October 25, 2019: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

In this week’s web design and development news roundup, you’ll learn how organizations can better prepare their sites for emergency situations, discover what features will be in the upcoming WordPress 5.3 release, find out the differences between HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and more. Continue reading October 25, 2019: My Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

Share Your Favorite Plugin: Simple CSS

My favorite WordPress plugins displayed in grid layout.

Whether you buy a WordPress theme or develop your own theme, you’ll discover you want to add some custom CSS to your site.

Which you can do within the WordPress Customizer.

But it’s not easy, due to the narrow width of the editing window.

Frustrated, I searched for an easier solution.

It didn’t take long to find another option, one with great reviews, and excellent support. Continue reading Share Your Favorite Plugin: Simple CSS

Make Your Coding Easier, Use DuckDuckGo Cheat Sheets

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For several years, I’ve used DuckDuckGo, the search engine that doesn’t track you.

I love that you can search privately and don’t have to worry about your online search history being tracked.

Also, given Tim Bray’s post about Google memory loss, I have more confidence in using DuckDuckGo to search for specific content I know exists.

However, little did I know that DuckDuckGo has additional features that can make my work life easier: built-in cheat sheets to help web designers and developers. Continue reading Make Your Coding Easier, Use DuckDuckGo Cheat Sheets