Web User - UK (2019-11-27)

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ThebestwaytoaddacustommaptoaWordPresswebsiteistouse Google My Maps.Createamapusing

the tool, thenfollowtheinstructions belowtoaddittoyourwebsite

Switch image formats
to WebP
If your websiteincludesalot of
images,you maywant toconsider
switching from
JPEGtoWebP.
WebP images
takethe best
compression
elementsfrom
JPEG, PNG
and GIF to
createimages
with filesizes
around 30%
smaller.
CreatingWebP files is simpleand
mostimageeditors can handle
them.Forexample,inPaint.net
(www.getpaint.net), chooseSave
As, select WebP from the ‘Saveas
type’boxand setthe levelof
compression. Itprovidesaguide
tohowlarge thefilewill be atthe
top.Yourimageswill besmaller
but can hold moredetail.

Write code online

If you’reready totakeyour

programming skills tothe next

level, Microsoftis launchingan

online version of itspopular Visual

Studio tool. You can try Visual

Studio Onlinefor freewhileit’sin

its betatestperiod. Goto bit.ly/

vso489 tosetupanaccount and

giveitago.

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Open or create the map thatyou

want to shareinGoogle My Maps

(bit.ly/mymap489). Click Share.^1

If your mapisn’t publicly viewable,

click the Change link^2 and select

‘On -Publi conthe web’. Click the

Done button.^3

2

Click the three-dot menu buttonnext

to the map’sname^1 and choose

‘Embed onmy site’.Awindowpops up

with sometext pre-selected.^2 Copy it

by pressing Ctrl+C. Click OK.^3

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In WordPres s, create anew post^1

and giveitatitle.Click theplus

buttonto add anew block and choose

CustomHTML.^2 If youcan’t see it,

searchforit. Past ethe code youcopied

from Google MyMaps intothe box.^3

To see howitl ooks, click the Preview

tab.^4

Specialisttips, toptools and practical help

BuildaBetterSite

TopTipsofthe Fortnight

MINIWORKSHOP|AddacustomGoogle maptoWordPress

Google My Maps:bit.ly/mymap489| 10 mins| WordPress website

DealoftheFortnight

Fasthosts(www.fasthosts.co.uk )iso ffering

adiscountfor anyone lookingtorun more

than oneWordPresswebsite, withprices

drop ping to £1.99per month persite.

Web-building Helpdesk

Q

I’dlikea‘magazine’styletheme

formyWordPresswebsitebut

mostofthedecentonesI’ve

foundseemtocostmoney.Doyou

haveanyrecommendations?

LukeWright,viaemail

A

Thereare lots of great

themesaroundbut

gettingprofessionally

designed ones forfreeist ricky.

However,wethinkyou might

like theworkofAndersNorén,

and particularly hisRowling

theme (bit.ly/rowl489). Anders

Norénisaprofessionaldesigner

from Swedenwhocreates

stunningfreeWordPress

themesinhis sparetime. His

Chaplintheme (bit.ly/chap489 )

is theframework on which

WordPress is basing itsnew Twenty Twenty

theme–due in version5.3.Itmay alreadybe

availablebythe time youreadthis.

AndyShaw, Technology&ReviewsEditor

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