I'm Ketan ‐ A Melbourne web designer and developer
with over 20 years of industry experience.
www.searchenginejournal.com
A new Magecart-style exploit is doing its rounds and affecting multiple ecommerce platforms to steal credit card information and infect other sites. This attack is particularly difficult to identify because the code dropped onto the website is encoded and sometimes masked as a Google Tag or a Facebook Pixel code. Read more
7 June 2023 security
I don’t usually write posts like this, but this experience is something that I think some new businesses (life coaches in particular) should be aware of.
www.spicyweb.dev
This is a fantastic article by Jared White exploring all the numerous lies we’ve been told about how great JS frameworks are and how much time and work they save. Definitely worth a read. Read more
23 March 2023 javascript web development
Building a new store with Shopify is easy, but getting it right is hard. Selling online requires web and design experience, and understanding how users shop online is vital to your strategy. My Shopify website audit is recommended if you have set up your store and require help making it easy to use with a great user experience.
16 March 2023 website audit ux design shopify
ecommercewebdesigner.co.uk
By default, Shopify’s order status page displays a map of the delivery destination and a standard “Order updates” box. Both of these aren’t essential for the customer and take up valuable space. Read more
14 March 2023 shopify
gomakethings.com
In Chris Ferdinandi latest Daily Tips newsletter he talks about web performance, and React in particular. I’ve never been a fan of using bloated frameworks. Whenever I have used a React-built website, I’ve always come across a cache issue where I have to hard refresh a few times. This could be poor development, or a product of the framework, but either way it’s bad design. Read more
25 February 2023 web development javascript
ahrefs.com
A great article by Ahrefs that explains exactly what SEO agencies do, which ones to steer clear of and how to pick the right one. Read more
blogs.windows.com
If you’re a web developer, you may have already heard that some CSS selectors are faster than others. In this article by Microsoft, they explain how to optimise CSS better by improving CSS selector performance. A must-read if you are working on Google’s Core Web Vitals. Read more
15 February 2023 core web vitals website performance css
WordPress is an extremely popular content management system amongst web designers and web development because of its easy setup, large community and thousands of plugins to extend functionality. But there’s an array of content management systems out there which may be better suited to your business requirements than WordPress, and they are definitely worth looking into.
22 October 2022 content management system wordpress web design
Design plays a massive role in all business areas, from creating your brand identity, designing social media graphics, printing flyers, and mocking up PowerPoint slides to designing your website or mobile app.
5 October 2022 web design business design subscription
Shopify is a popular ecommerce platform which powers over 600,000 businesses across the world. It has some great features and a very well designed admin that makes running your store a breeze. But, what make’s it so good?
I recently found some of my old client work on a hard drive, so I put it all into an Archive page - for my records more than anything.
2 September 2022 archive graphic design web design
For the last few years, I’ve been using a Sketch library I designed to help me create beautiful sitemap templates, and user-flow diagrams for client and personal projects. So, today I’ve made it available for purchase.
21 August 2022 web design wireframing sketch template
www.wired.com
Users face increasingly impossible challenges to prove they are not bots. Read more
11 August 2022 web development
eyeondesign.aiga.org
AIGA Eye On Design article that describes how designers are falsely motivated to duplicate others’ work because of fear of failure and their desire to be accepted. Read more
11 July 2022 design
survey.stackoverflow.co
In May 2022 over 70,000 developers told Stack Overflow how they learn and level up, which tools they’re using, and what they want. The United States and United Kingdom respondents are the most experienced respondents, with an average of 15 and a half years of experience coding. Read more
27 June 2022 web development
www.logolounge.com
The 20th Annual Logo Trend Report presented by LogoLounge is full of all the good, the badass, and the ugly. Read more
The cost of hosting your website can quickly add up when you start putting things together; the server, the database, the domain, and the SSL certificate. All these components are needed to ensure your website runs correctly. But, did you know that you can actually host your website for free?
5 June 2022 website hosting netlify github
gomakethings.com
With the early return pattern, you check for the opposite of the thing you want, and return early to end the function when that’s the case. Read more
13 May 2022 javascript
After buying a new iPad not too long ago, I decided to get the Apple Pencil too to transition to taking notes digitally. I’ve attempted to go digital many times before but was always put off by the experience.
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