Should I Build My Own Website?
No matter what size your company is, having a website is an essential part of running a business in today’s market. When done correctly, a website can provide a helpful resource for current clients, market your services to new clients, create brand awareness that stands above your competition, and accomplish many of your business goals. […]
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How to do Mobile Testing from a Browser
Mobile testing from a browser is a great way to enhance development efforts, and Chrome Developer Tools are deep, powerful, and packed full of amazing features to achieve that goal. As a developer, I often take for granted some of the features I use every day. I forget most people don’t even know this area of their browser exists, […]
Website Evaluation Tool: Ironscan.io
Have you ever wondered how well your website stacks up against the rest of the web? Ironscan.io is a website evaluation tool built to provide users with an instant analysis of any website. Just type in a URL and you’ll be able to see an in-depth, comprehensive overview of the site’s strengths and weaknesses. The Ironscan.io website evaluation […]
How to force HTTPS / SSL using the .htaccess file
It is becoming increasingly popular and in many cases required for websites to have an SSL certificate. One use case would be on a website that collects payments from end users. Payment processing requires an encrypted connection (HTTPS) to keep information safe as it is transferred across the internet. Another important reason to do this is […]
Using PHP Sessions in WordPress
4 CSS Tricks Everyone Should Know
“CSS is magic,” someone joked to me recently, as I demonstrated the pros and cons of a CSS3 pseudo-selector (specifically :nth-child). This got me thinking about Arthur C. Clarke’s third law of science and technology: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” While CSS is still leagues away from being indistinguishable from magic (although that depends on […]
Connecting Dreamweaver, Prepros, and FTP: Compiling SASS/LESS the Easy Way
Edit: Dreamweaver 2017 now natively can compile CSS preprocessor languages like SASS and LESS. It requires each site to have a specific entry in the Site Manager, and you can check out the full documentation for that here. If you are unable to have specific entries in the Site Manager or just isn’t worth the loss […]
Cross Domain Web Services Are Inevitable When Developing Mobile Apps
As mobile app development exploded over the years, there was a bigger need to share data across domains and platforms. Initially, these cross domain requests were handled via SOAP web services, which can be very heavy in response time and size due to the XML output and additional negotiation time for the SOAP request headers. […]
