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Good-Looking Isn’t Good Enough: What Your Website Really Needs to Say
These days, a great-looking website isn’t enough. Strange thing for a web designer to say? Not at all. Obviously, websites should look good. Typography, photography, color, hierarchy, spacing, usability and polish — they all matter. But looking professional is just …
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How I raised one website’s accessibility score from 82 to 98 in a day
When people think of a website accessibility audit, they often picture lawsuits, government regulations, or a long technical checklist. Those things certainly exist, and for many businesses and organizations the legal requirements are reason enough to take accessibility seriously. But …
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What AI Can’t Copy
There’s an excellent Substack post by Kevin Kelly called “Better Than Free” that’s been rattling around my head for a minute. His argument is simple: in a world where perfect copies are free and instant, the things people will still …
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Best WordPress Plugins for Most Websites
There are thousands of WordPress plugins. Many “best WordPress plugins” lists throw the kitchen sink at you. But after designing and building WordPress sites for over 15 years, I’ve found that most websites only need a handful of carefully chosen …
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How to Align Images with Text Wrapping in WordPress (Without Breaking Your Layout)
f you’ve ever struggled to align an image with text wrapping in WordPress and make it look exactly right on both desktop and mobile, you’re not alone. One of the most common frustrations when working with images in the WordPress …
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Why Are My Emails Going to Spam? (Plain-English Guide to Fixing Your SPF, DKIM & DMARC)
If you’re sending emails from your website and they’re ending up in people’s spam folders, you’re not alone. Emails going to spam is a common problem for small businesses, nonprofits, and anyone sending emails through custom domains like hello@yourdomain.com.…