New DOJ Position on Website Accessibility
A recent shift in position from the Department of Justice could have legal ramifications for how people with disabilities access your website.
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5 Ways to Keep Your Site from Getting Hacked
Your website is a safe haven for your content and marketing efforts . . . until it isn’t. In this post, we discuss why keeping your web software up-to-date can reduce the risk of website hacks and data breaches.
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Web Hosting: Renewable Energy & Renewable Energy Credits
What’s the difference between a hosting provider that uses renewable energy credits and one powered directly by renewable energy? In this post, we explore the difference.
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Why Sharing Code is Benevolent and Sustainable
Shared libraries offer quick access to solutions for common development problems. Incorporating shared libraries vetted by the developer community makes your entire codebase easier for other developers to understand and, ultimately, more sustainable. Why do the developers at Mightybyes use shared libraries whenever we can?
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WordPress Security: How to Protect Your Site from Attacks and Hackers
Because of its widespread usage, WordPress sites are popular targets for spammers, hackers, and internet creeps. In this post, we explore WordPress security and offer several ways to protect your website.
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How Enabling Caching Speeds Up Your Website
Lots of things happen on the back end of a website that many non-technical website managers and business owners don't realize contribute to slow page load times and bad user experience. One of the biggest culprits when it comes to slow page load times is caching. Without caching enabled, a visitor's browser has to make lots of individual requests for assets like images, CSS and JavaScript files. Not only does this slow down your website, it sucks up energy and increases your site's carbon footprint. Here, we'll explain how to cache your assets in the browser by using HTTP headers and caching software.
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Sustainable Web Design: Disabling Blog Comments for Faster Page Speed
We recently ran a few tests on the Mightybytes website to help speed up load times, and we made an interesting discovery about the impact blog comments have on page speed, user experience, and website sustainability.
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Elements of a Great 404 Page
404 is the error code that a server gives when it can't find what a visitor is looking for. In this post we explore why your 404 page can make or break a visitor's opinion of your brand.
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Building Sustainable Development and Deployment Processes
Established workflows are the key to maintaining a sustainable development practice. When developers agree on how to work together, the workflow is sustainable, which ultimately makes our business more sustainable.
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How to Streamline Bug Reports
When a newly redesigned website launches, stakeholders are likely to come across elements of the site that aren’t functioning correctly. In order to fix these bugs, as they're called, you’ll need to report them to a developer who can fix them. For a bug to get fixed expediently, it’s helpful to file your report in a way that a developer can easily understand, diagnose, and remedy the problem.
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