Website Development by Margaret Blauvelt
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When setting up your email, you have two main options: POP3 and IMAP. Each protocol for sending and receiving email has unique strengths. Using them together can give you the best of both. Knowing how they work can help you avoid problems and optimise your email experience. Let’s break down these two email options in… Read More
You can have Gmail automatically add your signature block to any emails you send. Note that this will only be for emails sent using Google’s Gmail app on the Web. If you have a Gmail account within your email program on your PC or other device, you will need to use that program’s settings to… Read More
Don’t make your Web page accordion inaccessible when you make it clever or beautiful. An accordion opens and closes a panel, analogous to the widening and narrowing of the musical instrument by the same name. Be sure your users have total control for an optimal experience. Read More
In the 1990’s when I worked with a student who had serious mobility impairments and who could not speak, convincing school staff that he could benefit from a speech-output communication device seemed impossible. Finally he moved to another state, and we did not have any convincing to do because they already understood. Getting adequate funding… Read More
Website accessibility overlays may trick owners into thinking their site is fixed. An overlay company sues an accessibility advocate for his criticism. Read More
Updating Node.js in Windows using NVM versions older than 1.1.11 may result in this error: ‘panic: runtime error: index out of range’. Read More
WordPress email testing from a cloned production site can be risky: Test emails may get sent to real customers. Here is how to prevent that. Read More
If you are having trouble hyperlinking one excel spreadsheet to a specific location in another, I have an answer. Although I stopped focusing on Microsoft Office services when I moved into website development, I still use Excel every day and so do many of my clients. To help everyone, here is a solution to the… Read More
Website breadcrumbs prevent getting lost, like Hansel’s and Gretel’s crumbs. But Rank Math has a problem with the home page, solved here. Read More
Sticky menus keep navigation readily accessible while scrolling. However, linked headings and text can get hidden beneath, seriously impacting usability. Read More
Are you fed up with having to scroll horizontally when you look at code? Stop doing that! Change the program’s settings instead. I am not talking about WordPress in this article, except to say this: If you are having an issue with long lines making you scroll horizontally in WordPress, look at your block settings… Read More
The Screen Reader Accessibility Problem By default, screen readers read from left to right, top to bottom. With my menu in the right sidebar, I had an accessibility problem. Since my main content came before my menu, how could I make it quick and easy for screen reader users to access my menu when they… Read More
If you are using a block theme–one that uses full site editing (FSE)–and want to create a default template for your custom post type, this article can help. Relevant information for the newer FSE themes, such as Twenty Twenty-Three, is hard to find. I want to spare you the frustration I had weeding out obsolete… Read More
Chrome blocks multiple downloads by default. While it may seem that downloading is not working, Chrome is addressing another problem: being bombarded by multiple downloads that you never asked for. The first file may download just fine but nothing happens when you click to download the second one. You are experiencing a “feature”! Read More
Canned air contains aerosol propellants, many of which are hazardous to breathe and destroy ozone. Air pumps are a good alternative.
You may be familiar with using a can of pressurized air to blow dust off the circuitry. Also known as an aerosol duster or air duster, it is more effective than vacuuming and with less risk to tiny circuits. Read More
Create a custom WordPress role so a trusted user can manage other users securely. Learn how to use a plugin or PHP code for this.
One of WordPress’ key features is its user management system, which allows website owners to control who can access their site and what they can do once logged in. Read More
Have you ever saved a Web page to PDF, only to find that the hyperlinks you expected to be able to open did not work? I faced this problem when using the Chrome browser recently. The PDF’s I created showed my links underlined and in blue, appearing to be links, but there was no way to open them. Read More
A new WordPress installation includes sample pages and posts so you can immediately see your theme’s layouts, fonts, etc. By default, all are public. Visitors may receive an unfavorable impresion. Read More
Are your WordPress Blog entries missing? Two likely reasons: Either you have not set your WordPress blog page or posts are saved as pages. WordPress blog posts are listed on a summary page, assuming you told WordPress which page to use. Read More
If it involves websites, just ask me. The rest of this article is about your own productivity on your own computer. If you find yourself doing the same thing over and over, there is probably a better way. I have been using a simple script generator, AutoHotkey, for many years now. It replaces much of… Read More