Development

How We Built the New Brick Factory Website

We started working on a new Brick Factory website last Summer and made steady progress throughout the Fall and early 2024.  In late January it was clear that we were almost finished, so I joked that we should launch the website on Valentine’s Day as a gift for our Chief Creator Officer,...

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5 Reasons We Switched to WordPress Gutenberg

Gutenberg: Good Printing Press, Even Better WordPress Editor

If you work with WordPress websites, like we do, you know that Gutenberg is the new default Block Editor for WordPress, replacing the Classic Editor. And in our opinion, Gutenberg is quickly proving its worth as the GOAT of all page builder tools. ...

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Five simple ways to secure your WordPress site

Most of the websites we manage are built-in WordPress, which is the most popular Content Management System in the world. With the rise of cyberattacks over the last few years, we are frequently asked whether websites can be run securely and safely on WordPress.  

The short answer is yes....

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Responsive Images in WordPress

There was once a time, not that long ago, where a website’s content was almost entirely text. Images existed, but were not nearly as prominent as they are in our post-Bootstrap world. In the time between these eras there have been major evolutions on how images can, and arguably should,...

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Using Video to Improve the Quality Assurance Process

As a web development firm, quality assurance is a big part of what we do at Brick Factory. Before launching anything to a live environment, we test site features on multiple devices (such as tablets, mobile phones, and computers) using multiple browsers (Safari, Chrome, etc.).  

When performing quality assurance,...

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