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Minification is a process of stripping whitespaces and comments of a page. When you minify a web page, the visitors to your website will experience faster browsing experience on their desktop or mobile device. The page speed insights tool will not request you to minify HTML, JS, or CSS code. When you minify HTML, CSS or JS code on your website, the server will send a small page to the client. The file size is yet another factor in determining the page speed of a website. The browser on the client device will download a smaller file faster. ...

Being a professional blogger is not easy. You will have to think about new blog post every day. Sometimes, you will struggle to get new ideas. You will be frustrated, depressed and think of quitting as a blogger. Before you take any major decision, go through the below top five places from which you can get new topics for your blog. How to get new blog post ideas? Use RSS reader: Feedly and QuiteRSS are my favorite applications. Feedly is a web-based tool whereas QuiteRSS is a standalone desktop software for Windows OS. I switch between the two RSS readers whenever I am bored with one. ...

I have been using Scotchbox for a while now and continue to be impressed by it’s simplicity and ease of use compared to other Vagrant environments I have used in the past. Recently I started working on a Drupal 8 project that required the use of a PostGreSQL (PostGres) database. Thankfully, when I checked the Scotchbox 2.0 documentation, it appeared that PostGres came packaged up with the environment and ready to use. After doing a little bit of research I realized I needed to follow a couple of steps in order to get this running properly with a PostGres client. I am outlining the steps below. ...

People are often confused in choosing a hosting service for their sites. On the internet, you will find details on 100s of web hosting companies. Yesterday, one of our readers dropped me an email to know which is the best hosting among Bluehost, Justhost, and HostMonster. The reader was confused because the plans and features offered by the companies are almost the same. I have shared a comparison of JH, HM, and BH in this article to help our readers in buying the best hosting plan for their site. ...

Google makes sure that the site which the user is about to visit is clean. It displays a warning message for the websites which are not safe. One of the most common messages that a search engine user see is “This site may be hacked” The search engine will show this message in the search results in one of the below cases. Malicious code in web pages The hacker may have inserted a malicious code in the web pages. When Google comes across this code and finds it suspicious, your site will be flagged as hacked. You can use the free AW Snap tool to find malicious pages. ...

On a bad day, you may face difficulties in logging into the WP dashboard or opening the login page. These two problems can be easily fixed if you know the HTTP status code or error message shown by the browser when you access the twp pages. Today, we will help you out in fixing the 404 not found error message displayed by the web browser when you try to open wp-login or wp-admin PHP files. Earlier, we had shared a tutorial on fixing error establishing a database connection. ...

Last week, I was thinking about registering a new domain name for my new project. My first choice was GoDaddy. I had shortlisted a few TLDs from GoDaddy, but I was not able to buy a domain name for less than 10$. GoDaddy runs a promotion wherein new customers can register a TLD for USD 0.99. I’ve been using GoDaddy for three years. Hence, I was not eligible for this offer. ...

Many people shortlist Hostgator and Justhost for their new WordPress blog or website. But they are unsure about the hosting company they should signup for. For such people, today we have shared a detailed comparison of Justhost and Hostgator. Endurance International Group owns Hostgator as well Justhost. The two shared hosting providers might be owned by the same company, but the infrastructure and services offered by HG & JH are different. Check the below comparison to understand the difference between the features and services offered by the two organisations. ...

Featured image is a picture that appears in the post excerpt. When the visitor sees the image, he will find the topic interesting, relevant, and will not hesitate in exploring your website further. All the premium and free WordPress themes launched these days support FI. If your website has 100s of posts, it is difficult to set featured images manually unless you are ready to edit posts one by one. You don’t have to do so because the below free plugins will automate this task for you. ...

403 access forbidden error message is displayed on the browser when you try to open a file whose public access has been blocked by the webmaster or because of a permission problem. In other words, the web server is saying that you are not allowed to view the file. If you’re a webmaster (blogger) and if you’re facing this issue, then it ’s obvious that you don’t have much experience in web server configuration and management. There’s nothing to be ashamed of. Let’s understand these two issues in detail. ...