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Tutorial Beginner

HTML5 Starter: Links, Images, and Lists Done Properly

The skeleton gives a page its shape. Links, images, and lists give it its content. Nearly every page on the web is…

October 27, 2026 5 min read

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Tutorial Beginner

HTML5 Starter: The Skeleton of Every Page

Every web page starts the same way. A handful of lines form a skeleton, and everything else hangs off it. Learn this…

October 27, 2026 4 min read

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Tutorial Beginner

Build Your Own Database, Part 2: Planning Your First Tables on Paper

In part 1, you learned the parts of a database: tables, rows, columns, and keys. Now you will plan your own first…

October 27, 2026 5 min read

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Tutorial Beginner

Build Your Own Database, Part 1: What a Database Actually Is

A database sounds technical. It is not. A database is a tidy way to keep facts so you can find them again.…

October 27, 2026 6 min read

Joomla Beginner

WordPress or Joomla for a Small Store? A Fair Choosing Guide

WordPress or Joomla for a small store? A fair comparison of WooCommerce and Joomla's carts — costs, payments, ease of use and upkeep, checked Oct 2026.

October 27, 2026 9 min read

Title card for the LockerForge tutorial "Install a WordPress Theme from a ZIP File — the right way, block themes included."

WordPress Beginner

How to Install a WordPress Theme from a ZIP File (the Right Way)

Learn how to install a WordPress theme from a zip file the right way: the dashboard upload, block themes, the FTP route, and fixes for common errors.

October 27, 2026 8 min read

Joomla Beginner

How to Add a Favicon in WordPress and Joomla

Learn how to add a favicon in WordPress and Joomla — prepare the right image, follow the steps for each platform, and fix an icon that refuses to update.

October 27, 2026 7 min read

Title card for the LockerForge tutorial "Speed Up WordPress: 8 Checks That Matter — the checks that actually move the needle."

WordPress Intermediate

Speed Up WordPress: 8 Checks That Actually Move the Needle

Speed up WordPress with eight practical checks: measure your vitals, hosting, PHP, images, caching, plugins, database, and theme.

October 27, 2026 9 min read

Title card for the LockerForge tutorial "Block Theme Patterns Explained — use them, and save your own."

WordPress Intermediate

Block Theme Patterns Explained: Use Them, Save Your Own

Learn what block theme patterns are, where they come from, how synced and unsynced patterns differ, and how to save your own patterns step by step.

October 27, 2026 8 min read

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