While creating your own website may seem easy, the reality of the situation is that it takes more than a good idea to create something awesome on the web. There are many different layers of web development that need to be put into motion before people can start using your website, and there are a few things that your site must have for it to be successful. Let’s take a look at five of the must have aspects of a website that could turn into...

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A Fav Icon is that little icon that appears on the tab of your internet browser next to the name of the site, or the title of the page you’re on. It’s a 16×16 image, usually fairly simple, and it’s a special format (ICO). There aren’t many image editing programs that will save into that format, so I usually use an online tool found at: http://favicon-generator.org/ It’s a free service and you can download...

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I recently got this error when installing a new theme to WordPress. Nothing loaded and I was upset because it was a theme I wanted to use. Call to undefined method WP_Query::is_main_query() Don’t panic if you see this error. In my case, all I had to do was upgrade WordPress to the most recent version. After the upgrade everything was fine!

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Cell phone usage is huge in today’s world.  Whether it’s actual mobile usage while on a train or on the road, or it’s just someone sitting on their couch, the use of cell phones to access the internet is increasingly becoming popular.  Personally I hate using my cell phone for browsing, but that could be because the sites I’m trying to access aren’t mobile friendly yet.  I get frustrated with the speed, which...

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I thought I’d highlight a great online tool for choosing colors. www.colorpicker.com The tool gives you lots of features: Hex Code for CSS RGG & more codes Saved color list Automatic color scheme calculations

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I’d like to mention iconfinder.net. They’re a great site with a ton of free icons. You can even use some commercially without links back to the site for credit. The icons are not cheap looking either.  There are high quality icons and some really unique styles as well.   They have a great search and you can filter by size/licence. I get icons there all the time. Now if someone had free commercially usable stock photography,...

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