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title: "Category: Tips"
url: https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/tips/
description: "Entries filed under the Tips category on The Modern Web."
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# Category: Tips

Entries filed under Tips.

## [March 2017](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/03/)

### [11 basic terminal commands for beginners](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/03/11-basic-terminal-commands-beginners/)

Most of the work a front-end developer does can be done through a visual application, right up until it cannot. Installing a build tool, checking what a server is doing, or moving two hundred files into a new folder structure are all faster typed than clicked.

Filed under: [Terminal](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/terminal/), [Tips](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/tips/), [Tutorials](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/web-development/tutorials/), [Web Development](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/web-development/) · [Permalink](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/03/11-basic-terminal-commands-beginners/)

## [February 2017](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/02/)

### [Tips for great email marketing campaigns](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/02/tips-for-great-email-marketing-campaigns/)

The strongest campaigns ask the reader to do one thing. A message that offers a download, a sale, an event and a survey at once splits attention four ways and usually achieves none of them.

Filed under: [Email Marketing](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/email-marketing/), [Tips](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/tips/) · [Permalink](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/02/tips-for-great-email-marketing-campaigns/)

### [HTTP to HTTPS Migration Tips](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/02/http-https-migration-tips/)

Install a valid certificate covering every hostname the site actually answers on, including the www variant if it resolves. A certificate that covers the apex but not the subdomain produces a warning that is more alarming to visitors than no encryption at all.

Filed under: [Security](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/security/), [Tips](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/tips/), [Tutorials](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/web-development/tutorials/), [Web Development](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/web-development/) · [Permalink](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/02/http-https-migration-tips/)

### [How to add a custom welcome message to your terminal](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/02/how-to-add-a-custom-welcome-message-to-your-terminal/)

Every time a shell starts, it reads a profile file from your home directory. Adding a line to that file means the line runs on every new window. That is the whole mechanism, and it is also how most terminal customisation works.

Filed under: [Terminal](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/terminal/), [Tips](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/tips/) · [Permalink](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/02/how-to-add-a-custom-welcome-message-to-your-terminal/)

### [5-minute guide to Structured Data](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/02/5-minute-guide-to-structured-data/)

A search engine reading a page sees text. It can infer a great deal, but it is inferring. Structured data lets the page state directly that this string is a publication date, that one is an author, and the page as a whole describes an article.

Filed under: [SEO](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/seo/), [Tips](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/tips/), [Web Development](https://themodernweb.co.uk/category/web-development/) · [Permalink](https://themodernweb.co.uk/2017/02/5-minute-guide-to-structured-data/)