From CSS to frameworks and design mockups to code, these are posts that span the gamut of Kelly’s day-to-day work as a web designer and developer, including Squarespace, WordPress, Wix Studio, Statamic, Shopify, and other platforms.
You set up a password-protected page, test it, send the link to a client, and move on. Then 24 hours later, the feedback lands: "There’s a break in the matrix… users type the password and nothing happens, while others get in without one." If your site runs on Managed Hosting (like GoDaddy with GD cORe or Sucuri), it’s not a WordPress core bug—it’s an edge caching issue. Here is a full-stack...
Is your Gravity Forms text too small? Learn how to change font sizes, label weights, and input heights using modern CSS variables with the Orbital theme—without messy !important rules.
Achieving a perfect 100/100/100/100 across Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO on Google Lighthouse occurs on fewer than 1% of homepages globally. With just 4 hours of focused updates, I achieved a flawless score on a pediatric dentistry site I originally designed and developed in Statamic 6 years ago. Here's how.
Discover how to fix common WCAG accessibility violations and PageSpeed warnings on a WordPress website. From search button labels to target sizes and redundant alt text, here are practical fixes using the IBM Equal Accessibility Checker and simple PHP snippets.
Learn how designers use Photoshop and Illustrator to prepare image and vector assets for web development, bridging the gap between static print layouts and dynamic websites.
Designing in Wix Studio is smooth until small UI glitches slow you down. Here are quick, actionable fixes for menu button hover states, linear link hover easing, custom-colored social icon stacks, and case-sensitive CMS filters.
Updating images in Wix Studio can be frustrating when re-uploading identical filenames creates duplicate clutter instead of replacing the asset. Learn how to use the Wix Studio CMS to build a centralized image management system that updates graphics site-wide in seconds.
A full-stack designer's honest look at building at scale in Wix Studio. Learn which auto-generation bugs and media library quirks you need to add to your QA checklist.
Is your custom favicon appearing perfectly in browser tabs but stuck as a generic blue globe in Google Search? You aren't crazy—Squarespace has a hidden formatting clash with Google's algorithm. Discover the quick code injection fix and the "multiple of 48" image rule to finally force your brand icon to show up in search results.
Did you know that massive enterprise sites like Disney, Microsoft, and the White House rely on WordPress? In this visual guide, we pull back the curtain and show you two foolproof ways to uncover the hidden tech stack of any website.
