ShortPixel for WordPress simplifies image optimization with pro results.

February 16, 2021

Optimizing images for the web is not something WordPress does well natively. Why would it? It’s not an image processing system. It can accept images and resize them, and it will optimize for file weight, but controlling how WordPress does that requires either coding or a plugin. If you’ve ever objected to the decisions WordPress…

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Is a WordPress Website Right For My Organization?

October 30, 2020

Choose a professionally built WordPress website only if you have specific functionality requirements or design needs that a do-it-yourself web builder cannot offer as reliably, intuitively, or as affordably. I’ll hit the major differences as I see them based on building websites since 2001, and building with WordPress since 2009.

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Are You Ready To Build Secure WordPress Websites?

April 15, 2020

I’ve been designing WordPress websites, coding them, and securing them since 2009. If you’re a WordPress web designer, use this basic quiz to assess your own readiness for building secure WordPress websites.

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October 11, 2019

Preview Home Page The left image is the content map (aka “wireframe”) and the image on the right is the resulting design.

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October 11, 2019

The left image is the content map (aka “wireframe”) and the image on the right is the resulting design.

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October 11, 2019

Preview Home Page The left image is the content map (aka “wireframe”) and the image on the right is the resulting design.

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October 11, 2019

Preview Home Page The left image is the content map (aka “wireframe”) and the image on the right is the resulting design.

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October 10, 2019

The left image is the content map (aka “wireframe”) and the image on the right is the resulting design.

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Your Brochure, Your Website, and Content-First Design Approaches

August 7, 2019

I’ve been implementing secure websites with built-in Content Management Systems (CMS) since 2004. I started using Adobe Contribute®, and eventually embraced WordPress™ over Joomla™ and Drupal™ for one very important reason: the ability to modify the back end to improve end-user friendliness. No CMS provides an out-of-the box user-friendly environment quite like is advertised, or…

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Tank Swappers

January 14, 2019

Build Type: RapidRollout Tank Swappers is based out of Exeter, California. This is a new business with a propane delivery model that allows residence and businesses to take delivery of propane on a scheduled or on-demand basis. The core feature-benefits are cost savings, reliability, convenience, and better safety from not having to transport your own…

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