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SVG Optimization: How (and Why) to Optimize SVGs

SVGs are great; making them smaller makes them even greater. This guide will show you how to optimize SVGs.

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Use Chrome Developer Tools to Check Whether Resources Are Loading over SSL

In the wake of Google’s announcement that it will start giving a ranking boost to full-SSL sites, many companies are converting their sites to be full-https.

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Make your lightbox display over an embedded YouTube video in IE8

In Internet Explorer 8, embedded YouTube videos are treated as the absolute top element, regardless of z-index.

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Most people don’t know that you can look up past “snapshots” of almost any website. Archive.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was formed to build an expansive Internet library.

Internet Explorer 8 may display a border regardless of your CSS attempts. This guide details how to remove it once and for all.

Text shadows are a beautiful and subtle effect for your web site. CSS3 text shadows are currently support on all versions of Chrome, Safari, Firefox 3.5+, and IE 10+.

Learn how to center text in CSS.

If you’re the administrator of a Facebook Page for your business (or whatever), you can still comment as yourself.

When building a website, it’s a good idea to open external links (e.g. http://google.com) in a new window so that users aren’t directed away from your site.

If you’d like your visitors to be able to open a phone application straight from your website you can follow this quick guide.