Tools of the Trade
Computer software and hardware for design work that I recommend.
As a designer, there are times when it’s best to create all of your own graphic elements, and there are times when it’s wisest to use and edit stock images. There is no need to reinvent the wheel, after all.… Continue reading
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I’ve worked with several different hosts while helping clients set up their websites. There are a few I really don’t enjoy working with (Fat Cow and GoDaddy are two of my least favorites). There are a few that I really… Continue reading
I just realized that I have never really discussed some of the great plugins that I make use of for my theme. So, I will remedy that in several posts by giving you an honest review and information on some of my favorite plugins. WordPress offers some fantastic plugins for free, and I’ll start off with one of my favorite plugins, Widget Logic. Continue reading
As I was working on redesigning theStock411 WordPress blog, I implemented two fantastic WordPress plugins. One of these plugins is WP-Sticky. I’ve known about this plugin for a while, but had never used it. It’s a nice simple way to keep one post at the top of your blog at all times. Now, there are a couple of items to note if you are using this plugin after creating your theme in Artisteer: You must change a tiny bit of php if you want to hide the date. I found a couple of forums that had parts of the following information:
Well, I’ve been very busy on some projects recently as well as other “life” stuff that have kept me from being able to post as much as I’d like to. I just completed a full WordPress website for a company that I did a WP blog for several months ago. They wanted their whole site transformed and consolidated into one WordPress Site. It was a huge process as I had to set up WordPress in their current hosting location, transfer the old blog over to it, and completely design and add content to their site from top to bottom.
Well, as you can see if you’ve visited my site before, I’ve just updated the theme again. I like to create new design themes for my own site both for variety as well as to demonstrate some nice Artisteer, Photoshop, and WP tweaking techniques. I’ll list a few of those techniques in this post.