Did you know that the biggest downfall I see on so-called ‘professional’ sites is bad grammar or spelling errors?
Now, the odd mistake on a personal site can be forgiven, although if every other word is spelt wrong or is grammatically incorrect, people are going to get fed up and, ultimately, leave your site.

Even if you’re not great at grasping the English language, it’s not hard to check your content before you post it. If you use a program like Microsoft Word, or a similar software to write your content, there is a spelling and grammar checker which automatically detects mistakes and brings them to your attention. Read more »

Surely security is the most important thing to consider when developing or maintaining a website, but is it your number one priority?

The first – and most obvious – thing to consider is your password. If you are developing a website, chances are you will need passwords for many different things, including your cPanel, email addresses and any scripts you might be using.
First things first, you should ensure that you use a different password for each different thing. That way, if anyone is able to guess one of your passwords, they won’t have access to everything.
The second thing we should consider is the strength of your password. Make sure that you use a mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters, as well as numbers and symbols. (This will make it hard for anyone to guess, and will hopefully not match any of the commonly used words that hackers automatically try.) Read more »

CSS can be used to do so much for the styling of your website, but if it is not written with certain style and accuracy, it can be hard to manage. There are many ways to organise your CSS, make it easier to follow and generally improve the way it is written.

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Shorthand Properties

Using shorthand properties can dramatically reduce the length of your code, meaning that you can manage it more easily, as well as the fact that the file will reduce in size. There are many ways to shorten properties that you may use, such as the following: Read more »