Easily Add Videos Without Slowing Down Your Website

An illustration of a computer playing a video

I recommend to my clients to upload their videos to YouTube or Vimeo and then embed them from there. Especially when you start to build a library of videos. Why? Server Storage & Performance Video files are large. They can quickly eat up the storage space included with your hosting plan. The more videos you…

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All in One SEO vs SEOPress: What’s the Difference?

All in One SEO vs SEOPress Plugins

When I build WordPress websites, I almost always install an SEO plugin. Not because SEO plugins magically make your site rank on Google, but because they help manage the technical pieces that search engines care about. Two plugins I frequently use are SEOPress and All in One SEO. They both handle the fundamentals of SEO…

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10 SEO Tips Every Website Needs

Search Engine Optimization

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) doesn’t have to be complicated. While there are hundreds of factors that influence how a website ranks on Google, a handful of simple SEO tips for your website can make the biggest difference. When I build websites for clients, I focus on these core SEO elements to help their sites perform…

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How to create a Google App Password

Why do I need set up a Google App Password? Google App Passwords can be used in many places, but the key thing for my web design business is to be able to set up an SMTP plugin to ensure that any website submissions makes it through your gmail. Google is known for their strong…

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Animated CSS

Animate CSS

 CSS is doing amazing things. No more jQuery needed, you can animate with CSS! Daniel Eden, a designer in San Francisco, made a quick and easy library of mini animations to use. Animations such as bouncing, fading in or out, zooming in or out. Just those little WOW touches that you can make on your sites.…

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