Posts tagged with: Resources

The tech industry has evolved over the last 12 years since starting this blog. Techniques have changed and so have the software and infrastructure behind them. Moving at this fast pace can be daunting to anyone new in the development field. Finding t...

Welcome to July’s monthly roundup of Web Design and Development resources. In this month’s edition, the focus is on learning. If you are keen to get into the web development field then I hope you will find the resources helpful. As always there is...

If you’ve ever struggled to grasp the difference between branding and marketing, you’re not alone. Without a doubt, they are both interlinked. However, there are minute differences between marketing and branding. To utilise them both together is key to understanding them both in great detail. As an entrepreneur, here’s what you need to know.

Welcome to June’s monthly roundup of Web Design and Development news and resources. I have scoured the web to find collections of useful websites that will keep you busy until next month. In this edition, we feature the mighty JavaScript. How to develop a good coding mentality and the usual web design resources section.

WordPress is the most popular used blogging/CMS software which is why I guess it is used by millions of websites around the world. Unfortunately, there are some very bad people out there that will try their hardest to exploit any weaknesses in your blog. If you look through your logs you can guarantee that someone, or something, like bots, for example, has tried to gain access to your site by attempting to access your login page, registration page or even your forgotten password page. Of course, you can never completely eradicate the bad boys but with a good knowledge of WordPress security can help you protect your site as much as possible.

Welcome to the monthly roundup of Web Design and Development news and resources published in May 2020. With so many resources available I have handpicked a collection of useful websites that will keep you busy until next month. This month we feature the new release and alternative to Node, responsive web design turns 10 years old, coding for kids as well as some useful resources on web development.

The best call centres are those with the ideal combination of well-trained staff and the right technology. New tech trends are emerging all the time, but which ones enable call centre agents and the organisations they work in to improve overall business performance? They have to adapt to meet the ever-evolving needs of the modern-day customer, and the software they use is playing an increasingly fundamental role.

With lockdown and schools shut for the foreseeable future, along with several jobs and businesses, myself, other students and various workers/business owners find ourselves with a lot of free time. So much free time that I’d say we have no idea what to do with it. So, before we all get bored and begin to go crazy, here are a few things we could do to try and mitigate the boredom and still manage to learn a new skill.

Many years ago web designers were limited to JavaScript when adding functionality to web sites. This was before the official release of HTML5 and CSS3. JS added oomph to any website, making it more appealing and sexy. If the user disabled JS in the browser then web sites had to be functional without it.

VS Code has become popular since its initial release in 2015. Released 1 year after Adobe Brackets and a year before Atom. The battle of the text editors began to rival Commercial software Sublime Text. VS Code was designed to be a next-generation Code editor built on top of the Electron Framework. Its lightweight functionality and its extensible features make it fully compatible with the majority of programming languages. Microsoft has also made it cross-platform so it supports Windows, Mac, and Linux. It can even run as a portable app.

This is for all the individuals who have a WordPress website. Yes, your site is up and running along with a beautiful and well-crafted design. Still, you would need SEO to secure a proper ranking as well as to make the site work at full pace. You need traffic more than anything, so you need your page to rank higher in the search results; thus, you need SEO.

As a business owner, you should never allow yourself to rest on your laurels. You should always be prepared to change, improve, and step things up a notch with regards to your organisation and its day-to-day processes. Quite simply, you should forever be looking for ways to take your company to the next level.