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During May of 2015, it was decided that HTTP/2 would become the new standard and that it would replace HTTP/1.1 in due time. The possible advantages of HTTP/2 are huge, however, the usability is not as easy is imagined. In this article, we’ll take a quick look at the benefits that this standard could provide for the website owners, as well as which requirements have to be met to use WordPress and HTTP/2. How many articles about a website’s loading speed have your read already? Probably a whole lot. I’ve also published a couple of articles on the topic here at Noupe and even more over at our German sister site Dr. Web. An important part of performance optimization is the server, as no optimization can work without a proper server with a modern operating system. That would be like tilting at windmills. As none of us is Don Quijote, we shouldn’t start with that, right? What is HTTP and What is it Needed For? In general, HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is a way of communication between web server and browser. That means HTTP is the language that server and browser use to talk to each other. I won’t really […]

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This week's Designer News - No 595 - includes Dynamic Favicons for WordPress, Helsinki Design System, Generate Your Own Boring Avatars, A New Way To Reduce Font Loading Impact: CSS Font Descriptors, 25 Years of CSS, Giving a Damn About Accessibility, WordPress Turns 18 and loads more. The post Weekly News for Designers No 595 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

I keep bookmarking Adam’s GUI Challenges posts/videos and, before I even have a chance to review and link them up, another one is already published! Fortunately, the homepage for them on web.dev is a nice roundup. For example, a recent … The post GUI Challenges appeared first on CSS-Tricks. You can support CSS-Tricks by being an MVP Supporter.

Search engine optimization (SEO) is essential for almost every kind of website, but its finer points remain something of a specialty. Even today SEO is often treated as something that can be tacked on after the fact. It can up to a point, but it really shouldn't be. Search engines get smarter every day and there are ways for websites to be smarter too. The foundations of SEO are the same as they've always been: great content clearly labeled will win the day sooner or later — regardless of how many people try to game the system.

A fantastic collection of split-screen UIs, complete with CSS source code that you can edit to fit your needs. Each offers something unique. The post 8 CSS Snippets for Creating Split-Screen Layouts appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.