ba Good news and caution on youth tobacco use By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:33:00 GMT DALLAS, October 17, 2024 — Nancy Brown, chief executive of the American Heart Association, which is celebrating 100 years of lifesaving service as the world’s leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health, issued the following... Full Article
ba Amsterdam Urban Art By blog.howardgrill.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 09:27:57 +0000 There was a street that we walked down on our recent vacation in Amsterdam that had amazing and varied ‘urban art’ along it. I couldn’t help but take a few photos! Full Article Urban Images urban
ba Nueva guía del USPSTF: seguir tomando una dosis baja de aspirina si tienes antecedentes de ataque cardíaco, fibrilación auricular (FibA), ataque o derrame cerebral o stent vascular By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 15:05:00 GMT DALLAS, martes 26 de abril del 2022 - El martes, el Grupo Especial de Servicios Preventivos de los EE. UU. (USPSTF, del inglés U.S. Preventive Services Task Force) publicó sus recomendaciones finales sobre el tratamiento con dosis bajas de aspirina ... Full Article
ba One year following court-ordered deadline, FDA must rule on remaining premarket tobacco applications By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:25:00 GMT DALLAS, September 9, 2022 — Following is a statement from the American Heart Association, the world’s leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health: “One year after a court-ordered deadline to determine whether flavored e-cigarette ... Full Article
ba Understanding cardiac arrest and emergency response following Damar Hamlin’s collapse during Monday Night Football By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:30:00 GMT DALLAS, January 3, 2023 —While playing in the Buffalo Bills - Cincinnati Bengals game on Monday Night Football on January 2, Bills player Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest after a hit and was administered CPR on the field before being transferred to... Full Article
ba Leading cardiologist says prohibiting menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars would save lives in communities targeted by Big Tobacco By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:10:00 GMT DALLAS, Nov. 1, 2023 — Action by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars would save lives and improve health in communities long targeted by the tobacco industry, according to renowned... Full Article
ba Delay of lifesaving tobacco rules will jeopardize the health of communities By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:00:00 GMT WASHINGTON, D.C., December 6, 2023 — Lifesaving final rules to prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes and all flavored cigars will be further delayed, according to the Biden administration’s Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory ... Full Article
ba Los jugadores embajadores de la NFL invitan a los aficionados a aprender RCP en 90 segundos para salvar vidas By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:30:00 GMT DALLAS, 16 de octubre de 2024 — Más de la mitad de las personas que sufren un paro cardíaco repentino fuera del hospital no reciben reanimación cardiopulmonar (RCP) inmediata. Como resultado, mueren 9 de cada 10 personas que sufren uno[1]. Sin embargo,... Full Article
ba Nueva guía: Prevenir un primer derrame cerebral puede ser posible con una prueba de detección y cambios en el estilo de vida By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 09:00:00 GMT Aspectos destacados de la guía: Cada año en los EE. UU., más de medio millón de personas sufren un primer ataque o derrame cerebral; sin embargo, hasta el 80% de ellos podrían prevenirse. La nueva guía de prevención primaria de derrame cerebral de la... Full Article
ba El equipo de baloncesto de la Universidad del Estado de Oklahoma se incorpora a Nation of Lifesavers By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:00:00 GMT STILLWATER, Okla., 28 de octubre de 2024 — El equipo de baloncesto masculino de la Universidad del Estado de Oklahoma (OSU) participó en una capacitación de RCP (reanimación cardiopulmonar) solo las manos de la American Heart Association (la ... Full Article
ba Innovadores locales reciben $75 000 para combatir las disparidades sanitarias en la comunidad By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 17:00:00 GMT DALLAS, 7 de noviembre de 2024 – Históricamente, las personas de color de comunidades con escasos recursos han tenido menos acceso a las necesidades más básicas, como alimentos saludables, aire limpio y agua potable, educación de calidad, empleo,... Full Article
ba El nivel socioeconómico durante el embarazo temprano puede desempeñar un papel importante en la salud cardíaca futura By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:00:00 GMT Puntos destacados de la investigación: El nivel socioeconómico de las madres primerizas en el embarazo temprano puede afectar su salud cardiovascular hasta siete años después. El nivel socioeconómico —nivel educativo, nivel de ingresos, estado del ... Full Article
ba Inscríbase ahora: Las alumnas de secundarias locales explorarán la educación y las carreras STEM en una experiencia interactiva By newsroom.heart.org Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:14:00 GMT PORTAGE COUNTY, 4 de noviembre de 2024 — Los directores ejecutivos, educadores y padres de todo el mundo saben que formar la próxima generación de mujeres científicas, médicas e inventoras es un paso fundamental para establecer su futuro, así como el... Full Article
ba How to Clean up Your Photo Backgrounds in Photoshop By psd.fanextra.com Published On :: Fri, 09 May 2014 11:23:34 +0000 In retouching you see this quite frequently, whether you're using seamless paper, vinyl, a fabric hanging or a purpose built infinity cove, it's going to get dirty. You have a couple of options, one is to check out some reviews on Amazon for handheld vacuum cleaners and have your assistant scoot around with it between shots. The other more sensible option, which we'll cover here, is to solve it in post, in this case using Adobe Photoshop. Full Article Photo Effects Tutorials
ba Photo Manipulate a Mystical Tribal Warrior By psd.fanextra.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:57:18 +0000 In today's tutorial you'll be brushing up on your photo manipulation skills, by creating a mystical tribal warrior. This tutorial is packed full of useful techniques, from blending tactics, to digital painting, lighting, layout sketching and much more. Full Article Photo Effects Tutorials
ba What Is The Ideal Zoom Room Background By www.photoshoplady.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 01:02:37 +0000 With the pandemic ravaging the world all over, companies and individuals have been forced to adapt and make the best of the situation. We all realize that somehow life would need to go on, and we would need to find new and creative ways to work, carry on with our education and our social lives. One of the major ways in which organizations have evolved is by working from home and using software such as Zoom to carry out meetings and connect. While this has been quite effective and helpful in maintaining social distance, there have been plenty of mishaps The post What Is The Ideal Zoom Room Background appeared first on Photoshop Lady. Full Article Uncategorized
ba Meet DAB 1α, Amazing DeLorean-Inspired “Back to the Future” Electric Motorcycle By designyoutrust.com Published On :: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 13:00:34 +0000 DAB Motors has crafted a unique DAB 1α electric motorcycle inspired by the DeLorean time machine from “Back to the Future.” This bespoke model features a stainless steel body, exposed wiring, and CNC-machined wheels reminiscent of the iconic car. Notable design elements include a speedometer capped at 88 mph and an illuminated flux capacitor, paying […] Full Article Design Technology amazing delorean design electric future inspired range speed steel wheels
ba Blockbase: A parent theme for block themes By themeshaper.com Published On :: Thu, 27 May 2021 16:08:04 +0000 Phase 2 of Gutenberg introduces Full Site Editing to WordPress; to make this possible, we need a new way of building themes – using blocks. How do block themes work? Block themes use templates made entirely of blocks. The layout is configured using a combination of theme.json and CSS. The settings in theme.json are used […] Full Article Theme Development Block-based Themes Full-site Editing
ba Using Blockbase for a theme experiment By themeshaper.com Published On :: Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:12:41 +0000 A glitchy theme, built with Blockbase. Full Article Design Theme Development Block-based Themes Gutenberg
ba Create A Blockbase Child Theme By themeshaper.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 20:46:40 +0000 We have been working on a plugin to help you create a Blockbase child theme. The idea is that you can use the existing tools to make changes to a Blockbase theme, and then export a bundle of templates and theme.json as a new child theme. I tried to create a new theme called “Typewriter” […] Full Article Uncategorized
ba Medan & Danau Toba 2011 By rwez.blogspot.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:26:00 +0000 Medan & Danau Toba 2011, a set on Flickr.Check out our photos from our trip to Indonesia 2011. Full Article
ba Bali 2011 By rwez.blogspot.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:21:00 +0000 Bali 2011, a set on Flickr. Full Article
ba Cafe Batavia By rwez.blogspot.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:18:00 +0000 Cafe Batavia, originally uploaded by Rick Wezenaar Photography.he's not happy... Full Article
ba File Upload Progress Bar with jQuery and PHP By sharebrain.info Published On :: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:26:00 +0000 In this tutorials we tell how to create file upload progress bar with PHP and jQuery. In this post we had developed few lines of code using PHP APC library, it is very simple getting the server file upload process every few second and increasing the bar color using jquery css property. Just take a [...]View and Vote Full Article Scripting
ba Minimalist Black and White Photography by Gavin Dunbar By sharebrain.info Published On :: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:23:00 +0000 We featured many black and white photography articles in past but never something related to minimalism. This post presents some truly excellent examples of beautiful minimalist black and white photography by Gavin Dunbar.View and Vote Full Article Photography
ba How Cheerleading Became So Acrobatic, Dangerous and Popular By www.nytimes.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:07:02 EDT Nikki Jennings started cheering when she was 4 years old. She was small and flexible and became a flyer, a human baton spinning and twisting through the air before being caught by teammates. Until sometimes she wasn’t: She got her first concussion in the third grade. Full Article
ba N.C. State quarterback Grayson McCall retires from football at 23 after concussions By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:19:56 EDT North Carolina State quarterback Grayson McCall is retiring from football, he announced Wednesday after sustaining a head injury during a game earlier this month. "Brain specialists, my family, and I have come to the conclusion that it is in my best interest to hang the cleats up," he continued. "I have done everything I can to continue, but this is where the good Lord has called me to serve in a different space." Full Article
ba Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Shows Promise in Treating PTSD By www.psychiatrist.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:00:20 EST New research data offers much-needed hope for veterans wrestling with combat-associated posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study explores the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to address symptoms that persist despite standard treatments. Full Article
ba Capturing Bailey’s Bead: top tips from an award-winning astrophotographer By www.diyphotography.net Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:49:49 +0000 Solar eclipses are magical. What is more magical about solar eclipses are the different moments within them, including the Baily’s Beads. During a total solar... The post Capturing Bailey’s Bead: top tips from an award-winning astrophotographer appeared first on DIY Photography. Full Article Inspiration Astrophotography
ba Is Your Comfort Zone Holding You Back? By chasejarvis.com Published On :: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 13:00:55 +0000 Imagine you’re gazing out at the vast expanse of possibility before you. On one side lies the safety of the familiar, and on the other, the allure of growth and the uncertainty that comes with chasing your dreams. What would you choose—honestly? It’s a decision we’re faced with every day, in both big and small ways. Do we play it safe, sticking to the well-trodden path, or do we venture into uncharted territory, risking failure in pursuit of something greater? This choice will define who you are and who you eventually become. Because here’s the truth: growth demands courage. It asks you to stretch beyond your limits, to face your fears head-on, and to embrace discomfort over and over again. But while growth can be bumpy sometimes, choosing growth over safety comes with its own kind of power that you can’t find anywhere else. This is when we feel the most alive. The Illusion of the Comfort Zone Let’s talk about the comfort zone. It’s that cozy little bubble where everything feels safe and predictable. You know the drill, you have your routines, and there’s little risk involved. But here’s the kicker—the comfort zone is an illusion. It gives you... The post Is Your Comfort Zone Holding You Back? first appeared on Chase Jarvis. The post Is Your Comfort Zone Holding You Back? appeared first on Chase Jarvis. Full Article chasejarvisLIVE Podcast career growth comfort zone fear of failure feeling stuck fulfillment growth
ba Data Cuisine: Barcelona By well-formed-data.net Published On :: Fri, 23 May 2014 11:33:49 +0000 I am *ridiculously* excited to announce a new edition of data cuisine workshop. This time, it is the Data Cuisine Workshop Barcelona! The workshop is happening in coordination with CCCB, the Big Bang Data exhibition, and Sónar. For the culinary side of the project, we will collaborate with Sebastian Velilla — a chef who has […] Full Article Announcements barcelona data cuisine workshop
ba Data Cuisine Workshop Barcelona: The results By well-formed-data.net Published On :: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 09:17:02 +0000 The Data Cuisine Workshop Barcelona was fantastic, we had a really great time. Big thanks to my collaborators Dr. Susanne Jaschko and Sebastian Velilla, thanks to Jose Luis de Vicente and Olga Subiros for bringing us over, and last but not least for our great participants for the crazy dish ideas they came up with! […] Full Article Personal barcelona data cuisine
ba Harnessing the Power of Email Signatures and Banners in Digital Marketing By cssdeck.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:21:15 +0000 When exploring the arsenal of digital marketing tools, the concepts of email signature banner prominently feature as pivotal elements for interaction and outreach within the expansive domain of email marketing. While at a glance they may appear similar, email signatures [...] Read Article The post Harnessing the Power of Email Signatures and Banners in Digital Marketing first appeared on CSS Reset. Full Article Uncategorized
ba Collaborative Backlog Management in Scrum By cssdeck.com Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:38:46 +0000 Scrum is an agile project management framework that relies on collaboration between the product owner, scrum master, and development team. One of the key artifacts in Scrum is the product backlog, which contains a prioritized list of features, requirements, and [...] Read Article The post Collaborative Backlog Management in Scrum first appeared on CSS Reset. Full Article Uncategorized
ba The Scroll Up Bar By Published On :: Sat, 24 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000 A design pattern that is currently growing more popular is the fixed position bar at the top of the page. Sometimes the bar stays the same throughout, sometimes the header morphs into a slimmer bar as you scroll down, sometimes a completely new bar appears. For example, as you scroll down on the New York Times website, the top navigation bar shifts from displaying typical site-wide navigation to article specific controls, showing the title of the article, the share link, the comments link, as well as compressed site-wide links: At the Forbes website, as the user scrolls down the page a fixed position bar appears at the top promoting links to other articles the reader may find interesting, as well as a drop-down site navigation menu, search and user controls: While these bars may be useful, they take up vertical space, reducing the reading space the user has chosen for themselves by picking the size of their browser window. Additionally, information displayed on these bars does not do anything to aid the reading of the actual content, making the bar more of a nuisance than help. An interesting way to solve the issue is to hide the bar when scrolling down, and show it when scrolling up. On mobile interfaces, where space is precious, this technique is used to hide chrome, such as Web browser controls, but it’s also a good pattern to use on the Web. For example, Medium has just updated their new navigation bar. As you scroll down, the bar goes away, but it can be revealed at any time by scrolling up. Here’s what it looks like: Less annoying than bars that just sit there as you scroll down, and makes the menu easy to access without having to scroll up to the top of the page. Scrolling up won’t necessarily mean the user wants the navigation – they may just be scanning the content – but 100% of the people wanting the navigation will be scrolling up, making it a pretty good compromise. Update 2014-06-16 For anyone interested in using this design pattern on their own sites, Eduardo Martins Barbosa has created a jQuery plugin that performs much the same way as the bar on Medium, including the subtle effect of revealing the bar at the scrolling speed of the user rather than simply sliding it down upon scrolling up. Full Article
ba The Basics Of Product Design: Introduction To Key Concepts And Principles By icanbecreative.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Apr 23 04:22:04 +0300 Whether you're a project manager or a startup business owner, most of you lack the time or the in-house experts to help with product design. Product design ... Full Article Learning
ba The Big Bang Theory Cast In Cyberpunk World Imagined By AI By icanbecreative.com Published On :: Sun, 21 May 23 16:46:24 +0300 Imagine a collision between two vastly different worlds: the geeky universe of The Big Bang Theory and the futuristic realm of cyberpunk. In this article, w ... Full Article Design Roud-up
ba Where is the Options Bar in Photoshop and How to Use It? By www.bittbox.com Published On :: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 11:31:10 +0000 One of the best things about Photoshop is its exceptional tool flexibility, simplifying our work and enhancing our productivity. The Options Bar works as a gateway to access all the options associated with the selected tool, enabling seamless customization and control over the tools for us. What is the Options Bar? The Options Bar is... The post Where is the Options Bar in Photoshop and How to Use It? appeared first on Bittbox. Full Article Photoshop
ba How to Change the Background Color in Adobe Illustrator By www.bittbox.com Published On :: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:05:24 +0000 The background plays a significant role in making a design pop. As a designer, changing the background color is something you'll probably do frequently when working in Adobe Illustrator. There are several ways to change the background color in Adobe Illustrator. In this tutorial, we'll learn how to change the background color in Illustrator quickly... The post How to Change the Background Color in Adobe Illustrator appeared first on Bittbox. Full Article Illustrator
ba Cake Based on Phoenix Illustration By ndesign-studio.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:34:29 +0000 Check out this awesome cake made by Elena based on my Phoenix illustration. According to Elena, it took her about a week, 5 hours each day, to finish it. I’m amazed with the details and colors she input on the work. It depicts the features of the Chinese phoenix. The cake was for a local cake […] Full Article Blog Photos
ba Spain-based DOMMA sees 350% YoY growth with WooCommerce and Google By woocommerce.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:31:25 +0000 How the wellness brand DOMMA achieved 350% year-over-year growth with one key tool. Can’t-miss success tips from a successful women-owned brand. Full Article Customer Stories
ba Prepare your checkout for the holidays: 5 ways to reduce cart abandonment with Amazon Pay By woocommerce.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 14:54:49 +0000 Make the most of the holiday shopping season — convert more visitors into customers. Quick changes that can make a big difference in 5 steps. Full Article Payments Sell Online
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ba The Bartlett Summer Show 2020 By www.designsnips.com Published On :: Fri, 09 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 The Bartlett School of Architecture celebrates the work of 700 students with a virtual Summer Show exhibition featuring 32 3D exhibition rooms of ambitious and creative student work Full Article css winner Inspiration Web
ba A Guide to Accessibility Resources for Global Accessibility Awareness Day By www.viget.com Published On :: Thu, 16 May 2024 11:26:00 -0400 Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is May 16, 2024! GAAD was created to help bring attention and awareness to digital inclusivity. No matter your role on a project team, digital accessibility should always be a priority from start to finish. Why is accessibility so important?Over 1 billion people worldwide have a disability, and that number is growing every day15% of people with disabilities say they never go online, compared to 5% of people without disabilities, according to Pew Research CenterAccording to a survey by Click-Away Pound, 71% of disabled users are forced to leave a website if they find it difficult to useDigital accessibility directly impacts people’s ability to access information, buy products, apply for jobs, engage in discussion, and everything else that people do online that is becoming critical for modern life. Accessible spaces even benefit people without disabilities, as it allows anyone to take in content though their preferred method (reading the captions on a video instead of listening in a noisy environment, for example), and often breeds innovation as engineers work to find the best way to be sure everyone can access information equally.The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has developed the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) in an effort to standardize digital accessibility. However, many websites unfortunately fail to meet these standards, leading to a lesser-quality user experience. WebAIM’s yearly report has highlighted some surprising statistics about WCAG across the top 1,000,000 home pages:The most common accessibility failure across home pages is low contrast text98.1% of home pages have at least one WCAG 2.0 failureOn average, there are 56.8 accessibility errors per page (this increased 13.6% from 2023!) 16.8% of home pages had more than one <h1> tagAs you can see, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done to create a more accessible web for everyone. If you’re interested in learning more about digital accessibility and how to improve accessibility on your own projects, there are plenty of resources and online courses available. Resources range from free, to paid courses, to professional certifications. Below are some courses and resources that we recommend.Free Courses and ResourcesIf you’re looking to introduce yourself to digital accessibility, these free resources are a great place to start: A11ycasts with Rob Dodson - A series of video tutorials on YouTube that highlights topics including semantics, focus, the correct way to use a button, and a11y testingThe Beginner’s Guide to Web Accessibility - An article by Dequeue University that summarizes why digital accessibility should be a priority, and how to determine if your website is accessibleCommon Mistakes with Using Colour in Accessibility - Digital designer Andrée Lange provides insights into how to take color contrast into consideration when designing for the webDeque Accessibility Resources - Dequeue offers a variety of free accessibility resources, including webinars, blog posts, and their accessibility testing browser extension, axe DevToolsHTML Semantics and Accessibility Cheat Sheet - WebAIM provides a list of the most common HTML tags that have an impact on digital accessibilityMDN Accessibility Tutorials - MDN is an open-source project documenting web technologies, which also includes an informative section on web accessibility documentation and best practicesSection 508 ICT Testing Baseline - Outlines minimal accessibility testing requirements for federal agencies subject to Section 508WCAG 2.2 Quick Reference - WCAG are a series of web accessibility guidelines released and maintained by the W3C, with 2.2 being the current version of the guidelines. This page provides a reference to standards that websites should meet in order to meet current accessibility standardsWeb.dev Learn Accessibility Course - A series of informative articles ranging from beginning a11y topics, to more advanced topics including animation and motionDeep Dives with Paid TutorialsIf you’re a developer who has experience in accessibility and want to dig more into the topic, these comprehensive tutorials will help you improve your a11y knowledge:Accessible Web Academy - Accessible Web Academy includes more focused a11y courses for designers, developers, content creators, and marketers looking to target specific topics Inclusive Components - There is a free online summary of Heydon Pickering’s Inclusive Components, but you can also purchase an eBook on the topic. Heydon’s blog provides examples of a pattern library that bakes accessibility into each componentPractical Accessibility by Sara Soueidan - Sara Souedien is a prolific front-end developer who specializes in accessibility. Her course, Practical Accessibility, is a comprehensive guide for all developers, from those looking to familiarize themselves with accessibility, to experienced developers looking to expand their a11y knowledge.Advanced Knowledge with CertificationsIf you want to take the next step and become a certified professional in accessibility, IAAP offers professional certifications in digital accessibility:IAAP offers five certification options, CPACC, WAS, CPWA, ADS, and CPABEDeque University offers a curriculum to help prepare for IAAP certification examsThe Department of Homeland Security also offers a “Trusted Tester” certification for Section 508 complianceW3C offers a free Digital Accessibility Foundations course, with an optional verified certificate ($99) upon course completionAs the world’s population and number of disabled users continues to grow, it’s clear that implementing digital accessibility in your products is more important than ever. 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ba Balancing Image Speed and Quality with imgix By www.viget.com Published On :: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:00:00 -0400 Users expect a website to load fast. An average web page loads in about 2.5 seconds. The longer the user has to wait, the higher the user bounce rate. There are a lot of factors that go into site speed, but images account for about 75% of the page weight on an application or website. Google’s Core Web Vitals uses several metrics to rank sites. Visual site speed or largest contentful paint affects ROI as slower sites have fewer repeat users and fewer sales.Without properly sized images, both site speed and image quality are affected. Accordingly, we use several methods to deliver properly sized images. Our primary solution is imgix because it is easy to implement and saves managers and clients time and effort. Imgix Key FeaturesImgix provides a lot of features — some we consistently use on projects, and others we use in very specific situations. Responsive ImagesSetting up responsive images can be complex. As the variety of devices and their screen resolutions continue to expand, managing all the different image requirements is increasingly challenging.Consider this scenario: a website’s images look crisp and clear on a high-resolution monitor. When that same page is viewed on a mobile device, the images are so large the page takes forever to load. A solution could be to upload a smaller image for mobile, right? It's not quite that simple. We need eight or more different sizes of the same image to account for different screen sizes and retina screens. Keeping track of all the image sizes and saving each size gets complex and would be nearly impossible to do manually on a site that has hundreds or thousands of images. One of our clients, National Park Foundation (NPF), wanted to clarify its message to better target major donors. Their gorgeous, large scenic images are essential to their website strategy. NPF needed the images throughout their site to be crisp and clear at all screen sizes. Using imgix, NPF content managers can load high-resolution images to the CMS and not worry about the site's speed or performance. They rely on imgix to deliver the correctly resized image for any user's screen.Imgix does this with their Device Pixel Ratio and Client Hints which automatically sets the pixel density for the image based on the user's device. Those API parameters can be easily set in the URLs for the image’s `srcset`. This allows developers to set an image width for an image `srcset` and then imgix delivers the right pixel ratio image to the user. We use `srcset` with imgix on other client sites like Bezos Earth Fund and Human Rights Campaign as well. Resize and CroppingImgix allows you to crop images in addition to setting an image’s focal point. So, only one image needs to be uploaded and it can be used at multiple sizes and croppings throughout the site. Let's say we upload a large landscape image, but on some pages we only need to use a portion of the image cropped as a square. Imgix will crop the image and deliver the smaller versions on the pages we need while persisting the larger versions on other pages.At Viget we use resizing and cropping on our own website, including our articles, to crop the staff photo to a smaller size at the top of the articles. This makes it possible for us to upload the staff photo once and the article image gets created automatically. Color Palette Another feature that we've used on client sites is the Color Palette API which allows you as many colors as you want from an image. For example, the Shedd Aquarium website that we built uses this feature by pulling a vibrant color from the image and setting it as the background color for the page hero. Aside from taking the manual work out of closely aligning photography with a page’s design, there’s an additional benefit: if you are on a slow connection, you will see a dynamic colored banner at the top before the image loads. Image UpscalingAnother valuable feature is the ability to upscale images. Even if you upload an image that is low resolution, it can still be used at a higher resolution. This is especially useful for e-commerce sites or applications where users are uploading their images. The upscale feature uses Generative AI to take a pixelated image and create a higher-resolution image. The final image will not be perfect, but it looks more professional. See the upscale demo on imgix. Non-upscaled image Upscaled image using Imgix PDF Preview ImagesThere is also a PDF page to image option in imgix. The API enables the generation of a page-specific image preview from the PDF, which can serve as both a thumbnail and a full-size preview. When we built AHIP.org, they had a resources section for their members containing quite a few PDFs. To help with clarity and findability, we used imgix to show previews of the PDF documents to non-members. This feature allows AHIP to upload resource PDFs without having to also upload any thumbnail images. Face DetectionAnother nice feature is a face detection parameter that you can pass to the API. This allows you to upload a photo and no matter the cropping or size it will keep the face as the focal point of the image. We used this feature on NEA for their team member page. It's great for user profile images that are used in different contexts throughout the site. Video StreamingVideos have become a key design element on websites. However, determining which service to use for embedding those videos is an ongoing topic of discussion. Video platforms enable you to integrate the video onto the page, yet they introduce scripts that may impede page loading speed. Imgix offers a video embed service that allows content managers to keep all the images and videos in one place. The videos are automatically encoded to Adaptive Bitrate Streaming to get the best compression and video quality. So, videos load fast and look great on mobile and desktop. Imgix Video API with Adaptive Bitrate Streaming Performance A lot of CMSs have image transformations built in. An image transformation encompasses everything for that image including responsive sizes, cropping, resizing, and face detection from the original. This is great for small sets of images, but transformations quickly get out of hand the more images there are on a site. For example, the homepage of the National Park Foundation has a minimum of 96 image transformations. Processing all of those image transformations uses a lot of server resources. Imgix saves the images and delivers them through their CDN. The imgix image CDN has an average of 0.15 milliseconds return on requests which enables images to load as quickly as possible. The CDN also caches the images on CDN edge nodes making them immediately available for future requests. FlexibilityImgix is flexible enough to work with almost any site structure; including WordPress, Craft CMS, Shopify, React, Ruby on Rails, Python, and more (see the full list). So, whether a site is a WordPress site or a Rails application, imgix fits right into the ecosystem. And, even better: you don’t have to rebuild your web app or website to gain the benefits of image performance, which can save you a lot of time and money.Setting up imgix on an existing website is easy. Imgix can connect to existing asset storage sources like AWS, Azure, or a web folder on the same domain. Once the image source is set up, a developer can start passing parameters to the API. CostImgix is free for 1,000 images which makes it easy to integrate and grow with your site. Pricing goes to $750/yr for 5,000 images and $3,000/yr for 25,000 images. In their pricing structure, “images” are categorized as origin images, so the count only includes original images and not transformed ones. So, you could have hundreds of images and thousands of image transformations all being delivered through a CDN for free. ConclusionEnsuring fast site speed isn't just important. It is vital. It's the cornerstone of a successful online presence, directly influencing search engine rankings, user satisfaction, and ultimately, your return on investment. Properly sized and optimized images are key to ensuring your site loads quickly and displays correctly for users across various devices.We have found that imgix enables our team to efficiently create projects with diverse image options, saving managers and developers valuable time. Our clients benefit from reduced server space and an increased site speed. Imgix’s API is comprehensive, so you can use one tool for all features and options around site images — from cropping and resizing to face detection and automated color palettes, to video and beyond. Having used imgix for the past five years to support the wide-ranging needs of our clients, we feel confident recommending it and using it again and again. Users expect a website to load fast, and imgix is a reliable way to make sure that happens. Full Article Code Front-end Engineering Content Management Performance
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