Web Designer Blog

  • Getting a Job After Coding Bootcamp

    I read a good article by Matt Mullenweg about getting a job after taking part in a coding bootcamp. While the applications/resumes have been written well he goes on to talk about lack of experience. By this he means the lack of real job experience especially in the field that you are trying to get…

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  • WebP by Default Merged into Core for WordPress 6.1 update

    WebP, the new image format developed by Google, which is intended to replace JPEG, PNG, and GIF file formats, will soon be generated by default for new JPEG image uploads in WordPress and used for website content. The main work was committed to core for inclusion in the upcoming WordPress 6.1 release. The initial proposal was revised after…

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  • Is It Time To Give Up GitHub?

    I was pointed to an interesting article from WP Tavern called Give Up GitHub: The Time Has Come! on the Software Freedom Conservancy website. The Software Freedom Conservancy is a nonprofit organization centered around ethical technology. Their mission is to ensure the right to repair, improve and reinstall software at your choosing. They promote and…

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  • WordPress Birthday 2022

    I want to wish WordPress a Happy 19th Birthday today.

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  • WordPress Performance Team Puts WebP by Default Proposal on Hold After Feedback

    The WordPress Performance team has put its WebP by Default proposal on hold after the community voiced some critical feedback and significant technical concerns of this proposal. The new feature that was proposed would generate WebP images on upload by default for new JPEG uploads and would use the WebP images by default for website content. WordPress’…

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  • Performance Team Proposes Enabling WebP by Default in WordPress 6.0

    WordPress’ Performance Team has published a feature proposal that would enable WebP images by default in the next update to WordPress, expanding core support for the modern image format.  In July, 2021, WordPress 5.8 introduced WebP support, which allows its users to upload and use WebP images in their content. If the proposal is eventually approved, version 6.0…

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  • CodePen

    I can now be found on CodePen where you can find some of the work that I have done. You will find both the code itself and it in action in a link provided.

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  • GitHub

    I’m now on GitHub, where you can see all the different things i can do for you on the internet.

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  • Creative Commons Search Is Now Openverse

    Now that the project has been completed, the Creative Commons search engine has been rebranded to Openverse and now redirects to its new home at openverse.org.  Users will find the revamped interface maintains the ability to search the same collections, narrowing results by use case, license type, image type, file type, aspect ratio, and much more.…

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  • Contributing to Open Source Is ‘Better Than Any College Degree’

    I’ll admit I have no formal education at the college level to truly say that contributing to open source is better than any collage degree as the title of this article states, but I still believe in that statement personally. Having said that though, if you can afford it and have the grades to be…

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