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Chrome Extensions For Developers

by Gerald Watanabe | Jan 21, 2020 | Browsers, Web Design, Web Development

Part 1: Chrome Extensions I Use "Extensions are small software programs that customize the browsing experience. They enable users to tailor Chrome functionality and behavior to individual needs or preferences. They are built on web technologies such as HTML,...

One Percent In 2020

by Gerald Watanabe | Jan 11, 2020 | business, Free Lance

1%How To Improve You and Your Freelance Business This is an update of a post I wrote 2 years ago called, "One percent in 2018". So 2020 is here, and like every new year, everyone has committed to some form of resolution to improve in this new year. This is a...

Stackbit Review

by Gerald Watanabe | Jan 5, 2020 | CMS, Jamstack, Java Script, OnlineWebBuilders, Static Site Gen, Videos, Web Design, Web Development

A Test Drive of Stackbit Currently Stackbit is in the Beta version as I test this online tool by actually building a live Jamstack website. As I reviewed the steps involved, I thought to myself can it be this simple and fast and not even write one line of code?...

Developers End of Year Checklist

by Gerald Watanabe | Dec 26, 2019 | business, Free Lance

Just A Simple End of Year List Things to check off to close out your business obligations so you can start the new year afresh. You can't just sweep things that you don't like under the carpet and hope it goes away. It will reappear and give you even more...

CSS: Blinking Christmas Stringed Lights

by Gerald Watanabe | Dec 20, 2019 | HTML & CSS, Videos, Web Design, Web Development

Merry Christmas Just a HTML/CSS string of Christmas Lights each string doing something different. Using CSS -webkit-animation and @-webkit-keyframes. It is the season. Stay safe and please don't drink and drive! See the Pen Christmas Lights Multiple by Gerald...

Clean A Hacked WordPress Website

by Gerald Watanabe | Dec 14, 2019 | CMS, Malware, Security, Videos, Web Design, Web Development, Wordpress

The process I used to clean and restore a hacked Wordpress website "Half of all Cyber attacks are targeted at small businesses. Small business owners often do not pay attention to cybersecurity, thinking they’re not even worth being attacked, and this is what...

5 JS Animation Libraries

by Gerald Watanabe | Dec 3, 2019 | Java Script, Videos, Web Design, Web Development

An Overview of 5 JavaScript Animation Libraries and 1 SVG Animation Tool Taking a quick look at a few js animation libraries that you might be interested in to create awesome animations. Actually there are many more libraries that are available, but these are...

Happy Thanksgiving

by Gerald Watanabe | Nov 26, 2019 | HTML & CSS, Videos, Web Design, Web Development

Happy Thanksgiving: 3D Rotating Cubebuilt with CSS View code at Codepen Best viewed in Chrome. Gerald WatanabeIslandwebtek

WP Optimize Plugin Enable and Test Caching Feature

by Gerald Watanabe | Nov 20, 2019 | CMS, Testing, Videos, Web Design, Web Development, Wordpress

Testing the page caching feature on WP Optimize Plugin. WP-Optimize is one of the most used and installed Wordpress plugin to clean, optimize and maintain your database. It's simple to use, works great and is Free. Later the developers added an image...

White Label Projects

by Gerald Watanabe | Nov 13, 2019 | business, Free Lance, Web Design, Web Development, White Label

White Label Work So exactly what is "White Label" work? From a Freelance Developer viewpoint: Work that is contracted to you from a business, web agency, or another developer. You complete the project and get paid for your services. But the product (website,...