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Loading a Google Font in WordPress

function load_fonts() { wp_enqueue_style(‘googleFonts’, ‘http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat:400,700’); } add_action(‘wp_enqueue_scripts’, ‘load_fonts’); The proper way to load an external font library, such as from Google Fonts, is to use the wp_enqueue_scripts hook. You can use the above sample code in your functions.php code or load it up via a custom plugin. Breaking it down Couple of key points: “wp_enqueue_script” […]

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Google Fonts tops 500 Billion Downloads

Google Fonts has revolutionized fonts on the web. We’re no longer confined to standard system fonts available on each visitor’s computers. It’s an indispensable tool for web designers and I’m glad to see that it’s so popular and growing at an increasing pace.   You can follow Google Font news on their blog.  

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New Google Analytics User Interface (beta) available today

When logging into my Google Analytics account today, I was treated with a nice surprise. A red link appeared that showed “New Version” was at the top of the page. My first impressions are: Everything is laid out in a more intuitive fashion and related features go together It's easier to find the website profile […]

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Web 101

How to Enable GPU Acceleration in Chrome

In the latest versions of Google’s Chrome Browser, you can enable GPU acceleration to have your video card help render web pages, which should lead to a noticeable increase in page load speeds, particularly for websites with heavy graphics and CSS use. DISCLAIMER: This is an experimental feature, and it may change, break, or disappear at […]

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Web 101

Embed Google Street View on your site so visitors can find you

We discovered a handy feature Google recently offered. You can now embed a street view of your location into any web page. This is really handy if you your building is a bit hard to find. You can see an example below: View Larger Map Step 1: Find your location on Google Maps Search for […]