These are the more hands-on posts, usually written after I've spent an afternoon figuring something out on my own site or a client's and thought it was worth writing down. Things like how to size images so your pages load quickly, how to build an accordion without any JavaScript, or how to use an SVG as your favicon.
A lot of it comes back to site speed and keeping things simple, because the chances are your visitors aren't all on fast WiFi. I try to explain why I've done something as well as how, and if you get stuck following along, pop me a message and I'll do my best to help.
Most Shopify shops probably don’t have to worry about large numbers of redirects on a daily basis but one thing I’ve come up against working with Clemsons Vintage is managing redirects. Most sites might need to add redirects once every so often, for example, if you update a blog URL or tweak the site structure […]
Sizing images for the web can be hard, especially working in an agency that specializes in branding services and wants to show off their work in the highest quality possible. As a tech SEO, I’m always looking to improve a website in as many ways as possible and one of those ways is improving website […]
TLDR; I decided to figure out how to create an HTML accordion for my useful marketing tools and useful code snippets section so that I wouldn’t have to take the speed hit from javascript. If you just want to see the instructions and not my ramblings you can view them at the bottom of the […]
TlDR; You can use an SVG image as your website favicon to improve site speed on web browsers that allow it while falling back to an .ICO favicon if the browser doesn't support an SVG. I read an interesting post that said you could use an SVG image as your website favicon for browsers that […]