I’ve recently been working on a site with loads of data that all needed to be linked together by archive page number. So, for example, if you are browsing page 4 of “Category A” posts, you need to easily access links to page 4 of “Category B” posts. Read the rest of this entry »
WordPress Tip: Echo the current page number
July 1st, 2010Recommended WordPress Plugin: Facebook Like Button Plugin
June 9th, 2010
Recently I installed a Facebook Like button to a client website. I first tried the method of installing the plugin manually, per Facebook instructions. I decided, however, for quick turning on and off of the button, to opt for a plugin instead of editing the theme files (which is harder to un-do later). Read the rest of this entry »
New work, plus thoughts on WordPress themes
April 12th, 2010Since WordPress has been the bulk of our work lately, the three newest additions to our portfolio are WordPress. All three were built on existing themes, which gave me even more of a solid opinion about which themes I enjoy working with, and which are less enjoyable. Read the rest of this entry »
Creative Symbiosis: Designer and Coder Cooperate
January 11th, 2010We’ve had a couple of clients lately who have brought their own designs to us, in need of coding and installing with a content management system (namely WordPress). While we do create designs for some clients, our specialty is really coding and custom programming. So when we find a talented designer, it works out well to cooperate and let each of us concentrate on our specialties. Read the rest of this entry »
New Additions to Our 2009 Portfolio
October 20th, 2009We’ve had several additions to our portfolio in the last few months. Read the rest of this entry »
Firebug: Firefox add-on for debugging CSS
October 20th, 2009
Back in the good old days of coding websites, a lot was done by trial and error. You would assign styles to objects on your web page and hope everything would come together as you envisioned. Without fail, styling issues would arise, and as the website grew larger it was a headache to figure out what style was affecting what HTML object. Read the rest of this entry »
Synkron: a simple tool for backing up
July 29th, 2009Fact: your computer’s hard drive will eventually fail. In order mitigate this circumstance, we recommend that our clients back up their online as well as local files at least once a week. Back up more frequently if the idea of loosing a week’s worth of work is horrifying to you. Read the rest of this entry »
WP-Hive: a painless WordPress multi-site manager
June 22nd, 2009Upgrading and maintaining a WordPress installation has recently become a lot less time-consuming thanks to the automatic upgrade feature for both the main WordPress installation and the plugins. It is ideal, though, if you’re managing multiple installations for multiple clients, that these clients are running off of one installation of WordPress. This makes upgrades and maintenance a lot less painful. Read the rest of this entry »