Ultrices et ipsum
This series of posts will chronicle my journey from life in the midst of the corporate machine to the brave new world of freelancing. I’ve no idea how things will turn out, but I’ll be sharing the experiences – good and bad – as I go. Wish me luck… Before I take that step off the mountain top, I still have to reach the summit. It’s in sight though. Since I set...
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I was recently hired to make what I thought was going to be a simple change for a client. Modify the navigation on a Wordpress blog to match their static site. The menu items were already listed but were in the wrong order. So, knowing that the blog was running on Wordpress I said sure! My first thought was OK, I will just get in there rearrange the order of the pages by id, and be done....
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This past Saturday, I attended PodCamp Nashville at Cadillac Ranch and it was a blast! There were several great sessions for everything from using WordPress for everything to social media to podcasting, and I was able to capture several photos, interviews and video recorded some of the best sessions (all with my awesome iPhone I might add). I really enjoyed meeting fellow developers and all the...
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In the first post of the CSS In depth series, we’ll be talking about margins, padding and the box model. Margins and padding are some of the most widely used styles in CSS, but are often the source of frustration in cross-browser compatibility. In this post, we’ll explain the difference between padding and margins, how the box model effects browsers and some tips and tricks dealing with...
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Everyone loves free stuff, myself included. But thinking of “free” always reminds me of my mother’s cliched saying, “Nothing in life is free.” Well, what about software? As freelancers, no matter how much money we make, we’re always budget-conscience. Unfortunately, in this day and age of technology, we can no longer get by with just a copy of Microsoft Windows...
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I picked up the Designer’s Guide to Marketing & Pricing by Ilise Benun and Peleg Top a few weeks ago at Books-A-Million. I was immediately drawn to both of the topics, as I’m always looking for unique ways to market my business and effectively charge for the work I do. The Designer’s Guide to Marketing and Pricing is a great book for any beginning freelancer, whether you...
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Last week, Elliot Jay Stocks set off a pretty heated argument, when he tweeted: Honestly, I’m shocked that in 2010 I’m still coming across ‘web designers’ who can’t code their own designs. No excuse. To be honest, I’m not shocked. I know lots of web designers who can’t, or won’t, code their own websites. In fact, I know so many, I built a business...
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A website’s design gets all the glory. When someone visits a site, you’ll hear them talk about how awesome the design is–but, do you ever hear someone talk about how awesome the code is? Never! Regular people can’t see code, nor do they care to see it or what it looks like. It’s precisely this reason that there’s so much ugly code in the web world today....
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So you may have been wondering what’s up with the video link to the right of the site. A couple of weeks ago, I entered BizBreak’s Limitless VC Contest. To enter the contest, you had to make a video. The top 10 videos with the most views on YouTube in 2 months go to the final round, where voters pick the final winner. The final winner wins $3,000 in venture capital + 50% of the...
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Images are more appealing than text alone so, wouldn’t it be nice to upload and place a thumbnail next to the post? It’s very simple with WordPress 2.9+, all you need is a few lines of code in your functions.php. So, therefore we need to open functions.php as well as index.php. The Function In your functions.php place this code and tweak as necessary: <php add_theme_support(...
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I have over 10 years of experience in front-end web development. I specialize in valid and semantic XHTML, CSS and WordPress coding that is both clean and SEO-friendly. Also a lover of books, interior design, tea, cooking and cheesecake! (I stay busy!)
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