ADA Compliance

ADA compliance refers to the compliance of websites with the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal law in the United States that requires businesses and organizations to make their goods and services accessible to people with disabilities. In the context of websites, this means ensuring that individuals with

To Gimp or Not To Gimp

In the world of photo editing, adobe photoshop is king. They really do have an amazing product. It’s sleek, works great, and is very robust sporting dozens and dozens of functions and endless possibilities for the graphic artist. Photoshop is also very, very expensive. The entire Adobe creative

Javascript called by PHP

Interesting little snippet. What is going on here? Livewire gives you the low down. if($num_rowvs == 0){ echo ‘<script>// <![CDATA[ alert(“This is an alert message. I’m alerting you that you are totally awesome!”); // ]]></script>’; } First, we’re creating a simple if statement in PHP. Not entirely

HotOpponents Hack

We have seen this one a few times coming from WordPress but we have also seen it in Google Analytics code or simply in a header.php file. HotOpponents is a simple redirect script but really digs down and makes roots for itself throughout your website files and database.

Why is a short domain name better than a long one?

There are several reasons why a short domain name is generally considered better than a long one: Easier to remember: Short domain names are easier to remember than long ones, which makes it easier for people to find and return to your website. More professional: Short domain names

Using Warning Lights or Guages

A good article on fox-business about whether your business uses warning lights or gauges to understand how your business is growing. The proper answer should be: gauges. A light is just either on or off, a gauge gives you much more information about where your business is headed,

Review: Total Cache WordPress Plugin ★★★★

August 24, 2014

An easy plugin for WordPress that does all your caching for you automatically.

What is caching?

A cache essentially takes a screenshot of your page and keeps it in local memory. When that page is called (by a user visiting it) then it is called up from the cache and not the server. This reduces the amount of load time per page and enhances the users experience. It’s all about speed, you know.

Total cache plugin allows you to set a number of options according to how your website is set up. We have given it only four out of five stars because we see a few areas they could definitely improve on in their interface. Additionally it is not as intuitive as it could be for people who are not all that tech savvy. More detailed explanations and help files would be nice. All in all though, it’s the best cache plugin for WordPress out there today.