Why is it important? Nobody likes waiting for a slow website. Google uses Page Speed as one of the factors to determine rank. Faster load times will improve your ranking, as well as help you gain more organic traffic. It will deliver higher conversions and higher revenue. Also, with such a ... Read More →
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Benefits of HTTP/2 Protocol
Earlier this year, HTTP/2 protocol was released. It's a replacement for HTTP/1.x protocol that hasn't been changed since 1999. That's a lifetime in Internet time! The focus of HTTP/2 is site performance, network and server resource usage. It's based on Google's protocol SPDY. You can find more ... Read More →
How to add custom post types to a Widget
Recently I was working on adding Custom Post Type - Portfolio in a widget on Home page. An example of that would be Portfolio display on my Home Page. Each portfolio piece is a custom post type that gets added dynamically as I include a new piece. In Genesis there is a default widget - Genesis ... Read More →
Add previous/next links on single page of custom post type in Genesis
If you have a custom post type (for example - Portfolio), you might want to add Previous and Next buttons under each portfolio piece. Here's an example of that on this website: Single Porfolio piece. Notice at the bottom Previous and Next links go to other single pages of custom post type - ... Read More →
How to add text “Menu” next to Hamburger Icon
When you build a responsive site, you most likely will have a Hamburger icon for Menu. A lot of WordPress Genesis themes come with responsive menu icon that uses Dashicons, such as: Gist - Responsive Hamburger Menu icon https://gist.github.com/c272dbc57ed8f4f82983 The code above only ... Read More →