I was recently contacted by the guys from Webucator regarding a video they would like to create for the Detect Mobile Devices on Front-End and Back-End post. As developers and designers, we need a professional way to detect the right media where the webpage is loaded to optimise it accordingly. Hence, my fellow readers, I’ve decided to post the video below. This is great for people that are visual and prefer to watch a video, rather then reading a post about this topic.
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The solution to the dreadful search for quality web graphics is over. Designers around the world can now make use of these amazing UI kits from PixelKit for all their design needs.
What’s all included?
If you’re one of the three fortunate winners of a full-year membership to PixelKit you will confirm why these kits are so amazing. These UI kits include a huge array of web graphics to beautify and make any website functional. Here’s why this giveaway is so amazing:
- Your PixelKit membership allows you to use 5000+ premium graphics and any other graphic kit that is added within the year without paying anything extra.
- New UI kits are added every month, and you can access those with your membership with ease.
- You get access to virtually all the icons and web elements you will ever need, no matter the theme of your website. Most other libraries have fewer elements, making it difficult for designers to find everything they need in one place.
- PixelKit’s vectored graphics are the perfect solution for you to resize your elements based on your needs.
- The library is full of mobile-ready elements that make it easy for viewing on tablets, smartphones, and pretty much any device.
- If you’re working on HTML sites, you will be glad to know that these elements are compatible with 960 grids.
WordPress Shortcuts: Things developers must know to enhance productivity
As a professional web developer, it becomes quintessential to perform the development process within a short time span. In fact, the main objective of a developer is not only to develop a WP website but also to complete the procedure quickly and efficiently.
Time-saving is one of the foremost priorities of a developer that can help enhance the overall productivity. And one of the productivity tips from the developer’s point of view is the epidemic usage of the exciting WordPress shortcuts.
WordPress is the prominent blogging and CMS platform that also offers a wide range of keyboard shortcuts to help you boost your productivity rate expeditiously. Through this blog, we will highlight some of great and time-saving WP keyboard shortcuts. But before diving into this, let us understand why content formatting plays a crucial role.
4 Common Security Issues when Running a Website (and how to Combat Them)
Owning and operating a website is thrilling. You may have started one as a portfolio. Maybe it’s for your small business? Perhaps it’s just an online journal to collect and share your thoughts and experiences. Whatever the reason, it doesn’t mean someone else doesn’t want to spoil the fun.
It doesn’t matter if your site is a simple HTML file or built upon a big CMS platform like WordPress. Since it’s created with code and reliant on hardware you should know the inherent vulnerabilities. Why do people attack websites? That answer is the same as why you started one. Some do it for fun, others for malicious intent.
The following are four of the most common security issues you may face when running a website along with a few strategies for combating them.
1. User Error
User Error is the most frequent form of security issue when operating a website. Users sit on the top-level and generally do not have complete access to the software and hardware architecture of the website.
The error comes about when the user’s machine has been compromised and connected to the software or hardware of the website. These attacks may be from an infected file or as simple as connecting to an insecure WiFi network in public, which openly broadcasts your sensitive data.
The best course of action is to make an investment into internet security software that will help prevent attacks on your computer. This type of protection becomes the first line of defense against malicious files, phishing techniques, and brute attacks.
How Reliable Cloud Hosting Really Is?
If you closely look at cloud hosting, the name itself imparts a sense of security. Traditionally, it is based on the premise that instead of storing data locally, data is stored online centrally in either public, private or hybrid cloud environments. This is a revelation as data can be accessed from any computer, anywhere, anytime. But how reliable and secure cloud hosting really is?
First things first! Reliability is a mandatory discipline which implements scientific knowledge to make sure that a system will perform its intended function for the specified duration within the desired environment, which involves the ability to support, test and review the system throughout its lifecycle.
When it comes to software, reliable software is considered as failure-free software which is operational for the specified period of time in the given environment.