We all know that faster is better but how fast is fast enough? The unsatisfying, squishy answer is, as fast as you can make it without sacrificing the user experience. If you want a number from …
Protecting your WordPress login
One of the reasons that WordPress is such a popular website management platform is the built in administration tools, a.k.a. the “Dashboard”. Everything from editing pages and posts, to managing …
What little you need to know about DNS
The Domain Name System (DNS) is like the ancient boiler in the building basement. Everyone knows it does something important but only the building Super ought to mess with it.Still, there are things …
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How your website shares data
No website is an island (with apologies to John Donne). Even the most basic informational site may have good reason to share data with other applications. When a visitor adds their address to your …
Gutenberg is here – what now?
If all went according to plan, WordPress version 5.0 was released yesterday. This version includes the new Gutenberg editor that I wrote about back in July. This completely redesigned editor has been …
What’s In My Bag
Lately I’ve been walking to work. This is part of a big lifestyle change for me and my family. After 24 years of living about 12 miles above the small town of Sonora, CA, we’ve moved downtown, within …