How to Inspect Element on Chrome Developer Tools [Tutorial Video]

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How to Inspect Elements and CSS Test with Chrome Developer Tools for Beginners – Google Chrome DevTools Tutorial. This dev tools tutorial demonstrates the different ways to inspect and test CSS using Chrome’s DevTools. This is helpful when building responsive websites because you can get real-time feedback on a style change.Then once you are happy… Read more »

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How to Fix Video Indexing Issues Found on Your Site in Google Search Console

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If your company videos are hosted on YouTube, they are naturally indexed and receive search traffic. But what about videos on your website pages hosted on services like Wistia, Vidyard, or Vimeo? How are these pages ranked and receive traffic? Google Search Console has a new video page indexing report that provides insight into the… Read more »

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How to Add SVG Icons to a Figma Project (Figma Quick Tip)

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I have recently started to use Figma for my web design projects. If you are not familiar with Figma, it is software used for website and web application design. The benefit of using Figma is the ability to experiment with design revisions prior to making any code changes. In this video I demonstrate how to… Read more »

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How to Customize a Quote Template in HubSpot [video tutorial]

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Learn how to create and customize a HubSpot quote template to add a rich text product property In this video, I demonstrate how to customize a sales quote template to support rich text for a product description. The default product description property is multi-line and does not support bullets, links, and other rich text features…. Read more »

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How to Fix Mobile Usability Errors in Google Search Console

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I recently received a notification email from Google Search console saying I had some mobile usability errors. The error it flagged was caused by something I have seen on other sites and the fix is easy to make but also often hard to find. So I decided to record this video to share the steps… Read more »

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What I Learned from a Broken Tomato Plant

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I enjoy watching my tomato plants grow in the garden. It’s amazing to see the progress from day to day. Once, I noticed a plant was branching out into an open area to collect more sunlight. It had two pieces of fruit starting to ripen at end of the branch.The next day we had high… Read more »

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New HubSpot Modules – Name Anchor and Top Announcement Bar

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I created two new HubSpot modules I wanted to let you know about.   Name Anchor – Free This module can be added above forms or section titles to easily create name anchors. The module also includes code to make it scroll smoothly to the destination on the page. Demo  |  Get on HubSpot Top Announcement Bar –… Read more »

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My 7 Tips for Learning the Artistic Side of Web Design

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This is a great question and something I have been thinking a lot about. Especially in how to teach this skill online vs a classroom setting. If I had to pick four important factors to becoming a good designer they would be. Pencil sketch before moving to the computer Sketch a lot of thumbnails with… Read more »

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What Is the Best Way to Learn Web Development?

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Learning Web Development is Like Learning How to Paint Let’s say you wanted to become a painter. Where would you start?   How would you feel if your first painting looked like the one below?   I believe painting by numbers teaches the mechanics and joy of painting to beginners. It quickly builds confidence. You… Read more »

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Going from Print Design to Web Design – My Learning Story

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Early in my career I worked as a graphic designer for an advertising agency. I mostly designed brochures and sales flyers but on one project we discussed building a website to get leads. After I had the design ready we met with the development team to discuss the project. Half way through the meeting I… Read more »

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