Boring features, ugly websites, reading progress bar, nested rows, AI bots, E-E-A-T, GIMP, quality content, X and irresistible wings. Patience is something that is very difficult in this age of instant gratification. Yet every day I face instances where my own patience is tested and I have to take a pause. There are also times when clients need to have more patience as only a short amount of time will resolve the issue at hand. Let’s all learn to take an extra breath and allow the passage of time to solve the problem and save us from stress. Check out all of the stories in the world of Web design this week!

• Why Elementor is going CSS-first: The vision behind Editor V4
• Why ‘Boring’ Features Benefit WordPress Professionals
• Scaling WooCommerce for Large Stores Handling 100,000+ Products
• WordPress Website Builder vs. Manual Coding: Which One Should You Choose?
• Oxygen Builder Review: Is It the Right Choice for Your Website?
• Do Ugly Websites Sell Better? A Contrarian Look at Web Design and Conversion Rates

• Cloudflare turns AI against itself with endless maze of irrelevant facts
• AI bots scraping your data? This free tool gives those pesky crawlers the run-around
• Dissecting Apple’s disruptive marketing case study
• Free software does not exist
• Bill Gates says only 3 jobs will be safe from AI (and it’s bad news for creatives)

• Ask An SEO: Should I Prioritize Selling On Marketplaces Or My Own Website?
• Ex-Googler: Google Sees Publisher Traffic As A Necessary Evil
• The Shift To Zero-Click Searches: Is Traffic Still King?
• Top SEO Shares How To Win In The Era Of Google AI
• AI Crawlers Are Reportedly Draining Site Resources & Skewing Analytics
• Copilot in Bing Webmaster Tools is Now Available to All Users
• Google Confirms You Can’t Add EEAT To Your Web Pages
• The Role Of E-E-A-T In AI Narratives: Building Brand Authority For Search Success
• Using Local Business Partnerships And Collaborations To Build Authority And Visibility

• I use GIMP every day and I’m loving its 3.0 release. Here are my 4 favorite upgrades
• 7 brands with brilliant typographic identities, and why they work
• Korean Air Takes Off with a Fresh New Look
• I’ve Been Hands-On With Bambu Lab’s Latest 3D Printer, the H2D, and It’s More Than the Sum of Its Parts
• The beigeification of design: Why are brands so afraid of colour?
• ChatGPT’s New AI Image Generator Looks Scarily Good
• Viral anti-Tesla ads show how far an iconic brand can fall
• Seriously folks, it’s time to move on from the Kia logo debacle
• How to Create Quality Content (Follow Our 5-Level Framework)
• Vibe Coding: Revolution or Recipe for Disaster in App and Game Development?
• OpenAI’s new AI image generator is potent and bound to provoke
• Unlike Any AI I’ve Seen: Why This 3D Modeling Program Works for Anyone
• Autodesk shakes up Maya and 3ds Max with new AI tools and plugins
• I Used AI to Write a Screenplay. Here’s What I Got
• The new Twix logo is a nostalgic treat
• Find out how this 3D artist created his mysterious masterpiece ‘Summoning’ using Blender

• 15 Proven Tips To Get More Social Media Followers
• Miss the old Facebook? The ‘friends-only’ tab is here to help you reclaim your feed
• Signal Isn’t the Problem: Some Basic Tips for Successful Secure Messaging
• Elon Musk says xAI has acquired X in deal that values social media site at $33 billion

Each week we’ll share a meme that we find thought provoking or just plain funny.

• This Is the Most Important Step When Whipping Up Irresistible Air Fryer Wings
• The 16 Best Nonalcoholic Drinks That Your Party Guests Will Fight Over

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