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I have a variety of interests that I can barely keep up with. toni-two.com is a place for them, a network of websites I created to collect and catalog my personal projects, discoveries, and ideas. I am a volunteer ESL English teacher, which I recommend to everyone. It's great! toni-esl.com is my ESL English network of sites. All are welcome to use them.

Plug-in Conflict w ‘Blog Designer’

This plug-in looks fantastic!  But I can’t use it on toni-esl.com.  It causes the entire first paragraph of content to be a link that goes nowhere.  I use too many plug-ins there to figure it out and I don’t need the plug-in. This…

Simple Tags WP Plug-in Review

Simple Tags is an incredibly useful plug-in.  It displays your tags so that you can choose from them, plus suggested tags from various sources based on the content.  Tagged terms are highlighted in the content as tag links.  There is the ability to mass edit…

Add Border Around Text in WordPress with CSS

Getting a border around text was far more difficult than I thought.  Here is one method using only CSS, no plugins.  Got it all from WPMU. If you want a box around words or paragraghs then place the CSS as below in the Additional…

25 Tools for choosing a site color scheme

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Scored some web dev tools info! I found this fantastic article with links to tools for creating website color schemes at CodeMyViews.com.  An international web development company with an impressive business model: Our clients are all over the globe, so our team is…

Create a WP Favicon

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I need a favicon.  This article covers it all.  They use GIMP, free PhotoShop like software,  for the tutorial.  I left out the section about the history of the favicon. Source: https://torquemag.io/2016/11/wordpress-favicons-beginners-guide/   A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO WORDPRESS FAVICONS JOHN HUGHESNOVEMBER 28, 2016 Your…

Smart Slider 3 plugin review

GREAT PLUGIN!  I cannot stress the stellar usability and results enough.  I bought the Pro upgrade, which I have not used yet.  The free version is fully featured.  I don’t have time to detail.  Just try it.5 stars!!!!! It is not difficult to…

How to Lazy Load Images in WordPress

Lazy Load settings

Do you want to lazy load images in WordPress? Lazy Loading allows your website to only load images when a user scrolls down to the specific image. You can see it in action on many popular websites like Buzzfeed. In this article, we…

5 Tips for a Faster, Safer WordPress Website

Brady Gentile

Website and application visitors expect their online experiences to be both fast and secure. This is especially true as websites and applications are more frequently used as the primary storefront for businesses, support transactions with sensitive information, and store private customer data. With…

How to Create and Add Cinemagraphs in WordPress

Cinemagraph example

Do you want to learn how to create and add Cinemagraphs in your WordPress posts? Cinemagraphs are images with one part or area moving while rest of the image stays still. These images are highly engaging and add an storytelling element to your…

8 Off-Page SEO Practices to Make Your WordPress Site a Favorite on Google

On-page SEO is one of the most important factors when it comes to ranking your web page. However, there is another factor that comes into play and that’s off-page SEO, which as the name indicates is everything not directly on the page. Off-page…