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Austin Ballard
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Owner at Presstwood Design
This is fun and a great reminder of all the really cool ways CSS is evolving nd improving.

chrome.dev/css-wrapped-...
CSS Wrapped 2025
Sculpt dynamic interfaces, stretch your imagination, and play with these 22 powerful new CSS features that landed in Chrome this year.
chrome.dev
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
New article: Improve website speed with 3 easy changes

presstwood.design/improve-webs...
Improve website speed with 3 easy changes
People leave slow sites. You can easily improve website speed with some easy changes, that aren't overly technical and easy to do yourself.
presstwood.design
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Websites crash during peak season. Contact forms break.

Backups stop running. Last year's holiday hours still showing.

Business owners assume it's fine until December hits.

15 minutes checking basics now could save thousands in lost sales.

presstwood.design/5-pre-silly-...
5 quick pre silly season website checks
The silly season is fast approaching. Run this 5 quick website checks to make sure your business is ready and avoid expensive or stressful issues.
presstwood.design
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
New Article: Restaurant SEO basics to get found by hungry customers

Restaurant SEO doesn't need to be complex or confusing. Focus on getting the basics right to help your site be visible in search results.

#SEO #Restaurant #FoodSky
Restaurant SEO basics to get found by hungry customers - Presstwood Design
Running a restaurant means juggling countless moving parts every single day. Between managing staff, keeping food quality consistent, and handling the endless stream of daily operations, the last thin...
presstwood.design
September 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Someone PLEASE make a browser extension for Adobe Stock that excludes Generative AI.

I find the photos in here so obviously AI that they are of zero use to me, and the very first thing I do for any search in Adobe Stock is toggle this to exclude AI images.

#AdobeStock
September 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
New article! Australian businesses are facing more accessibility complaints than ever. Here's why building an accessible website matters beyond legal compliance - and why quick-fix plugins won't save you.

#WebAccessibility #AustralianBusiness #InclusiveDesign #WebDesign
Web accessibility standards in Australia & legal risks
If your site doesn't meet web accessibility standards in Australia, you're not just missing out on customers, you are exposing yourself to legal risks.
presstwood.design
September 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Such a great presentation yesterday at the Sunshine Coast WordPress Meetup group.

Robert Li presented a great talk on how AI and LLMs are changing the way we interact with the web, great article here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/adapti...

#WordPress #SunshineCoast #WordPressMeetup
September 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Reposted by Austin Ballard
Here's fun.
The Business Council of Australia put out a press release and new report about how to make healthcare more efficient. One of the big claims in the press release:

"AI has the potential to free up 30 per cent of a clinician’s time, allowing them to spend more time with Australians"
September 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
So keen to hear what other web professionals think about this? Are media queries going to slowly become obsolete and are container queries going to be the new go to?

#CSS #WebDesign #WebDevelopment
It's Time to Move on From Media Queries
YouTube video by Kevin Geary
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August 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
New article: Medical SEO: A practical guide for healthcare practices

SEO is complex and can be hard to understand for business owners in any industries, but medical SEO can be particularly challenging.

Explore what really matters for long term growth.

#SEO #MedicalSEO #WebDesign #HealthcareSEO
A practical guide to medical SEO for healthcare practices
Effective medical SEO isn’t about gaming search engines or chasing the latest trends. Learn how to grow your practice the right way.
presstwood.design
August 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Excited about FA7! @fontawesome.com are more icons coming to the new styles?
Order up! Font Awesome 7 is ready to go.

We’ve cooked up our best version yet — with more icons, better performance, and tasty new features to spice up your projects. Available now!
fontawesome.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Had a great weekend at WordCamp Brisbane.

For any Sunny Coasters that attended - come join the monthly Meetup group!

www.meetup.com/wordpress-su...

#WordCampBrisbane #WcBne
June 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
First day of WordCamp Brisbane today was great. Learned some new things and met some new people, excited to come back tomorrow.

#WCBne
June 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Interesting to see this launch. Super keen to hear how web designers find Figma Sites
figma.com Figma @figma.com · May 7
Did you catch them all? Here’s everything we announced at #Config2025

→ Figma Sites
→ CMS in Figma Sites (coming soon)
→ Grid
→ Figma Make
→ Figma Draw
→ Figma Buzz
All the launches at Config 2025 | Figma
YouTube video by Figma
youtu.be
May 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Bricks 2.0 alpha is out, excited to have a play around with some of the new features: bricksbuilder.io/release/bric...
Bricks 2.0
We’re super excited to share this first alpha release of Bricks 2.0 with you today, which you can now download from your account at https://my.bricksbuilder.io/?alpha=2.0. Version 2.0 lays the foundat...
bricksbuilder.io
April 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
@wordcampbne.bsky.social just released tickets, grabbed mine and looking forward to it in June!

#WordPress #WordCamp #WcBne
April 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Etch first public demo is happening on March 31st. I’ve seen early demos and really like where this is heading so excited to see progress and the reaction from the WordPress community.

etchwp.com/features/
Currently Available Features
These features are currently available for Etch. They’re not on the roadmap or on our wish list – they’re functional right now.
etchwp.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Interesting to hear where @elemntor.bsky.social is moving towards class first & global classes. Lack of these 2 features is a key reason I'm not building new sites with Elementor.

It's a big shift that's night and day for professionals. Keen to see how it's implemented for the current user base.
Why Elementor Is Going CSS-first: The Vision Behind Editor V4 | Elementor
Elementor is evolving—and so is the way you design and build websites. As we continue to develop Editor V4, one of the most fundamental changes we will introduce is a shift towards a CSS-first styling...
elementor.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM