{"id":5999,"date":"2022-09-05T10:37:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T10:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/?p=5999"},"modified":"2022-09-05T10:37:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T10:37:32","slug":"website-update-5-9-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/website-update-5-9-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Website update 5\/9\/22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The start of the academic year &#8230; I hope you are filled with anticipation for what lies ahead, what will this year bring?!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a quick update on the site and what we&#8217;ve been doing in the background with an important announcement about the near future.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/website-update-5-9-22\/#I_feel_the_need_for_speed\" >I feel the need, for speed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/website-update-5-9-22\/#Upcoming_updates\" >Upcoming updates<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/website-update-5-9-22\/#Signing_off\" >Signing off<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"I_feel_the_need_for_speed\"><\/span>I feel the need, for speed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since our last update, we&#8217;ve been working at making the site more speedy by reducing some of the bulk that has been added from the huge amount of plugins that have been installed since the website has been built.  Unfortunately to get the functionality needed in WordPress requires the addition of plugins which can each add bulk to the loading of the website and over time, slow it down.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Obviously since the upgrade of our servers, we want the site to perform to it&#8217;s best ability, so the last few weeks have been about cutting some of the bloat on the website and speeding up the initial page loads.  According to our stats, it&#8217;s roughly 1.2 seconds faster at loading now than what it was before!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Upcoming_updates\"><\/span>Upcoming updates<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately this week, a close family member has passed away so due to this, updates to the site will be reduced while my family and myself deal with the shock and administration of this passing.  As soon as this is dealt with we will be getting back to our regular schedule &#8211; thank you for your understanding.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have started off some other updates concerned with styling and accessibility which we will update you all on as soon as we are ready to.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Signing_off\"><\/span>Signing off<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This was unfortunately, only ever going to be a quick update to keep everyone in the loop.  While this is certainly a blow for us, please know that we remain committed to improving and adding to the site in the future.  It might just take us a while longer!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many thanks for your continued support. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The start of the academic year &#8230; I hope you are filled with anticipation for what lies ahead, what will&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"disable_featured_image":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-website"],"blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Website-update-blog-header-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"full":["https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Website-update-blog-header.webp",1200,675,false]},"categories_names":{"4":{"name":"Website","link":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/category\/website\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6000,"href":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5999\/revisions\/6000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerscienced.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}