Web Design Solutions Digest for February 20, 2024

by Foster D. Coburn III | Feb 20, 2024 | Web Design Solutions Digest

WooCommerce site, MainWP 5, Divi AI, influencer marketing, meta tags, Gigapixel AI, PNG to SVG, trending topics, TikTok videos and Presidential cocktails. Does it seem like AI is everywhere? It does to me and I’m intrigued by all the ways it can be used to improve design. You’ll find several stories about AI in this week’s news and much more. Check out all of the headlines below!

• Read this post on the Web Design Solutions Unleashed site!
• Read Tech News Digest for February 16, 2024 on Graphics Unleashed!

• WPML Review: Key Features, Usage & Alternatives (2024)
• EWWW Image Optimizer Review: An Honest Overview (2024)
• 2023’s Critical WordPress Vulnerabilities and How They Work
• The ultimate guide to WordPress user management
• WordPress Backup Plugin DoS Vulnerability Affects +200,000 Sites
• WordPress User Survey Indicates Rising Frustration
• How to Quickly Create a WooCommerce Website in WordPress: A Step-by-Step Guide
• Bricks 1.9.6.1 Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability
• EU Regulatory Success Prompts Open-Source CMS Leaders to Form Alliance
• What’s Coming in MainWP Version 5
• AI 0.2 Release: Teaching AI to be True to Your Brand and Other AI Enhancements

• Apollo Review: Guide, Features, Pricing, & More (2024)
• AI Engine Review: AI Features, Pros and Cons, & More (2024)
• Influencer marketing is hitting a dead end
• Amazon Sellers: Inventory Tips & Tactics For 2024 Success

• Yandex search engine sold in $5.2 billion deal
• SEO Meta Tags: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners
• Understanding The Unique Challenges Of Multilingual And Multinational Websites
• 12 Hidden PPC Features You Should Know About
• The text file that runs the internet
• Google On 404 Errors And Search Console Validation Fix
• How To Remove Backlinks (And Clean up Your Link Profile)
• Keyword Diversification: Cannibalization’s Good Twin (SEO Study)
• Google Is Rolling Out New Search Features In Europe
• Google Updates Guidance On Image Removal From Search Index
• How Can You Begin To Rank In New Markets (Local, National, International)
• Google Updates Rel=Canonical Documentation
• Revolutionizing SEO With Google’s Search Generative Experience
• Navigating SEO Disruption According To Experts

• Gigapixel AI Review: Features, Advantages, & More (2024)
• Adobe Express Now Includes an AI-Powered TikTok Creative Assistant
• Leonardo AI Adds Image Upscaler That Can ‘Revive Old Photos’
• Tiger Woods’ new logo has a genius hidden meaning
• I Edited Photos Using a Lightroom Competitor With a Clever New AI Trick
• OpenAI’s new Sora model can generate minute-long videos from text prompts
• ‘It ultimately enhances the creative process’: How Paperboyo used Adobe Firefly AI to invent brand new UK racing tracks
• Finally, an interesting Super Bowl logo
• Convert PNG Images to SVG Vectors using the free online convertor
• Why the London Overground rebrand is more than just a pretty pattern

• Meta is testing a trending topics feature on Threads
• TikTok Is Changing the Way You Discover Music. Meet the Young Creators Driving That
• Everything You Need to Make Better TikTok Videos
• X let terrorist groups pay for verification, report says
• Bluesky and Mastodon users are having a fight that could shape the next generation of social media
• Meta Promises Fix for Annoying ‘Chirping’ Glitch on Facebook iOS App

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

• Remembering When Cocktails Were Just Soup
• Indigenous Maple Syrup Makers Tap Into Tradition
• The Obscure Presidential Cocktail That Made You Pick Sides
• Unusual and Fascinating Herbs to Plant This Spring

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 Hal Gatewood on Unsplash

Web Design Solutions Digest for February 13, 2024

by Foster D. Coburn III | Feb 13, 2024 | Web Design Solutions Digest

WordPress 6.4.3, custom fonts, Divi menus, RSS, SEO plugins, helpful content, JPEG XL, typography trends, Bluesky and monster repelling cake. Wow, I’m really excited about my Kansas City Chiefs winning another Super Bowl. Of course there were also a bunch of ads to enjoy and dissect. While the game was big news, there was a lot of other news going on in the online world this week. Check it all out below!

• Read this post on the Web Design Solutions Unleashed site!
• Read Tech News Digest for February 9, 2024 on Graphics Unleashed!

• WordPress 6.4.3 – Maintenance and Security release
• Mastodon Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Hijack Any Decentralized Account
• CAPTCHA vs. reCAPTCHA: 7 Key Differences and How to Choose
• A Big Change Is Coming to Advanced Custom Fields. Are You Prepared?
• The importance of accessibility in WordPress
• The Future of WordPress Themes: Trends to Watch in 2024
• How to Add Custom Fonts to WordPress
• How to enable two-factor authentication on your WordPress site
• $1,900 Bounty Awarded for Arbitrary Options Update Vulnerability Patched in Cookie Information | Free GDPR Consent Solution WordPress Plugin

• ChatBot Review: Features, Benefits, Pricing, & More (2024)
• RSS is still pretty great
• Google Gemini Warning: Don’t Share Confidential Information

• Yoast vs Rank Math vs All in One SEO: Best WordPress Plugin?
• Get Ready For Google’s INP Metric With These 5 Tools
• Google Confirms Fix To Search Indexing Problem
• Product Page SEO: The Anatomy of a Well-Optimized Page
• Free SEO Plan Template (With Video Walkthrough)
• Google Clarifies the “Google-Extended” Crawler Documentation
• What Data Science Can Do for Site Architectures
• SEO Experts On Helpful Content: It’s Bigger Than You Think

• Fliki AI Review: Features, Benefits, Pricing, & More (2024)
• LANDR Review: Features, Guide, Advantages, & More (2024)
• I just tried Google’s ImageFX AI image generator, and I’m shocked at how good it is
• Google is once again accused of snubbing the JPEG XL image format
• Pepsi trolls Coca-Cola again in provocative new campaign
• From Memes to Memories: Gen-Z’s Quest for Shared Experiences
• AI can now master your music—and it does shockingly well
• Yes, Tesla really just recalled all of its cars over a font
• Taylor Swift’s new album logo design is drawing some hilarious comparisons
• Monotype reveals the hottest typography trends of 2024
• Apple’s New AI Image Editing Model Gives a Peek at What’s to Come
• AI Images Generated on DALL-E Now Contain the Content Authenticity Tag
• Burger King’s AI image generator is actually totally on brand

• WhatsApp is working on secure cross-app messaging to connect users across platforms
• Bluesky is ready to open up
• Meta Will Label AI Images Across Facebook, Instagram, & Threads
• Bluesky finally gets rid of invite codes, lets everyone join
• Bluesky has added almost a million users one day after opening to the public
• Samsung Is Bringing HDR Photos to Instagram and I’m Thrilled
• Ready to Ditch X for Real? Bluesky Drops the Invites, Opens to All
• Instagram and Threads Won’t Automatically Suggest Political Content Anymore
• Social networks are getting stingy with their data, leaving third-party developers in the lurch
• Court orders Elon Musk to testify in the SEC’s investigation of his Twitter takeover

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

• Sweet Potato Salad Might Be the Optimal Space Food
• How a Monster-Repelling Cake Became a Lunar New Year Staple
• We may now know who’s behind the lead-tainted cinnamon in toddler fruit pouches

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 Amélie Mourichon on Unsplash

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.

Photo by UX Indonesia on Unsplash