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WordPress is a fantastic, easy to install application that’s packed full of useful features. It’s all ready to rock straight out of the box, but there’s a few easy customisations you can make with a cocktail of plugins that will enhance the functionality as well as offer crucial protection. This is my collection of post-install plugins that I immediately add to every WordPress install I work on – There’s no fancy gallery plugins here, just back-to-basics additions to improve speed, SEO and security.
Website designs for premium Mac application websites are amongst the most beautiful web designs on the net. Here’s an inspirational showcase of some of the best, along with a look at some common trends and features.
Icons and visual clues are important additions to any web app, but they can be difficult to create yourself because of the tiny dimensions. Luckily there’s stacks of free high quality icon sets out there on the web, that have been created by talented designers. You can be sure that you’ll find almost any style of icon you need in this collection of packs.
By pulling in feed from the Yahoo API with jQuery, you can style your website according to the Weather! Find out how by following this step by step guide. We’ll start by creating four backgrounds for sun, rain, snow and cloudy, then use a clever jQuery script to pull in the forecast. To finish things off, we’ll even create a cool manual override, allowing users to switch through the various themes themselves.
There’s some seriously cool transform and animation effects available through the webkit engine that can really spice up the web experiences for users with the Safari browser. Here’s a quick look at how the rotateY property can produce a flip effect, and how it can be used to create a super cool Transformers themed top trumps design.
Websites powered by Tumblr (or Tumblelogs , or tlogs) are becoming increasingly popular. Tumblr fills the gap between Twitter and the full blog, allowing users to post short updates in text, video, photo, link, chat, quote and audio formats quickly and easily. Let’s take a look at the basics of what Tumblr is, and how to get a tumblelog of your own up and running.
SEO, or Search Engine Optimization is always of the highest importance for most businesses with a presence on the web, and rightly so; good search engine visibility and Google rankings are the backbone to success on the Internet. Sometimes however, people tend to go that step too far, either through bad advice from specialist SEO companies, or just by becoming so caught up with optimization that they neglect the core principles of web usability. Here’s five of my own SEO pet hates, that inhibit the general performance of your site more than they benefit your precious Google ranking.