Popups, or as they are sometimes called, modals, are a popular way to get a user’s immediate attention. They are used mainly to advertise an important idea, event, or to promote something, like a newsletter or a temporary deal. Instead of hiding this news in a blog post that may be missed by most users, …
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If you want to use videos to bring your website to life because you want to increase user engagement, WordPress makes it super easy. You can embed videos from sites like YouTube, Vimeo, or social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Let’s start by taking a look at how we can embed videos in WordPress …
Have you ever used WPML to translate content, only to realize that you still have untranslated sentences or words, such as your website’s tagline, footer widgets, or other template content? Well, WPML String Translation allows you to translate these bits of text known as “strings”. In tech-talk, a string is technically a sequence of characters that …
WordPress themes are created with a set of templates. In order to function, a WordPress theme needs (at the very least) an index.php template and a functions.php template. Of course, real themes come equipped with much more than that. Most themes come with these templates (or more): 404.php archive.php comments.php footer.php functions.php header.php index.php page.php …
If you are looking for a way to speed up your WordPress website, and you came upon the term “caching” or “caching plugin” as a suggestion to improve your page speed, you need to keep reading! Caching can help you speed up your WordPress website and boost performance, but it can also cause issues sometimes, and it’s …
What Is Cloudflare and How Does It Work? Cloudflare is a Content Delivery Network (CDN) that is comprised of a network of servers that span the globe. Cloudflare’s network of servers is one of the biggest ones on the planet, since their network spans more than hundreds of cities in 90+ countries. Connecting your WordPress …
There are many good reasons to migrate your WordPress website over to a new hosting provider. Maybe your old host is too slow, or maybe you want to work with a more modern one that offers better options. Alternatively, maybe your staging website was built on a temporary domain name and now you need to …
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Maybe you’ve noticed that sometimes you might get email that your WordPress version has updated to the latest version. This is an notification WordPress sends you when they automatically install a minor version security update that doesn’t require your input. Your WordPress website will however not automatically update when there is a new major release …
Animations to make your website more dynamic, and one of the easiest way to add a lightweight animation is to use Keyframes. Understand the CSS Properties for Keyframe Animations Before you start, these are the important properties to know when creating a CSS animation: @keyframes: Specifies the styles that will be applied to the element through the …
A WordPress theme is a collection of templates that change the appearance of your website. While picking a specific theme doesn’t mean that your website has to look a certain way, a theme generally dictates the overall look and feel of your final website. Most premium themes and even some free ones will have lots of customization …
