Despite numerous changes and additions to the internet over the years, including high speed broadband, responsive design and cat videos, the standards for how servers deliver content to your browser has remained much the same for over 15 years. This is set to change as a new protocol, HTTP2, is now being released. What is…
Category: Web Development
Keeping Your WordPress Site Secure
Updates The most important thing you can do to keep your WordPress site secure is to make sure it is up to date. There are many hackers that target older versions of WordPress and plugins that have known security vulnerabilities. Security updates are released frequently so you want to update both WordPress and your plugins…
Code Reviews and the Art of Website Maintenance
Every time someone visits your website they are presented with the HTML, CSS and JavaScript that make up the page. This is the client side code that is interpreted by a user’s browser to render the page. In previous posts I have talked about coding conventions and improving page speed. In this post I’ll talking more about the importance of reviewing and…
Web Color
Color is very different for the mediums of print and web. The color model for print is CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black), which is affected by the printer and surface of the print. The color model for web is RGB (red, green, blue), which is affected by the screen’s calibration. Both are affected by the…