June 12, 2020: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

In this week’s web design and development news roundup, you’ll learn about a comparative study of offboarding experiences, find a masterclass on making accessibility a part of your digital product development, discover how to use the WordPress Block Editor, and more.

If you’re new to my blog, each Friday I publish a post highlighting my favorite user experience, accessibility, WordPress, CSS, and HTML posts I’ve read in the past week.

Hope you find the resources helpful in your work or projects! Continue reading June 12, 2020: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

Quick Tip: Wonder Tools Newsletter

Wonder Tools list of newsletter editions.

One of the reasons I enjoy Twitter is learning about useful resources and newsletters.

I’ve learned about accessibility workshops, found solutions for coding problems, and discovered newsletters that help me with my web design work.

Which is what today’s post is about: a helpful digital tools newsletter my friend Birgit Pauli-Haack shared on Twitter.

What is WonderTools?

Published by Jeremy Caplan, he describes WonderTools as

A free short newsletter on digital tools that help make working from home more efficient, enjoyable and creative.

The slogan for his newsletter is Useful tiny tips for getting more done, better.

Exactly what I need. Continue reading Quick Tip: Wonder Tools Newsletter

Takeaways from Uh-oh: Troubleshooting Common Problems in WordPress

Split screen showing Abby Buzon portrait on one side as she speaks, the other screen displays her an ounce of prevention slide.

If you’ve been using WordPress for a while on your website, it’s likely you’ve run into some kind of issue.

Whether it’s a

  • Design problem
  • Configuration setting
  • Issue with a plugin or theme

it can be time-consuming to track down what’s causing the problem.

I can attest to that.

Working with WordPress since 2006, I’ve had plenty of troublesome WordPress issues to resolve for my clients as well as myself.

Which was why I was interested in Abby Buzon’s Uh oh: Troubleshooting Common Problems in WordPress presentation at WordCamp Kent 2020.

Buzon shared helpful tips and actionable steps to take when you encounter problems on your WordPress site.

Here are my notes. Continue reading Takeaways from Uh-oh: Troubleshooting Common Problems in WordPress