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Contrast: where grey body copy fails
Light grey body copy looks best in the mockup and reads worst on a real screen. Three threshold values let you judge it at the moment you pick…
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Themes & plugins
Choosing themes and plugins, vetting them, finding alternatives, and understanding their performance cost — what a wrong choice charges you later.
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Mobile-first is a question of order, not taste
Starting narrow leaves you fewer decisions. Starting wide means deciding what to throw away at every step — and that decision never ends.
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Why 1.5 line-height is not enough for Korean body text
The web's default leading was calibrated for the Latin alphabet. Hangul packs more strokes into the same square and sits taller because of final consonants, so the same…
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What a design token actually is
A swatch on a mockup and a design token can hold the same value and still be different things. The difference is the name — and the name…
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Edit the parent theme and the next update erases it
A theme update replaces the whole folder — that is correct behaviour. Which is why your changes need to live somewhere it does not reach.
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Payment, booking or enquiry: which conversion is yours?
It looks like a feature choice, but it decides the shape of your business. Pick the wrong one and the tool starts dictating your pricing and your day.