Inspired-Musings.com

Inspired to blog about current events, politics, food/wine/beer and of course technology and web development.
October 1, 2020
WordPress websites security best practices

The most popular Content Management System in the world is WordPress. As of this year (2020), 37% of websites on the world wide web are using WordPress! As far as content management systems go, WordPress is the CMS choice of 65% of the web community which is far greater than any competitors in the CMS […]

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September 16, 2020
Seeking new clients/partners for my web development business!

Hello future client! I am a very experienced web developer with a plethora of skills creating websites and web applications that are fast loading, responsive, visually appealing, and search engine friendly. As a freelancer you always need to be marketing yourself and finding new clients to do work for. I am currently working somewhat steadily, […]

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February 27, 2019
Learning for a lifetime

I have a passion for web design and web development. I don't have a computer science degree or a graphic design degree, but I do hold a BA in Communications from Elon University I also have a certificate in Graphic Design from The School of Communication Arts in Raleigh, NC (now Living Arts college). Additionally, […]

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December 30, 2018
CSS Animation and how to use it well in your website

With the progression of Cascading Style Sheets (or CSS) to include the ability to create animations, there are now a plethora of possibilities to create eye-catching visuals on your website and as we all know CSS animations rate very high in the “cool” factor when it comes to web development. Not only that but people […]

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October 18, 2018
Getting started with CSS Grid layout

One of my strongest areas of web development is Cascading Style Sheets more commonly referred in the web world as CSS. I have always been a visual person, and with CSS I can create a pallet on the web using code (when combined with HTML5). CSS has rapidly evolved over the last few years with […]

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October 6, 2018
Best new features in JavaScript ES6

I've been coding in JavaScript for quite a while. In fact, I can remember when JavaScript was used for such cool functionality as a replacement image when you hover over a button for example. It was pretty cool interactivity for 1998, but it wasn't until libraries such as jQuery came along in the 2000s that […]

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May 14, 2018
Fun with Flexbox

I have been doing web development for quite a while and one of the frustrating things we have to deal with in web design is laying out a web page and getting every element to be positioned just as we want it. Back in the day, we would use floats and absolute positioning to get […]

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January 18, 2018
Evolution via Agile

Technologies evolve, processes evolve, businesses evolve and even people evolve (some more than others). Of those, I think that technology evolves quicker than anything else. It seems like overnight technologies can change. With technology changes, there is a need to constantly be updating and evolving digital communications as well. When I say digital communications, I […]

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June 9, 2017
why learning core JavaScript is still important

The big deal now and the last several years with JavaScript is the modern frameworks. The most popular being Angular JS, React JS and Vue JS . It seems like every posting you see for a front-end web developer position wants you to have hard-core experience with one of these frameworks. (Mostly Angular, but some […]

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May 16, 2017
WordPress REST API 101

I have recently been exploring the REST API plugin for WordPress and how it works, and why it is such a big deal, as I've been hearing for a while that the WP Rest API is "a game changer" in the web development world. Of course, as a web developer, we hear this every month […]

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