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Mobile App using WordPress’s Custom Post Type feed
For the past 6 months, I’ve been yearning to try building a mobile app. After getting my feet wet with some jQuery basics and a further understanding of php, a project came my way incorporating a...
View Article301 redirects from static .htm (or .html) to WordPress pretty permalinks
A client with an older static page website had moved to a WordPress platform recently but Google was still showing some of the older pages in their results. The client wanted to preserve their google...
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Following TUTS: Back To The Future event title/logo
After a few weeks of doing code, time to cleanse the palette with an easy Illustrator/Photoshop TUT. Today I made a fancy event flyer title based off the Back To The Future logo. As a disclaimer let me...
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Converting colors to Pantone in Illustrator
For this project we need to convert some CMYK (Hex# or RGB are done in similar fashion) colors to their Pantone equivalents, and then create a simple Pantone color palette for the project. We’ll start...
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Following TUTS: Drawing a 3D nut & bolt in Illustrator
The tutorial I’ll be following and rewriting today is a 3D illustration of a nut & bolt. The original can be found here. This is what we will be making: 1 Begin by opening Illustrator and creating...
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Importance of Owning your own Domain and Hosting
One thing I have always stressed to my clients is the importance of owning your own domain name and hosting account. While some design firms do handle hosting (and thats fine), I have chosen not too....
View ArticleFinding your Twitter RSS Feed URL
Something as seemingly simple as locating the RSS feed for your Twitter feed is really not that simple. Until now. Type this anyplace you are asked to enter your Twitter feed RSS URL:...
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Following TUTS: Drawing an audio speaker in Illustrator
I design the occasional club and event flyer so making a vector audio speaker image for my library is a good idea. Plus this will be my first time using the Mesh Tool. And practice makes perfect. 1...
View ArticleMaking an Embedded iframe Video Responsive
I had a small project today that involved embedding a youtube video, onto a responsive site. Youtube’s embed code uses an iframe that contains set height and width parameters and is therefore not...
View ArticleWordPress Security: Injection of Malware Code
A client with a WordPress website reached out looking to correct slow page loads, and a suspicion of “hackers messing with the text”. This was a pretty old site. Even worse, the previous designer had...
View ArticleWordPress security basics
The past month has seen a new level of threat aimed specifically at WordPress sites. Its a brute force attack with the goal of harvesting WordPress login information by essentially trying every...
View ArticleUsing @font-face for custom web fonts
In the old days of web design we were limited to the standard web safe fonts which really put a cramp in our styles. But today we see a seemingly endless variety of fonts being used on the web. This is...
View ArticleWhat does “Holon” mean?
Im often asked what does Holon mean? It’s an odd word that not a lot of people have heard of. I stumbled across the concept back in college and it has stuck with me ever since. Growing up with a heavy...
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WordPress Admin Dashboard Alerts
Ever wish you could leave messages to your clients or yourself inside the dashboard or admin area of a WordPress site? Well you can, and there’s several really easy ways to do it. Below are 4 simple...
View ArticleAdding Shortcode to php
One feature of WordPress is the use of shortcodes. But occasionally you will want to place a shortcoded item onto a php page template. Its easy. Just place this code in the php file anywhere and add...
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Following TUTS: Drawing a 3D nut & bolt in Illustrator
The tutorial I’ll be following and rewriting today is a 3D illustration of a nut & bolt. The original can be found here. This is what we will be making: 1 Begin by opening Illustrator and creating...
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Importance of Owning your own Domain and Hosting
One thing I have always stressed to my clients is the importance of owning your own domain name and hosting account. While some design firms do handle hosting (and thats fine), I have chosen not too....
View ArticleFinding your Twitter RSS Feed URL
Something as seemingly simple as locating the RSS feed for your Twitter feed is really not that simple. Until now. Type this anyplace you are asked to enter your Twitter feed RSS URL:...
View ArticleAdding Widget Areas to a WP theme
Finding a great theme is just the beginning of designing a custom site. Here you will learn how you can add your own custom widget areas anywhere inside WordPress’ template files. 1 First, open your...
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Infographic: Most Popular WordPress Plugins
One of the best reasons why WordPress is the most acclaimed and the most popular CMS service is because of the user friendly design options. It will not be an exaggeration if we say that a person with...
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