Site speed has been added as a ranking factor by Google some time ago. Webmasters since then have started optimizing their websites’ page loading times. Some of the optimizations done included reducing the number of elements loaded when people visit the site, optimizing media elements, minifying CSS and JavaScript, and using web caching technologies to [...]

Categories: Online Services, The Web, Web Development

Webmasters need to be jack of all trades. They need to configure and design their websites, interact with the community, make regular backups and ensure that the website is secure and up to date so that it cannot be hacked, at least not by button pushers. Tools aid the webmaster in securing and testing the [...]

Categories: Linux, Mac, Security, Software, Windows

WordPress plugins are in many regards just like Firefox add-ons. You got a few popular ones that most webmasters have installed and then a lot of differences when it comes to the rest. If you have ever looked at one of those “top x” posts about WordPress plugins chance is that you already know the [...]

Categories: ghacks, The Web

A new WordPress blog uses an unoptimized url structure that uses numbers instead of the actual article titles. The so called permalinks need to be changed to switch from the number system to a system that is better readable for visitors and favored by the search engines. It is for instance possible to use urls [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic

Found another gem at Rarst’s blog today. Is My Blog Working is an online service that can be used by webmasters and interested users to find out if a blog is responding correctly. It works by entering a blog url in the form on the frontpage of the service. The service will then do some [...]

Categories: Online Services, The Web

I sometimes get asked about my workday. Many people I have been talking to about the workday assume that it is an easy peasy job which basically centers around researching topics to write about and writing articles afterwards, preferably in a very nice environment such as a garden or beach condo. I usually manage to [...]

Categories: Web Development

It was a tad easier to create website desktop shortcuts in the Firefox web browser before the Mozilla team decided to change the default behavior when dragging and dropping tabs from Firefox to an empty space of the computer desktop. This would have created a website desktop shortcut in previous versions but will spawn a [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Web users have quite a few possibilities to access websites that have been deleted or are temporarily unavailable for some time. Possibilities include using Google Cache, the Web Archive or other web caches that mirror websites. Web caches are great for accessing single pages of a website but not comfortable when multiple pages need to [...]

Categories: Online Services, The Web

Even for offline businesses, having a website is a huge plus. For those starting new businesses, whether they are Internet based or brick and mortar, designing a website is a necessity. Fortunately, even Internet novices have tools available that will help them develop a fully functional, attractive website. Another advantage that the owner of a [...]

Categories: Web Development