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Art by Mary at Fine Digital Art

Art by Mary at Fine Digital Art

by Stephen James Hall | May 25, 2026 | Optimization, Reference, Web Design | 0 comments

All the art found on the websites was created by Mary Hall. This is a very small sample of work. Visit https://fine-digital-art.com “Lately, my art has been an extension of the time I spend with my computer. Digital art is limitless and no matter what you do,...
Progressive Enhancement Explained

Progressive Enhancement Explained

by lucent | May 23, 2026 | Accessibility, HTML, Optimization, Standards | 0 comments

Progressive enhancement is a web design and development philosophy that begins with a dependable foundation, then adds richer presentation and behavior when the browser, device, network, and user settings can support them. The goal is not to make every experience...
Optimizing WordPress Pages

Optimizing WordPress Pages

by Stephen James Hall | May 23, 2026 | Optimization, WordPress | 5 comments

Originally rooted in older urlmd WordPress SEO notes and expanded for modern SEO, accessibility, internal linking, usability, and long-term content structure.In WordPress, pages are usually the long-term structural content of a website. Unlike blog posts, which are...
Search Intent, Keywords and Modern SEO

Search Intent, Keywords and Modern SEO

by Stephen James Hall | May 22, 2026 | Optimization, Organic SEO, Retrieval | 1 comment

Keywords still matter in SEO, but they do not work the way many people were taught years ago. A keyword is not magic text that forces a page to rank. A keyword is a signal of what someone is looking for. Modern SEO is less about repeating exact phrases and more about...
Writing A User First WordPress Post

Writing A User First WordPress Post

by Stephen James Hall | May 21, 2026 | Accessibility, Optimization, Retrieval, WordPress | 1 comment

I originally wrote a much shorter version of this article years ago for beginner WordPress users. The old advice was simple: write for users first, write a clear title, add useful content, include images with alt attributes, write an engaging meta description, choose...
WebP Images: Modern Image Formats for Website Optimization

WebP Images: Modern Image Formats for Website Optimization

by Stephen James Hall | May 20, 2026 | Browser, Optimization, Retrieval | 0 comments

I originally wrote the first version of this article in 2020, when Lighthouse and Google PageSpeed Insights were aggressively encouraging websites to “serve images in next-gen formats.” At the time, WebP support was still uneven across browsers and WordPress did not...
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