The 4 Best Google Analytics Plugins For WordPress

July 19, 2018design tips
As a blogger, you probably employ several tactics to maximize the impact of each post. Without the proper measurement tools, however, it can be difficult to know which ones are most effective at engaging your audience. That’s why I’m a big fan of Google Analytics, Google’s free web analytics tool. The platform allows you to add tracking code …
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Weird things variable fonts can do

July 19, 2018design tips

I tend to think of variable fonts as a font format in which a single font file is capable of displaying type at near-infinite variations of things like boldness, width, and slantyness. In my experience, that’s a common use case. Just check out many of the interactive demos over at Axis-Praxis:

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Make sure to go play around at v-fonts.com as well for loads of variable font demonstrations.

But things like boldness, width, and slantyness and just a few…

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Building “Renderless” Vue Components

July 19, 2018design tips

There’s this popular analogy of Vue that goes like this: Vue is what you get when React and Angular come together and make a baby. I’ve always shared this feeling. With Vue’s small learning curve, it’s no wonder so many people love it. Since Vue tries to give the developer power over components and their implementation as much as it possibly can, this sentiment has led to today’s topic.

The term renderless components refers to components that don’t render anything. …

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30+ Feature-Packed Mockup and Scene Generators

July 19, 2018design tips
How to effectively showcase your work can always pose something of a dilemma. There are plenty of one-off mockups available for different purposes, but we’re starting to see the release of more and more incredible “scene creators” that let you create your own mockup scene. These provide unique sets of multiple items that let you […]
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Video Interviews from WordCamp Europe

July 18, 2018design tips
Did you miss this year’s WordCamp Europe in Belgrade, Serbia? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. We had a great time talking to some of our favorite WordPressers, and we’ve complited them into a playlist of interviews. Along with a recap of Matt Mullenweg’s WCEU talk, we chatted with Joost de Valk, Libby Barker, Karim …
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The Best WordPress Security Plugins Compared

July 18, 2018design tips
Nowadays, if your WordPress security approach is passive you are inadvertently playing with fire. All your hard work could turn to dust in the blink of an eye with just one security attack. As a website development tool, WordPress plugins are popular for a great number of reasons. They extend a website’s functionality and flexibility. …
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CSS: A New Kind of JavaScript

July 18, 2018design tips

In this wacky and satirical post, Heydon Pickering describes a wild new technology called Cascading Style Sheets that solves a lot of the problems you might bump into when styling things with JavaScript:

A good sign that a technology is not fit for purpose is how much we have to rely on workarounds and best practices to get by. Another sign is just how much code we have to write in order to get simple things done. When it comes …

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