Web Design Solutions Digest for February 6, 2024

by Foster D. Coburn III | Feb 6, 2024 | Web Design Solutions Digest

Updraft, State of WordPress, Divi footers, Divi 5 update, grammar checkers, brands, backlinks, Adobe Express, Scammer’s Paradise and bacon fat. In addition to all the great info including in this week’s news, you’ll also find a slight design change to emphasize content about Divi. Check out the design changes and all the headlines below.

• Read this post on the Web Design Solutions Unleashed site!
• Read Tech News Digest for February 2, 2024 on Graphics Unleashed!

• UpdraftPlus Review: Still The Best Backup Solution? (2024)
• $1,275 Bounty Awarded For Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability Patched in MW WP Form WordPress Plugin
• Automattic’s Big Re-Org
• Step-by-Step Guide on How to Reset Your WordPress Site
• The WordPress 6.4.3 Security Update – What You Need to Know
• The Wordfence 2023 State of WordPress Security Report
• WordPress Website Builder Vulnerability Affects Nearly 1 Million Websites
• Local File Inclusion Vulnerability Patched in Shield Security WordPress Plugin

• Framer Review: Features, Benefits, Pricing, & More (2024)
• Tidio Review: Game-Changer for Customer Support? (2024)
• 7 Best AI Grammar Checkers: Elevate Your Writing in 2024
• How To Uncover Your Expertise To Become A Journalist’s Source
• Personal Brand Versus Corporate Brand: Which is More Effective?

• SE Ranking Review: Feature-Rich & Affordable? (2024)
• Sentence-Level Semantic Internal Links For SEO
• Google SearchLiason: 4 Reasons Why A Webpage Couldn’t Rank
• Google Answers Question About Signals And Syndicated Content
• How Do I Optimize SEO Conversions On Non-Branded Search Terms?
• Google: Changing URLs On Larger Sites Takes Time To Process
• Google Updates Core Web Vitals With Interaction To Next Paint (INP) On March 12
• Google Explains Why Syndicated Content Doesn’t Pass Ranking Signals
• How to Get Backlinks: An Honest Answer
• Google Confirms Indexing Issue Affecting Some Websites
• Google: Sorry, We’re Dumping Cached Page Views for Search Results
• 5 Takeaways From Google’s Revised SEO Starter Guide

• Adobe Express Review: Top Features & Benefits (2024)
• Photosonic Review: Top Features & User Insights (2024)
• 8 exciting visual trends you should know about in 2024
• Does the new Disney Junior logo take simplification too far?
• 9 brands that are viewed differently in different countries

• Twitter Plans to Open Office in Texas Focused on Content Moderation
• TikTok is Coming For YouTube: App Boosts Longer, Horizontal Videos
• Threads App Downloads Spike as Interest in Musk’s X Wanes
• Threads is working on surfacing Trends, says Instagram head Adam Mosseri
• Senate tells social media CEOs they have ‘blood on their hands’ for failing to protect children
• Telegram Is a ‘Scammer’s Paradise’ Thanks to Cheap Phishing Tools
• TikTok Use Soars, X Slumps, But an Old Favorite Dominates Social Media
• 20 years later, Facebook is a supporting character in the Mark Zuckerberg universe
• Threads Leak Suggests Fediverse Sharing Is Coming Soon

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

• Were These Giant Carved Stones Used to Make Ancient Italian Wine?
• Vienna’s Vegetable Orchestra Is a Feast for Your Ears
• 7 Genius Ways to Use Leftover Bacon Fat
• New type of cherry tomato self-dries while still on the vine

If you see some important news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.

Photo by Balázs Kétyi on Unsplash

Web Design Solutions Digest for January 30, 2024

by Foster D. Coburn III | Jan 30, 2024 | Web Design Solutions Digest

WordPress speed, Rolling Stone, animated divider, podcasts, marketing burnout, local SEO, Super Bowl logos, selfies, french fries and gum. I was born and raised in Kansas City so I’m definitely reveling in the Chiefs advancing to the Super Bowl. While my mind was on football, there was still a lot happening in this week’s news. Check it all out in the headlines below.

• Read this post on the Web Design Solutions Unleashed site!
• Read Tech News Digest for January 26, 2024 on Graphics Unleashed!

• NitroPack Review: Features, Pricing & More (2024)
• Proposal: Pilot program to test GatherPress on the WordPress.org network as a Meetup alternative
• How many WordPress plugins are too many?
• The Ultimate WordPress Content Automation Guide 2024 Edition
• WordPress Releases Two Plugins For Speeding Up Webpages
• High Severity Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability Patched in File Manager Pro WordPress Plugin
• Better Search Replace WordPress Vulnerability Affects Up To +1 Million Sites
• WordPress File Manager Plugin Vulnerability Affects +1 Million Websites
• Technical Deep Dive: Rolling Stone’s CMS Migration & Development

• Get a Free Spa Layout Pack for Divi
• Hero Section with Animated Divider: Free Divi Layout
• Why Transforming HTML Website to Divi Makes Sense

• The Clock’s Ticking on Divi’s Historic Black Friday Deals!
• Divi 4.23.2 Provides Security Update and Much More
• Revealing The New Divi 5 Interface
• Divi 4.23.3 Fixes Administrator Privileges Bug
• The New Divi AI Image Editor Comes With Divi 4.24

• Sendspark Review: Features, Pricing, Pros & Cons (2024)
• Semrush Review: Everything You Need to Know (2024)
• The Benefits of Podcasting for Business: What We Learned from Launching plugin.fm
• Your 2024 guide to Google & Yahoo’s new requirements for email senders
• Artificial Intelligence, Iteration and the Future of Creators
• The Smart Investor’s Guide to Buying a Website
• Experiencing marketing career burnout? Read this.

• Seobility Review: Features, Pros & Cons, Pricing (2024)
• Brightlocal Review: Features, Pros & Cons, Pricing (2024)
• How Black Hat SEO Can Sabotage Your Online Presence?
• 15 SEO localization dos and don’ts: Navigating cultural sensitivity
• Google Answers How To Trigger A Complete Re-Indexing
• Do Keywords Still Matter?
• Why Google May Rank AI-Generated Content Over Original News
• Why You Should Consider Semantic HTML For SEO
• How To Leverage Expertise And Authority To Boost Your International Expansion
• Google search is losing the fight with SEO spam, study says
• Google’s SEO Starter Guide Set For A Major Update
• About Those Google AI Search Quality Raters
• Why Google SGE Is Stuck In Google Labs And What’s Next
• Google Business Profile: A Complete Guide for Local SEO

• How to use Image Creator from Microsoft Designer (formerly Bing Image Creator)
• The best adverts of the 1930s: what we can learn from vintage advertising
• The NFL Super Bowl logo conspiracy is so outlandish I almost hope it’s true
• Adobe’s new AI audio tools are a game changer for video editors
• Of course Donald Trump shared a botched AI ‘photo’ of himself
• 7 Simple Tricks to Help You Snap Better Selfies
• Google’s latest AI video generator can render cute animals in implausible situations
• 5 hot packaging design trends in 2024
• I can see why Sony decided not to use these radical logo redesigns

• SocialPilot Review: Features, Pricing & Alternatives (2024)

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

• Is This Mexico’s Oldest Spirit?
• The Global Diversity of French Fry Dips Is a Window Into the Way We Eat Today
• A Longed-For Taste of Home in ‘The Exile’s Cookbook’
• 8 Foods That Will Give Your Brain a Serotonin Boost Right Now
• Ancient Gum Reveals Stone-Age Teens Chewed on Bones and Made Poison
• This Artist Sculpts Animals and Flowers From Grains of Rice

If you see some important news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.

Photo by Faizur Rehman on Unsplash

Web Design Solutions Digest for January 23, 2024

by Foster D. Coburn III | Jan 23, 2024 | Web Design Solutions Digest

WordPress eCommerce, animated waves, Shopify, email rules, Amazon search, AI prompt generators, font pairing, Happy Meals and unusual flours. The last couple of weeks for me have been extremely busy and that will likely continue for at least a couple more weeks. While I was working, a lot of great content was released this week. Check it all out below!

• Read this post on the Web Design Solutions Unleashed site!
• Read Tech News Digest for January 19, 2024 on Graphics Unleashed!

• Happy 40th Birthday Matt!
• WordPress in 2024: Ins and Outs
• The block editor is still not a page builder
• Attending WordCamps and Meetups Can Increase your WordPress Game
• You should probably log out
• Is WordPress Good for eCommerce Or Is Another Platform Better?
• WordPress and AI: The Future of Content Creation
• Website Takeover Campaign Takes Advantage of Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Popup Builder Plugin
• ACF WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Affects Up To 2+ Million Sites

• How to Animate Your Divi Call to Action Module
• Get a Free SEO Specialist Layout Pack for Divi
• Animated Waves as Section Dividers in Divi

• The Clock’s Ticking on Divi’s Historic Black Friday Deals!
• Divi 4.23.2 Provides Security Update and Much More
• Revealing The New Divi 5 Interface
• Divi 4.23.3 Fixes Administrator Privileges Bug
• The New Divi AI Image Editor Comes With Divi 4.24

• Shopify Review: Features, Pros And Cons, Pricing, & More (2024)
• Rev Review: Features, Guide, Pricing, & More (2024)
• Botsonic Review: Custom AI-Chatbot Explored (2024)
• Hoppy Copy Review: Features, Guide, & More (2024)
• Seamless.ai Review: Features, Pricing, & More (2024)
• Google is shutting down websites made with Business Profiles
• The Blog Post That Shocked the World
• Reminder: Google Enforcing New Email Rules Next Month

• Keyword Cannibalization: What It is & How to Fix It
• Google’s Tips For Moving To A New Website Without SEO Issues
• Why Integrated Search Matters On Amazon
• Google Ranking Bug De-Ranks Sites On Weekends

• How to Build a Website With ChatGPT (2024 Guide)
• 9 Best AI Prompt Generators for High-Quality Results (2023)
• How to flesh out your creature art using Photoshop
• How I Survived Shooting One of the Coldest NFL Games Ever
• Adobe Premiere Pro Gets a Significant Audio Workflow Overhaul
• How to use Bing Image Creator (and why it’s better than ever)
• Unlocking the Power of Photoshop Levels for Photography
• Rebelle 7 review: the most impressive painting software I’ve used
• 7 Predictions for Web Design in 2024
• 58 rules for beautiful UI design
• Three secrets to font pairing
• Barbie has had one of the best rebrands in years – here’s why
• These unused Google logos are pure chaos
• ‘Seeing the responses has been really uplifting’: How we made the Wonka movie typography
• The best and worst national football team logos

• YouTube’s ad blocker problems are just an Adblock Plus bug
• Samsung Galaxy S24 is First-Ever to Upload HDR Photos on Instagram
• Instagram will start telling night owl teens to close the app and go to sleep

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

• One Man’s Fight to Preserve Pakistan’s Perfect Cooking Pot
• 6 of the Most Valuable Happy Meal Toys From McDonald’s
• Gastro Obscura’s 13 Essential Places to Visit While in Paris
• Fight Food Waste With Unusual Flours

If you see some important news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.

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Web Design Solutions Digest for January 16, 2024

by Foster D. Coburn III | Jan 16, 2024 | Web Design Solutions Digest

WordPress predictions, Website builders, free, SEO tools, graphic design software, social media trends, bots, comfort foods and dry January. Load up on those topics and all the other great information in this week’s news! All of the headlines are listed below.

• Read this post on the Web Design Solutions Unleashed site!
• Read Tech News Digest for January 12, 2024 on Graphics Unleashed!

• 3 Predictions for WordPress in 2024
• The good and the bad of open source WordPress
• Type Juggling Leads to Two Vulnerabilities in POST SMTP Mailer WordPress Plugin
• How WordPress uses Authentication Cookies & Sessions: A technical Deep-Dive

• 12 Best Divi Child Themes in 2024 (Reviewed)
• How to Create Floating Blurb Modules with Divi
• Get a Free AI Layout Pack for Divi

• Divi 4.23.1 Fixes a Variety of Issues
• The Clock’s Ticking on Divi’s Historic Black Friday Deals!
• Divi 4.23.2 Provides Security Update and Much More
• Revealing The New Divi 5 Interface
• Divi 4.23.3 Fixes Administrator Privileges Bug

• 8 Best Website Builders for Small Business in 2024 (Compared)
• Sudowrite Review: A Game-Changer for Authors? (2024)
• Sonix Review 2024: Leading AI Transcription Automation?
• Wix Review: Features, Pricing, Getting Started, & More (2024)
• Google has started phasing out third-party cookies
• When free becomes unsustainable
• Where have all the websites gone?
• Media Planning: 4 Tips For Planning Your Digital Media Mix
• AI can’t design your brand’s tone of voice: here’s why

• Google says search result snippets primarily come from page content, not other sources
• Google: Author Bylines Not A Ranking Factor
• Google Clarifies Job Posting Structured Data Guidance
• Google Alters Purpose Of SpecialAnnouncement Structured Data
• Google: No Perfect Formula For Search Rankings
• Google’s John Mueller Offers Help With Spammy Foreign Language Hack
• Google Expands Sensitive Events Policy To Limit Exploitation Of Emergencies
• Google Explains The Index, Follow Meta Tag
• 36 Free SEO Tools for DIY SEOs
• SEO And The Taxonomy Of Topics
• Effective SEO Management Structures For Multilingual And Multinational Websites

• DesignEvo Review: Features, Pricing, Tutorial, & More (2024)
• SlidesAI Review: What You Need to Know in 2024
• 12 Best Graphic Design Software in 2024 (Compared)
• 8 logo trends to watch in 2024
• Capture the Cosmos in Ultra HD With the Vaonis Vespera II Smart Telescope
• Marvel’s new sign language poster is almost perfect – apart from one tiny ‘typo’
• Nike says goodbye to Tiger Woods in classy final ad
• Belkin’s Auto-Tracking Stand Pro Turns Your iPhone into a Pan/Tilt Camera
• Tropicana rejects ‘AI’ to become Tropcn
• Samsung’s new billboards are utterly illegible (unless you have a Galaxy S23 Ultra, that is)
• Hoax Rolex smartphone design fools almost everyone

• 10 Non-Obvious Social Media Trends You Need to Consider Right Now
• 55 Instagram Statistics And Facts For 2024
• Meta to Limit Teens From Seeing Suicide, Eating Disorder Posts on Instagram
• It sure looks like X (Twitter) has a Verified bot problem
• Threads gives us a useful search function… and takes it away from us in the same day
• Instagram’s Founders Are Shutting Down Their News App Artifact After Just a Year
• How Threads will integrate with the Fediverse
• Instagram’s co-founders are shutting down their Artifact news app

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

• 15 of the World’s Best Comfort Foods
• Yes, This Massive Steel Box Extracts Drinking Water From Thin Air
• A Brief History of Dry January
• The Sauce That Survived Italy’s War on Pasta
• New Samsung AI Fridge Tells You What’s Inside and What You Can Make With It
• New Weber Gas Grill Feature Is the First of Its Kind (but Probably Not the Last)

If you see some important news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.

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Web Design Solutions Digest for January 9, 2024

by Foster D. Coburn III | Jan 9, 2024 | Web Design Solutions Digest

Core Web Vitals, WordPress advice, Divi Blurbs, HubSpot, SEO basics, ranking factors, photo restoration, 6 Ms of social, indoor smoker and skillet. Make sure to check out all the information below in this week’s news as there is a lot of value in these articles. There are reviews, tips, tutorials and a really cool photo!

• Read this post on the Web Design Solutions Unleashed site!
• Read Tech News Digest for January 5, 2024 on Graphics Unleashed!

• WordPress performance impact on Core Web Vitals in 2023
• Critical SQL Injection Found in Porto Theme’s Plugin
• Advice by Renowned Founders of 100 WordPress Businesses
• How to Hide a WordPress Theme Name
• WordPress Google Fonts Plugin Vulnerability Affects Up To +300,000 Sites
• Complianz WordPress GDPR Compliance Plugin Vulnerability

• Understanding How the Divi Blurb Module is Structured
• 4 Good Practices for Including Divi CTA Modules in Your Page
• How To Make A Tabbed SureCart Customer Dashboard With Divi
• Where To Add Custom PHP Code Snippets In Divi
• How To Enable The Classic Or Block Editor Per Post Type In Divi
• How To Set An Auto-Adjusting Divi Menu Dropdown Width

• Divi 4.23.1 Fixes a Variety of Issues
• The Clock’s Ticking on Divi’s Historic Black Friday Deals!
• Divi 4.23.2 Provides Security Update and Much More
• Revealing The New Divi 5 Interface
• Divi 4.23.3 Fixes Administrator Privileges Bug

• Sendible Review: Features, Quick Guide & More (2023)
• HubSpot Review: Features, Advantages & Pricing (2023)
• HubSpot Chatbot Builder: A Detailed Review and Guide (2024)
• Simplified Review: Features, Pricing & More (2024)

• SEO Basics: What is a keyword strategy?
• Are Homepages The Most Important To Google?
• Google: It’s Easy To Mess Up A Site Revamp
• 4 ways to boost your SERP competitor analysis with machine learning
• The Top 3 Google Ranking Factors That Really Matter
• Google Clarifies How Algorithm Chooses Search Snippets

• 10 Best AI Portrait Generators For Business & Fun (2023)
• Looka Review: Features, Tutorial, & More (2023)
• Camera Companies Fight AI-Generated Images With ‘Verify’ Watermark Tech
• Intriguing maps show the wild fonts used in tourism logos
• New study reveals how fonts make people feel in different parts of the world
• Hexcodle is Wordle for colour geeks, and I love it
• What is Color Space and Why Does it Matter?
• From AI to no-code: The top web design trends for 2024 according to Designmodo
• Nvidia Iray review: a physically based rendering solution for Nvidia die-hards
• Herman Miller’s brand refresh is a masterclass in timeless design
• How to Restore Old Pictures With Photoshop
• Photographer Waits Three Years to Capture Stealth Bomber Flying Over College Football Game
  

• Later Review: Features, Guide, & More (2023)
• X Is Worth 71.5% Less Than When Elon Musk Bought It
• Meta tracks your Facebook link history, but now you can opt out
• Twitter Users Report an Increase in Crypto Scam Ads
• My 6Ms Of Social Media

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

• The Estonian Island Where Christmas Trees Become Soda
• The GE Profile Smart Indoor Smoker brings BBQ inside for $1,000
• Why the Japanese Calendar Is Full of Unofficial Food Holidays
• HexClad Skillet Review: Can One Pan Sear Like Stainless Steel and Release Like Nonstick?
  ***** Get HexClad Hybrid Nonstick Frying Pan at Amazon *****

If you see some important news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.

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Web Design Solutions Digest for January 2, 2024

by Foster D. Coburn III | Jan 2, 2024 | Web Design Solutions Digest

ChatGPT plugins, Divi Pixel, portfolio builders, location landing pages, video upscalers, Mickey Mouse, Bluesky, eggnog and making bacon. The calendar has turned from 2023 to 2024. I’ve put together quite a list of things that I’d like Unleashed to accomplish in 2024 and it will keep me very busy. Check out the news from the last week in the headlines below and I’m going to get back to work on my very long task list.

• Read this post on the Web Design Solutions Unleashed site!
• Read Tech News Digest for December 29, 2023 on Graphics Unleashed!

• 9 Best WordPress ChatGPT Plugins For Website Content (2023)
• WordPress Migration Guides Undermining Divi, Elementor And Wix?
• Fontimize: Subset Fonts to Exactly and Only Your Website’s Used Characters

• How to Customize the Project Overlay in Divi’s Filterable Portfolio Module
• How to Set a Minimum Length for Divi Contact Form Fields
• Get a Free Nutrition Coaching Layout Pack for Divi
• Divi Pixel: Highlights and Best Moments from 2023

• Divi 4.23.1 Fixes a Variety of Issues
• The Clock’s Ticking on Divi’s Historic Black Friday Deals!
• Divi 4.23.2 Provides Security Update and Much More
• Revealing The New Divi 5 Interface
• Divi 4.23.3 Fixes Administrator Privileges Bug

• 11 Best Portfolio Website Builders in 2023 (Compared)
• 8 Best AI Email Assistants: Ignite Your Productivity (2023)
• From Paycheck to Purpose: Why I Stopped Growing My Business

• How To Increase Localized Traffic To EU Domain Hosted In US
• Google On How Subdomain Caused Perception Of Indexing Issue
• Location Landing Pages: 6 Crucial Elements Of Local Visibility
• Google Answers How It Handles A Specific Non-Standard Meta Tag
• Beyond SEO: John Mueller On AI-Generated Images & Stock Photography

• Adobe Premiere Pro Review: Features, Pricing & Guide (2023)
• TechSmith Camtasia Review: Features, Pricing & More (2023)
• 8 Best AI Video Upscalers for High Resolution (2023)
• The Art of Slide Design: Maximise Signal, Minimise Noise
• The new WHSmith logo is totally baffling
• This new AI drawing app for iPad looks like a game-changer
• Online Sellers Use AI Images to Sell Products That Look Totally Different
• Is the new Bluesky logo trolling X?
• Fiverr’s Font of the Year 2024 defies the latest trends
• 6 Ways Coca-Cola Uses Generative AI For Advertising And Marketing
• How AI image generation changed art and design forever in 2023
• The best and worst movie posters of 2023
• Get Ready to Remix: Mickey Mouse’s 1.0 Release Enters the Public Domain
• Darktable 4.6.0 Makes the Free Lightroom Alternative Even Better

• Twitter Alternative Bluesky Makes Posts Publicly Viewable
• How X became 2023’s messiest rebrand
• TikTok Blames Bug for Pop-Up That Requested iPhone Users’ Passcodes
• Social Media Companies Raked in Estimated $11B From Kids Last Year
• Elon Musk’s X Loses Bid to Block California’s Content-Moderation Law

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

• Asteroid Collisions, Wandering Spacecraft, and Eggnog
• How America’s Beloved Meyer Lemon Caused a Mid-Century Citrus Panic
• This Christmas Dessert Caused a Decades-Long Rivalry Between Two Countries
• Make the Jellied Delicacy Served Aboard the Titanic
• This Website Reimagines Cities as Foraging Utopias
• I’ve Been Making Bacon Wrong. Here’s the Best (and Cleanest) Way to Cook It

If you see some important news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.

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