or Behance for inspiration, yet found yourself completely unable to make something look nice, this one’s for you. And if you’ve ever had a sinking feeling that most design articles are worthless, and no matter how much you read about color theory, it’s not going to …

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35+ Best Lightroom Presets of 2018

February 28, 2018design tips
If you’re looking to supercharge your design workflow this year, updating your Lightroom presets with a new, powerful collection is a good idea! Lightroom presets let you instantly fix, improve, and enhance your photos with a single click. And we’ve found the perfect set of presets just for you. Having the right set of Lightroom […]
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