Web Design Blog
September 23, 2019
Elasticsearch & WordPress
What is Elasticsearch? Elasticsearch is a search engine that uses a NoSQL database to store flexible, schema-less documents in an index. As the name implies, its primary use is for...
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AODA for your website design
In a survey conducted in 2017, Statistics Canada found that 22%, or 6.2 million people, have at least one disability. Whether related to hearing, seeing, or mobility, almost a quarter...
Read MoreAugust 13, 2019
Plugins & WordPress
Chances are if you’ve been using WordPress for any length of time you’re familiar with plugins. Plugins are separate pieces of functionality from other parts of your website that can...
Read MoreJuly 30, 2019
How to choose the right banner image for your website design
A banner image (also called a “hero” image) is the big picture that you see when opening up a website design. It is usually located at the top, but its...
Read MoreJuly 16, 2019
Design thinking for better UX
It’s a process that relies on a “human-centered” approach to solve complex or unknown problems of products and services that are being offered by a business. The core element of...
Read MoreJuly 02, 2019
Using Page Speed Insights with your new web design
As a business owner, marketer or the resident online SEO person in your office, you’ve likely used Google’s Page Speed Insights at one point or another. You may also have...
Read MoreJune 10, 2019
Exploring Gravity Forms
Introduction Gravity Forms is a popular plugin for WordPress websites, which enables us to build advanced forms with ease. This plugin provides many useful features and can easily be extended...
Read MoreJune 03, 2019
Postman: testing APIs
Application Programming Interfaces (API) as used to communicate between servers and send/receive data. Popular APIs, such as Google Maps and YouTube, allows developers to use data and information from these...
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