Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

Deborah Edwards-Oñoro enjoys birding, gardening, taking photos, reading, and watching tennis. She's retired from a 25+ year career in web design, usability, and accessibility.

Photo of the Week: Harris’s Sparrow in Michigan

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Brown sparrow with white wing bars, black crown and bib with pink bill feeds on the ground near the pruned rosebush.

With its beautiful black bib and pink bill, the Harris’s Sparrow is one of the prettiest sparrows I’ve seen. The largest sparrow in North America, the Harris’s Sparrow stands out amidst the House Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, and House Finches as it feeds on the ground. And what a surprise to see it in Michigan! It… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Harris’s Sparrow in Michigan

March 6, 2020: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

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In this week’s web design and development news roundup, you’ll learn about prototyping to test your assumptions, find out why you shouldn’t use an accessibility overlay, discover tips for leading remote teams, and more. Continue reading March 6, 2020: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

Quick Tip: Default WordPress Permalinks Redirect Automatically to Custom Link Structure

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yellow directional signs on tree for the Five Mile Trail pointing to the right.

Chris, a former client whose WordPress website I worked on several years ago, contacted me recently about an unexpected error message on their WordPress dashboard.

The issue was due to their infrastructure, but Chris didn’t know how to resolve the issue.

It was a PHP version issue. Could I take a look at it and resolve the issue?

And could I take a look at the site’s performance?

Chris was speaking at a conference in a few months and wanted to make sure the site was in tip-top condition for performance.

Sure, I replied to Chris.

I resolved the PHP version issue quickly.

But when I looked into site performance, and what steps I could take to improve it, I met a barrier right from the start.

It had to do with the permalink structure my client had on their website. Continue reading Quick Tip: Default WordPress Permalinks Redirect Automatically to Custom Link Structure

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