There's no doubt that image compression (also known as image optimization) is important for any WordPress website. Compressing your images decreases load time and disk space usage, making your website smaller and faster. This means less strain on your server, better website performance, and better SEO - you literally can't lose! My favorite image compression tool has to be TinyPNG. It's blazing fast, supports transparent PNGs, and reduces images up to 80%. It works on both .PNG and .JPG files, and is completely lossless - you won't be able to tell which image is the original and which has ... Keep Reading
What Are Your Website Goals? (And How to Set Them if You Don’t Have Any)
In our everyday lives, setting goals is a great way to keep ourselves on track. We think of who we are now, and who we aspire to be, and we work to get there. We may aspire to lose weight, drink more water, run a marathon, or finally beat Fallout 4 - whatever the goal may be, working towards it makes us stronger. Setting goals is a conscious step towards bettering ourselves, and our lives. In business, goals are a great way to grow. We may set goals to secure two high-paying projects, make $10,000 in sales, or turn 50 leads into clients in a month. These goals help keep us focused on the ... Keep Reading
Create Beautiful, Sharable, Social Media-Ready Images in Minutes
It seems these days, you can't post an article without an attractive, eye-catching, Pinterest-worthy image to accompany it. While for some of us, it's easy to open up Photoshop and whip something together, many people can find this daunting, not to mention time consuming. There has to be an easier way to put together photos easier, and faster, right? Enter Retype. Retype is an iOS-only photo editing app that takes the hassle out of creating social media graphics. It's perfect for Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook. It's dead-simple to use, and creates beautiful, professional-looking ... Keep Reading
One Secret For Beautiful Free Stock Photos
Navigating the world of stock photos can be tricky. Different photos have different licenses, and figuring out when and where you can use the photos can be exhausting. Not to mention that stock photos aren't necessarily cheap - you can pay upwards of $50 for ten images on some sites. With the web being such a visual medium, and photos being such an important part of blog articles and web design, many of us search for budget-friendly ways to find images for our sites. Often times, however, "free" stock photos are rife with restrictions (not to mention low-quality.) But what if there was ... Keep Reading
One Theme to Rule Them All
I don't think I can go a day without seeing some sort of blog post, email, or advert about a "multi-purpose" WordPress theme. They're everywhere. Every theme development company seems to have one they've put out, and they're massively popular. Why wouldn't they be? They're relatively cheap, costing between $50 - $100, often as one-time purchases, and they come full of "features". Drag and drop page builders, premium slider plugins, shortcodes galore - each of these themes promises a beautiful, dynamic, eye-catching website at a fraction of the cost of a custom design. If you can get ... Keep Reading
Add a Featured Image to a Single Post in Genesis
I'm writing this post out of necessity. I did numerous Google searches, and read through numerous tutorials, and was severely disappointed with the results. There are options withing Genesis for displaying featured images on the blog/archive pages, but it doesn't have any options for displaying featured images on individual posts. My search results only wielded plugins, out-dated tutorials, or blogs behind paywalls - nothing quick, and nothing easy. So, naturally, I came up with my own solution, and it's easy as pie. Simply plop the following code in your functions.php file: function ... Keep Reading