Some e-mails are more important than others. As a freelance writer/web designer/translator I often get time critical messages. I want to get an email notification with a sound alarm and a vibration for those, but not for all my mail (my phone would be abuzz continuously). So I found this useful article on how-to geek. It is free and really simple to set up in gmail. You basically add a filter label and set your notifications only for that label in Android (the label needs to be created on a pc though). Gmail notification is just a part of the puzzle for freelancers, especially those who want to be the first to respond to job offers. ...
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Light background (the best way)
When creating a fixed background image there are a few things to consider: browser compatibility. Does that z-index work everywhere? image size. Does this load fast enough on a 3G connection? ease of change. What happens when the theme updates? I found that the easiest way is to set the background-image property via the add-on CSS. That way it is “in between” the theme layer and the individual page. Adding an <IMG> is also possible straight from the content but it gives you z-index headaches. The content elements just don’t seem to go in front of the image element. So on creativechoice.org I just added this 12k file stretched as the background of site-content: .site-content { background-image: url("http://creativechoice.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/bkg.jpg"); background-size:...