How to Make a CSS Image Sprite Accessible

How to Make a CSS Image Sprite Accessible

Solution: Use transparent text to provide a screen-readable description of your image. Here’s a problem we came across on a client’s site recently: a previous developer had created a CSS sprite to display a series of logo images on the home page and when...
7 Quick Hacks to Speed up Your Website

7 Quick Hacks to Speed up Your Website

I am a huge proponent of prioritizing speed when it comes to website optimization. Speed has been a confirmed Google ranking factor for over 10 years and in most cases, gaining points in the speed department is faster and cheaper than many other SEO tactics (ie...
How to Write Compelling Website Copy

How to Write Compelling Website Copy

Capture Their Attention I have a job right now: to keep you reading this blog post. Why? Because it contains something that is valuable to you.  And yet, it is difficult to get people to stay on a website.  In fact, almost everyone skims through text blocks,...
Choose the right SSL certificate for your website

Choose the right SSL certificate for your website

“Warning – your connection is not private.” Not the words you want to see when trying to visit a website. And definitely not the words you want your visitors to see on yours. You may think this only happens to people who try to visit nefarious websites or accidentally...