Tag Archives: images

The green way to blog longevity via image optimisation

Posted on November 9, 2021 by peNdantry

Image optimisation is a neat blogging trick that’s easy to learn and quick to implement. Here’s how to do it – and, more importantly, why you should consider it. Continue reading →

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Click to embiggen revisited (classic editor)

Posted on June 9, 2020 by peNdantry

Sam “Goldie” Kirk posed some questions in response to my recent ‘How to’ post about images. Here, I aim to explain more clearly how to link a small image in a post to a larger one, using the classic editor. … Continue reading →

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How to do the ‘click to embiggen’ trick

Posted on June 7, 2020 by peNdantry

OK, first off: what do I mean by ‘click to embiggen’? I’m talking about WordPress blog posts, for one thing (although it can work in other fields). You have a small image; you click on it and are presented with … Continue reading →

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Turbo-boost your site by optimising images

Posted on June 6, 2018 by peNdantry

In a previous life, I used to design business websites. One of the things I made very sure of was that the ‘weight’ (size, in bytes) of each page was as low as possible, because heavier pages take longer to … Continue reading →

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