ScreenCast #2 My Plugins
In screencast number 2 I talk about the plugins that I use on this website. These plugins I usually use on most of the other websites I develop. There is nothing really to exciting that I use, but I always think it’s useful to see other peoples setups. I do go a little off topic and talk about styling wp-contact form but I really surprised myself and stayed pretty well on topic… Read More…
Starting iPhone Apps
As you may or may not know, I am just finishing up school for graphic and web design and I am starting to search for a job very vigorously. As I search through all the jobs online I seem to see one thing a lot, and that is mobile app development jobs. Not a huge number of them here in Canada but quite a few when you search the States a bit, the jobs just seem to jump out at you….
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Monthly Ipad Apps
Recently I bought an Ipad, I have always been a big Apple fan and I am very happy with my purchase. With apps really just getting into gear with the Ipad, I thought it would be good to make I will make a Monthly post here on this website to show you what Ipad apps I am using and what apps are coming out soon. I will also throw in some Iphone apps as well, as it’s still my phone of choice. So lets get started with the first instalment of Ipad monthly. Read More…
Juggling Time: Learning And Doing
Being a new web designer I am trying to learn as much as possible. Checking out new languages, reading tutorials on other blogs, just trying learn to draw. With all this going on who has time to really create anything. With my personality I have trouble focusing on just one thing. Read More…
Recommended Reading
As a new web designer, I am always on the hunt for new web design books. I can’t get enough of them, If there is a subject that I hear about on the web I immediately go to amazon and look for a book on the subject. Sometimes the books I book are well worth the hefty price tag they come with, but sometimes you do waste your money, I’ll show you a couple of books that I own and feel are worth the money.
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How To Link To Images: WordPress
This may be way below what anyone will call a tutorial, but some people who have never made a WordPress theme before may be wondering how to link to images in your images folder; without writing out the who url out. This method is poor at best because when someone uses your theme none of the images will work and if you just leave it “images/image.png” then the way WordPress works it won’t be able to find it because the images folder on a a different level than the some of the WordPress installation.
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Real Time Analytics
Everyone who has a site probably checks their “stats’ as they used to be called. Analytics is the more professional way to put it, everyone has heard of Google Analytics and they are well supported by the web design community. Although they do have one problem the statistics are only updated every 24 hours which can be annoying if you need to get data for a promotion you are putting on or figuring out how much traffic you really get from social media. Read More…
WickedWake Template
What Keeps A Blog Going?
People start blogs every day, it’s a fact a ton of people blog; Millions of WordPress installations are downloaded. After the novelty of the idea of blogging goes away and people start to realize that “Hey I actually have to do some work to this to keep it going!” then they start to lose interest and just fade away in to web space. In this article I will talk about what it takes to keep the blogger interested in their site. Read More…
Learning To Draw
I have never really thought about it before…I was never the best artist in school. I stopped trying at all after elementary school and just recently thought it would be nice to be able to draw something. I never really gave it a chance I guess, after struggling with stick figures and simple diagrams; I figured it just wasn’t for me.. Read More…