There are several reasons behind restricting certain posts or categories by country. If the post or page or category is not relevant to people in certain countries, you expect to see little or no traffic from those places or the text can confuse innocent people. In such cases, many website administrators decide to block countries in WordPress by IP, so that they can safeguard their visitors from … [Read more...]
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Typography on the Web
Web typography refers to the typography for digital texts and the use of fonts on the web. Typography for digital texts deals with the visual design of text documents such as websites or e-books, primarily by means of typeface, as well as the other possibilities of typography. The main purpose of typography is to make texts easier to read and thus easier to understand, as well as to present … [Read more...]
How to Use JuliaMono Font in Urvanov/Crayon Syntax Highlighter
The original Crayon Syntax Highlighter by Aram Kocharyan no longer available because it does not work with the newer WordPress versions. However, Fedor Urvanov has worked with Aram Kocharyan to make Crayon Syntax Highlighter work again as Urvanov Syntax Highlighter. Most of the core technical blogs (including ours) heavily rely on Urvanov/Crayon Syntax Highlighter because it works with all the … [Read more...]
Configure WordPress to Send Emails Using mSMTP
If you have followed our guide on How to Easily Set Up Email with SMTP on Ubuntu Server and want WordPress to send you email then you need to perform some extra steps. Make sure that you have completely followed our previous guide. Do not worry, this part is quite easy. Check Whether PHP Can Send Emails Using mSMTP We need to test whether the php mail() function is working or … [Read more...]
How to Install and Configure mod_evasive on Ubuntu for WordPress
mod_evasive is an Apache server module which provides action in the event of a Denial of Service attack. It is also can be configured to fail2ban, firewalls and routers. However, using with WordPress is not always easy. The module can lead dysfunction of certain plugins and backend administration. mod_evasive is easier to configure and maintain/monitor than modsecurity. This person is the … [Read more...]
How to Upgrade Old WordPress Version to Latest Version
Still, on May 2023, it is common for many of the users to continue using WordPress 4.9, PHP 7.2, Ubuntu 16.04LTS etc. There are several reasons behind the fear of not to continue upgrading them. The mentioned versions had breaking changes which forced them to fight for many hours to get back their site working. Additionally, WordPress 4.9 was the last version with the classic editor and classic … [Read more...]
How to Add a Verified Badge to WordPress Author Profile Using CSS
Verified badge is a premium feature of most of the social networking sites including Elon Musk's Twitter, LinkedIn, DeviantArt etc. The reason for charging money is that a verified badge works as social proof to increase the trustworthiness of the author. It is a marketing tool. When you are paying for your own self-hosted WordPress, why not verify your self for free? Especially if you already … [Read more...]
How To Use Adobe Fonts/TypeKit Fonts in WordPress
Adobe Fonts/TypeKit is available from Adobe as a part of the Adobe Creative Cloud subscription without any extra charges. Most of the professionals including bloggers and marketers have Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions for using Adobe Photoshop. Adobe serves font from highly optimized CDN and the premium fonts are great for typography. Adobe made some changes which made it affordable, and easy … [Read more...]
Which is More Important to Google : PageSpeed or Backlink?
On our website, we frequently discuss page speed-related technical matters since our website is related to software development. A couple of readers got terrified after learning the cost of CacheFly and Fastly in our earlier articles. SEO-optimized content and backlink are the most important factor for a higher rank in any search engine result page. Previously in an article, we pointed out the … [Read more...]
How to Redesign to Speed Up WordPress Site in 2023
WordPress by default includes a HTML file located at /readme.html. This is our site's that readme file. If you test the URL of your site and other's sites, you will get a pretty good idea about how much your server optimization can deliver you the result. For us, that URL on PageSpeed Insights gets a 100% score and loads within 0.5 seconds when tested by GTMetrix and Webpagetest. The bottleneck … [Read more...]
Understanding the Quality of Generated Leads
Lead generation is the first step in lead management. Some companies specialize in lead generation and lead acquisition. In our earlier article, we have explained the basics of lead generation. Quality of Generated Leads The quality of the generated leads is determined by the following factors: correctness, timeliness, the voluntary, conscious provision of the data by the … [Read more...]