by Nikole Garcia | Jul 12, 2017 | DIY Design |
This is a common question I’m asked – how do I make my site faster? While there are a variety of techniques that I use to help speed up a site, decreasing the image load is often the one thing that helps the most. But what does that mean, exactly? So...
by Nikole Garcia | Jun 12, 2014 | Web Tech |
"Why is my site so slow?" is a question I get asked a lot. It’s not always an immediate thing — sometimes a site slows down over time, or after some changes have been made. But in general, there are a few things that nearly always contribute to a...
by Nikole Garcia | Oct 10, 2013 | DIY Design, Web Tech |
Adding pictures to your blog posts, Facebook posts, and tweets is a great way to get attention … but you don’t want to take up a lot of time. Here are some great options for quickly making eye-catching photos for your posts: Online Picmonkey for editing,...
by Nikole Garcia | Apr 18, 2013 | How They Do It |
This post is the sixth in the "How They Do It" series, where I will be featuring entrepreneurs and the solutions they are using to launch and run their businesses. In this edition, I’m chatting with Sarah Prout. Sarah Prout is the co-founder of...
by Nikole Garcia | Aug 14, 2012 | DIY Design |
Featured Images in WordPress are used differently by different themes In some themes, they are used as a thumbnail for the post. In some, they are used as the image that is supplied to Facebook or Pinterest for linking. Regardless of how your current theme uses them,...