There are many situations when you need to perfectly fit images with various aspect ratios into a container with predefined dimensions and aspect ratio. The best practice in those cases is to create a image cropper that will optimally fit the image inside the predefined container and crop the sides that overflow. To create the […]
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Examples of text gradient CSS code – Color gradient on text
A good practice of enhancing the website visual appearance is the implementation of color gradients to various text elements. Titles, links, buttons and CTAs will stand out even more if we replace the boring solid color with a colorful gradient. In this article we’ll show you some cool examples of text gradient CSS code that […]
CSS text color gradient tutorial – Create gradient text with CSS
Thinking about how to visually enhance your WordPress website? How about emphasizing some text elements with color gradients? Now you can change your boring one color text elements to colorful, visually attractive titles, CTAs and even paragraphs. Learn how to do it with our CSS text color gradient tutorial. CSS text color gradient browser compatibility […]
WordPress Sticky Sidebar Plugins – 2020 Review
Whether you own or develop a blog, web magazine or any other kind of website that uses a sidebar, it might be a good idea to make it stick. A sticky sidebar won’t disappear from the screen once a visitor scrolls down a large content. That way, potentially important sidebar information will always be visible […]
Video header WordPress Tutorial
Video headers can be distinctive and attractive visual enhancements for websites. If used wisely, a short video right on page load can tell quite a story about your website topic. Our Video header WordPress tutorial will show you how to create a custom header with video background for your website. This tutorial is intended for […]
WordPress Contact form 7 spam protection using Honeypot plugin
Few days after releasing a new website on the web, administrators usually start noticing spam messages in their e-mail inbox coming trough the website’s contact form. In the beginning it’s one message month, some time later two or three per week. Before it becomes dozens of spam messages per day, we suggest to install Contact […]
Change address bar color in Chrome tutorial
Chrome users must have noticed their browser address bar color change when visiting certain websites. Usually, the color changes according to the website color palette. This tutorial will show you how to change address bar color in Chrome and give a nice visual enhancement to your website. Why change address bar color if it works […]
How to make WordPress allow SVG upload into Media Library
Scalable Vector Graphics or SVG is as it’s name say, a file format used for vector graphics. SVG files are gaining popularity in web design because they are very lightweight and resizable without loosing quality. WordPress by default doesn’t allow upload of SVG files due to security reasons. In this tutorial we’ll introduce you to […]
Responsive breakpoints in 2020 – WordPress responsive design tutorial
Even though all modern WordPress themes use responsive design by default, in some cases additional responsive adjustments are necessary. Either if you are building a website from scratch or modifying the structure of a WordPress theme, more or less responsive fixes will be needed. To maintain the perfect visual appearance on all devices we suggest […]
Speed up WordPress websites in 5 minutes
This tutorial is not intended as an in-depth guide to WordPress speed optimization. It’s rather a quick and simple solution to put your website into a higher gear and noticeable boost it’s loading speed. Since this tutorial doesn’t require advanced development skills, even unexperienced users should be able to speed up WordPress websites with ease. […]
Best WordPress cookies plugin in 2020 – WP GDPR compliance plugins reviewed
With GDPR in effect for quite some time now, almost all websites receiving visitors from the European Union must comply to that regulative. One aspect of the GDPR regulative enforces website owners to allow visitors to accept or reject cookies from their site. The common practice to display a Cookie consent notice when visitors visit […]
Animated number counter plugins for WordPress
An animated number counter is a great, eye catching way to display any kind of numeric statistic on your web site. To impress your visitors with important numerical data you can use one of the many plugins available. To make your choice easier, we tested and reviewed the best free animated number counter plugins currently […]
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Chrome users must have noticed their browser address bar color change when visiting certain websites. Usually, the color changes according ...