A Native Lazy Load for the Web

August 26, 2018design tips

A new Chrome feature dubbed “Blink LazyLoad” is designed to dramatically improve performance by deferring the load of below-the-fold images and third-party <iframe>s.

The goals of this bold experiment are to improve the overall render speed of content that appears within a user’s viewport (also known as above-the-fold), as well as, reduce network data and memory usage. ✨

👨‍🏫 How will it work?

It’s thought that temporarily delaying less important content will drastically improve overall perceived performance.

If this …

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WPCampus 2018 Videos Are Now Available to Watch

August 23, 2018design tips
WPCampus 2018 was held July 12-14, 2018, at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Educators, staff, and those in higher-education gathered to learn how WordPress can be and is used in higher-education environments. If you couldn’t attend in person or watch the live stream, you can now watch all of (more…)
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How To Accept Bitcoin Payments in WordPress

August 23, 2018design tips
It’s possible to get an ecommerce operation up and running in minutes on WordPress with the aid of plugins like WooCommerce. From there you can start accepting online payments using Stripe, PayPal, 2Checkout, and a myriad of other payment gateway services, some of which don’t even require shopping carts. One drawback, however, is that not …
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What is a Carousel Advertisement and Why Should You Try it?

August 23, 2018design tips
Facebook offers a lot of different opportunities for online advertisers these days. With so many options available through a single website, it is easy to get confused and overwhelmed when trying to figure out which route is best for your advertising efforts. If you are new to digital advertising or Facebook as an advertising platform, …
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How to Find the Best CDN: A 4 Point Checklist

August 23, 2018design tips
If you are an up and coming business, you will have to look for a content delivery network (CDN) that provides the most benefits to your business. Before getting a CDN you should conduct detailed research on precisely what you want and what you think will be most beneficial for your business. Many new business …
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Using CSS Clip Path to Create Interactive Effects, Part II

August 23, 2018design tips

This is a follow up to my previous post looking into clip paths. Last time around, we dug into the fundamentals of clipping and how to get started. We looked at some ideas to exemplify what we can do with clipping. We’re going to take things a step further in this post and look at different examples, discuss alternative techniques, and consider how to approach our work to be cross-browser compatible.

One of the biggest drawbacks of CSS clipping, at …

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WordPress SEO: How to Improve Your Site’s Ranking

August 22, 2018design tips
If you’ve installed WordPress before, you may have noticed that the default installation is not SEO-friendly. If you want to have a better search engine ranking, you need to optimize it first then, later on, find ways on how to promote your WordPress website. The good news is, you can enhance your site’s ranking with …
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