Why you should avoid using plugins such as Flash

To increase your website’s usability, you should avoid the use of special types of web content such as Flash, Java or Silverlight. Sometimes these plugins will cause your website to hang or crash and may also cause security incidents in browsers. Furthermore, many browsers restrict such plugins.

Internet Explorer runs without plugins in Windows UI mode.

Chrome intends to remove most plugins.

Firefox will prompt users before running most plugins.

There are many web technologies that can substitute these plugins now and will not cause your website to hang or crash.

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Why you should configure the viewport on your website

To improve your website’s usability for mobile devices, you should configure the viewport on your website. Simply add this snippet of code into your website’s section:

By doing so, your pages will be optimized well on mobile devices. Viewport controls how the webpage is displayed on a mobile device so that it uses the device’s screen width making it easier to browse and read the content of your pages.

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What are content delivery networks (CDNs)?

A CDN is a system of distributed servers that deliver webpages and other content to a user based on geographic locations of the user, the origin of the webpage and a content delivery server.
CDNs can also provide protection from DDoS attacks and security for your website as well as improving website performance and speed.

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One CDN service that we recommend using is CloudFlare. You can sign up to CloudFlare athttps://www.cloudflare.com.
You can also try out other CDN services such as MaxCDN, EdgeCast, Amazon CloudFront CDN and more. Check to see which one fits the best for you.

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