Handling the “possible EventEmitter memory leak detected” Error in React Native
The project that I’m working on is an e-commerce app for an online retailer, Build.com, built using React Native. React Native is a JavaScript framework that allows you to build cross-platform mobile apps in JavaScript that have near-native performance. While we use Redux to handle the state of our app and its data, occasionally we…
Read MoreResources for Google My Business Knowledge Bites
Find resources here for the November 1, 2016 Knowledge Bites session I taught for the Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce. Get Your Business Online website (to find out if you are listed and get verified) Google My Business website/login (after you are verified, use this) See if you are listed and verified in Google My Business
Read MoreHandling a Null Response from an API
I’ve been working with React Native lately, which uses the Fetch API for asynchronously fetching data from web services. Recently, I came across a really strange error. Certain calls (in particular, calls to fetch data for new users) would cause an error, “Unexpected end of JSON”.
Read MoreSorting Arrays with JavaScript iterators
A lot of front-end web development involves displaying sorted lists on a page and maintaining the state and logic of the list. These sorted lists may be things like a list of products or an employee directory. Often, we will give the user the ability to re-sort the list or sort by a different key.…
Read MoreTitle Tag Length and Meta Description Length Preview Tool – 2016
This tool was updated 7/2016. For the prior tool, see here. Instructions Enter your title tag, meta description or URL to see a preview of the Google search results page (SERP) on desktop. Watch the pixel count below the box or the preview to know if you’re over the limit. Enter your keyword to show…
Read MoreHow to Get Phone Support for Your Google My Business Listing
Update as of 10/2016: Google has changed how to get phone support. The updated post is here: https://mcculloughwebservices.com/2016/10/31/get-phone-support-google-business-listing-2/ It is surprisingly easy to get a Google customer service representative to call you about your Google My Business (GMB) listing! First, we’ll go over why you might need help, and then we’ll tell you how to get…
Read MorePreparing Your Angular 1 Code For Angular 2 (Part 2)
This post is Part 2 of a series of blog posts where I’ll convert an Angular 1.x project to Angular 2. In Part 1, I upgraded the Angular client to use the latest guidelines in the John Papa Angular Style Guide. Node.js has improved by leaps and bounds since I first wrote the Phone Cat…
Read MoreHow to Submit an XML Sitemap to Google Search Console
Why Submit an XML Sitemap It’s a good idea to submit your XML sitemap to Google so that they can better crawl your site. They can still crawl without it, but this gives them much better guidance. What You Need to Get Started A Google Search Console account. Google Search Console was previously called Google…
Read MorePreparing Your Angular 1 Code For Angular 2 (Part 1)
This post is Part 1 of a series of blog posts where I’ll convert an Angular 1.x project to Angular 2. Check out Part 2 to see how we update the NodeJS server to use ES2015 code. Angular.js has changed a lot over the past few years. As the framework has matured, not only have…
Read More11 WordPress SEO Tips for Developers
In doing our website SEO audits, we found that many sites have similar SEO challenges. Many of the issues we come across can be very easily implemented in a more SEO-friendly way during development, versus trying to fix after launch. 1. Only use heading tags for content headings It may seem convenient to use H1 in your site’s header,…
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