Accelerate Your Content With Free Blogging Tools

Free blogging tools

Whether your blog is an entertaining side project or an important marketing channel for your company, you want to get most out of it. This article highlights a few important (and free) blogging tools that you should keep in your arsenal at all times. From generating ideas to syndicating your written content, these blogging tools help you get the most out of your written content.

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How to Create a Portfolio Website

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When you’re just getting started as a web designer, the best thing you can do is create a portfolio website that showcases your skills and talents. Finding your first few paid gigs can be a struggle. If you don’t personally know anyone who needs help with a website, putting your name out there is daunting.

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What is Hardware Offload?

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If you find that your server is bogged down with features that could be better handled by a dedicated hardware device, then you can perform what is known as “hardware offload” or “computation offloading”. In this article, we will explore the concept of hardware offload and provide some examples of using hardware to offload certain computational tasks.

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Unrestricted Fun: Open Source Weekend Projects

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Getting caught up in an open source weekend project can teach you a lot, without even tipping you off to the fact that you’re learning something. That’s because the projects listed in this article are first and foremost fun. Whether it’s designing a WordPress theme, doing a hackathon, cooking some delicious recipes, or searching around for user-replaceable parts for your Raspberry Pi garage door opener, taking on an open source project can be a rewarding activity.

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6 Alternative Web Servers You May Have Missed

Alternative web servers

Choosing a web server is about much more than picking something to generate HTML. A web server can do all sorts of interesting things. At the end of the day they all serve a website to someone requesting it. But there’s so much that can happen along the way. Think about what you need from a web server that might make your website programming and maintenance easier for you, and then find out where and how the web server can help. Chances are you’ll find some alternative web servers that uniquely fits your requirements. And they’re all free, so it doesn’t hurt to look and try and test. Most of these alternative web server apps run great in a container environment or virtual machine.

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What is Geotargeting?

What is Geotargeting?

Geotargeting is the practice of serving up different advertisements or content to consumers based on their geographic location. 

In this article, we will explain what geotargeting is, how it works, and why you should use it. We will also go over how location targeting can be optimized using Google Ads, as well as some of the top geotargeting best practices. 

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JetBrains PhpStorm Examined: Master the Whirlwind

PHPStorm Review

The old argument about integrated development environments (IDEs) vs text editors continues to rage on. And of course, everyone has their unique preference. The most popular IDE continues to be Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VSC). But for those who are willing to pay for an IDE, the JetBrains products bring in some stiff competition. In this review, we’re going to take a look at the web IDE,

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5G Technology and Web Hosting

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With the increasing popularity of 5G-enabled devices, there is a greater demand than ever for responsive, high-speed web services. While not directly involved in web hosting, 5G technology is poised to present a set of new technical opportunities for state-of-the-art web server operations. In this article we will discuss how 5G technology is changing the way people interact with their favorite online services. 

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Opt-In Email Hacking (For The Ethical Marketer)

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Opt-in email is not magic, sometimes it happens organically. In helping a friend with their website a few months ago, we encountered a problem with spam in the comments section. The website quickly gained in popularity, and there were many legitimate comments sprinkled in with the spam. We wanted to control the spam situation without stifling any legitimate comments.

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What is WordPress?

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You’ve decided to build a website, but maybe you’re still wondering how much work that’s going to take. Chances are, someone has told you to keep things simple and just use WordPress.

There’s no doubt — WordPress is popular. It’s easy to learn, easy to find knowledgeable WordPress professionals, and easy to get started when you get

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Can You Make an Impact With Free JavaScript?

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Many websites on the “modern” web use JavaScript to create a more interactive experience. However, this extra interactivity can cause performance issues not only for the website but for your personal computer as well. But beyond the performance issues, non-free JavaScript (that is, proprietary JavaScript with obfuscated code) can create security and privacy concerns for users. Many web users (and developers) would prefer to use free, open source JavaScript, so that they know what the code is doing, and can have the code independently reviewed — if desired. For many, it’s always better to have options.

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