Weekly digital resources #22: WordPress, EdTech and other gems

WordPress is the most used CMS and I cannot escape to its success, so this weekly blog post provides two links related to its security, themes and plugins. You find also resources about LMS, EdTech and education, components of Learning Experience, one of my favorite topics. And as Excel tips and free photos stocks are always on demand, check the last part of this weekly digital resources #22.

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How to perform a search for photos free to reuse

Among all stock photos websites, how to perform quickly a search for photos or images that are free to reuse? As usual, Google helps us:

1) Go to Google Images

2) Enter your keyword(s)

3) Click on ‘Search Tools’, then ‘Usage rights’ and select ‘Labeled for noncommercial reuse’

Search for stock photos on Google

Weekly digital resources #16: quiz, multimedia editors and Excel

This weekly digital resources post is quite unusual because I provide only four links (however you know that less is more) and they concern topics I have almost never covered: quiz (in French, sorry 😛 ), multimedia (photos, videos, music) editors, Excel and Android apps.

Feel free to give feedback, post a comment with your resources, or ask for support, help or suggestion about digital stuff.

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Weekly digital resources #14: Javascript, ebooks and online surveys

This week: front-end programming, online courses and reading, everything I enjoy! I hope you too, and you can send me your request for any help or question about digital stuff.

ECMAScript 6 – 10 Awesome New Features – Have a look in particular to the very useful for … of statement!

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5 tips to enhance your webdesign by making it more simple

Thanks to the ‘Less is More’ tutorial on canva.com, I’ve learnt very useful and concrete tips to enhance webdesign by making it more simple. They concern basics like colors, fonts, icons and layout and are easy-to-use.

Limit your colors to enhance the clarity of your design

An example that limits colors for better clarity design

Avoid clutter by limiting your graphic elements

Too much clutter on this photoA photo with no clutter

Substitute text with icons to cut down on reading time

Substitute text with an iconText has been substituted by an icon

Avoid using too many fonts and type styles to keep your design simple

Too many fonts and styles on this imageLess fonts and styles on this picture

Keep headline clearer by moving text in foreground

Headline is not in foregroundHeadline is clearer because it is in foreground

3 ways to reduce image files size to speed up your website

As a short image files size is important when considering the loading speed of webpages, it exists free tools to reduce .png and .jpg files without loosing quality. Here are 3 of them: Tinypng, Kraken and Smush.

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