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What is mobile first design?

With the mobile first strategy, website creation is optimised for mobile devices first. And for good reason because Google’s mobile first indexing has been using mobile landing pages as the basis for indexing since 2021. We show you what you need to look out for if you want to…

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How to compress your CSS and improve per­form­ance

It’s rare to see creative in­form­a­tion directly placed into HTML code. Colours, fonts, and sizes of HTML elements are normally defined in style sheets, such as CSS. The more complex a website becomes, the more the range and amount of required CSS files increase. The extra burden…

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How to compress images using free tools

Computer storage capacity continues to grow year after year. However, even with more gigabytes and terabytes at our disposal, it’s still important to keep file sizes as small as possible—es­pe­cially when running a website. Smaller files mean faster load times, improved user…

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Web app What­TheFont

The What­TheFont tool from MyFonts allows you to find the web fonts you love. The latest winner of our ‘Web App of the Week’ series, this free tool iden­ti­fies typefaces based on the nuances in their own, unique designs. All you need is a screen­shot of some sample text; What­TheFont…

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What is re­spons­ive nav­ig­a­tion? Dynamic menus for mobile browsing

Websites need to look great and be easy to navigate not just on desktop PCs, but across all devices. Re­spons­ive design ensures that content auto­mat­ic­ally adapts to different screen sizes—from tablets to smart­phones and beyond. Creating effective mobile nav­ig­a­tion is one of the…

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What are the ad­vant­ages of bread­crumb nav­ig­a­tion?

Bread­crumb nav­ig­a­tion, or bread­crumb trail, helps your website visitors find their way around more easily. It provides a quick overview of the site structure, selected filters, or parent cat­egor­ies. In this article, we explain what bread­crumb nav­ig­a­tion is, why it’s important for…

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Which free image editing software programs are the best?

There are various image editing software options available on the market that are both free and packed with features. But with so many to choose from, how do you actually find the software that’s best for you? Our dedicated article in­tro­duces you to some of the best free photo…

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Which image format suits your project? JPG vs PNG

JPG vs PNG: Our com­par­is­on shows the ad­vant­ages and dis­ad­vant­ages of the two most popular formats for image files. Which format should be used for what, and what are the dif­fer­ences between JPG and PNG? How do different com­pres­sion rates affect image quality and file size, and…

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How do you link CSS to HTML? Guide with examples

HTML and CSS are fun­da­ment­al building blocks of the World Wide Web and are commonly used together. When styling an HTML document, you can include CSS in HTML using either internal or external methods to define the overall look and feel of your content. This guide provides clear,…

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How to use the most common CSS commands

CSS commands work together with HTML to create the look of a website. With CSS, content and design are kept separate. Some commands are used re­peatedly and it’s important to in­cor­por­ate such commands into the code of the CSS file following clean code prin­ciples. So which commands…

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