How to Get a Wordpress Menu Link to Open in a New Tab

in Wordpress, Internet, Web Design | January 29, 2021

Wordpress is a great platform to build a website on for non-programmers, and one of the native features that makes it so great is the ability to create multiple navigation menus under the "Appearance > Menu" tab. While this part of Wordpress makes it easy to create menus, add navigation items that are already created Posts and Pages within the Wordpress system and re-organize those...

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301 Redirects for WP Blog Posts with Only Post Name Permalinks

in Wordpress, Internet, Plugins | May 8, 2020

We work with clients and projects of all kinds, and a frequent task we have to complete during a redesign or SEO overhaul is batch redirect a number of different pages from the old URL to the new, often SEO-optimized URL, without losing any of the existing SEO value from the old version of the same page. Many times, a project will benefit SEO-wise by...

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3 Reasons Your Band Needs a New Website Right Now

in internet, marketing, arts | June 26, 2017

At Mission Bay Media, we’ve been creating websites for San Diego area businesses for nearly ten years, and in the process we’ve confirmed that a great website is a key ingredient to any business’ success, and for a multitude of reasons. Running a business requires a certain degree of creativity and original thinking, yet we view “businesses” and “creative endeavors” as two separate and distinct...

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Scraping Pages in Node.js

in scripting, node.js, javascript, JQuery, Internet | August 18, 2016

Node with cUrl and jQuery? It sounds strange to talk about cUrl in the context of a Node server and even stranger to talk about jQuery in the context of backend, but bear with me here as I explain how to set up a fast node structure to comfortably apply your jQuery skills to backend scraping of with Node. First, to get page contents we will...

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Top jQuery (and vanilla js) Parallax Plugins

in Free Software, Mobile-friendly, Web Design, Internet, jQuery, Plugins | August 2, 2016

When done right, parallax scrolling images can add nice depth to your website or webapp. When done wrong, it can be another distracting animated effect that detracts from the page and causes your users to bounce to competitors. The difference could likely be finding the right plugin that gives you the control and tools to dial your effect in perfectly to match your implementation without...

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Google AMP for Fast and Beautiful Mobile Pages

in HTML5, Internet, Web Design, Google, Mobile-friendly | July 12, 2016

Google has long been on a mission to speed up and clean up the mobile web by prioritizing pages with responsive design in search results, creating tools to extensively test your page’s mobile friendlyness, doing cutting edge research on optimizing caching and page loads, and (for the most part) leading by example. Now, Google has jumped into the fray with a far more active...

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