Blog Design
E.Webscapes is Hiring
Too many blogs – not enough time in the day! We are filling some serious amounts of design orders over at E.Webscapes – so much so that I am looking for a good designer (or two!) to join our team of talented designers. I’ve posted a job opening on my Design Blog – if you’re interested, have a read. If you’re REALLY interested – drop me a line. I’m looking for serious inquiries only. This is a part-time, work-from-home, position (unless you really WANT an in-office position.. I’ll try and make room for you here in my crowded office space!) […]
For the love of CSS
Within the past few months.. well, really, since I announced that I would be writing WordPress for Dummies – my site, my work…I have recieved a bit more attention than I usually do. Anyone who knows me understands that I’m a pretty private individual…I’m not used to the spotlight — I can function in it, but don’t have a comfort level there. A little extra attention due to the release of my book is to be expected though, hey? Though, I simply do what I do.. my work makes me happy, but I’m not all that unique, in the grand […]
Its been a really good week
I’m rounding the bend.. hurtling towards my second deadline, which is due March 1. It will be a solid few days of writing between now and then until I have to start working on my third deadline (March 31.) Someone here told me that this book thing was a GOOD idea — who was it?? *leering* I blame the callouses on my fingertips on you – I hope you feel guilty! Overall, its been a good week. My friend Leanne has had a BANNER week – and I know mine does not compare… but still a good one in the […]
A Redesign during the Superbowl
Well, it’s finally over! The Colts did it – as I knew they would. That first 92-yard touchdown on kickoff had me plenty worried, though – talk about building momentum right off the bat! And after all my build up about watching the halftime show with Prince… I didn’t get the chance. My son called and got off work early and I had to go pick him up. Normally, I would do what any SuperBowl fan would do at that moment in time…”That’s great – you’ve got two legs, walk home!” But, alas.. it’s a balmy negative 15 degrees. That’s […]
Grooooove, Baby
I gots me some groove. Thanks Jeanette, but I didn’t even need Barry White for this… but thanks for playin’ *k* I was up at the crack of dawn this morning… 5am. And no, it’s not because I didn’t sleep and stayed up that late… this wasn’t one of my insomniac rages. I actually woke up because of a bad dream that I just cannot talk about – – it was just that disturbing to me. Uck. Up at 5am. Showered by 5:20. Coffee by 5:30. Launched two blogs and got two creative mock ups out to two clients by […]
Bewaaare, The Groove
I’m trying to find my creative groove. Did I leave it at your house? I have this incredibly creative site/blog that I’m working on – and I NEED my groove. Maybe I left it outside and its buried under a foot of snow? At any rate – I gotta have it. Help me find it, would ya? Leave me a comment or two with some creative thought – – anything works… just make it creative and inspiring, k? Pacha: What happened? Old Man: Well, I threw off the Emperor’s groove. Pacha: What? Old Man: His groove! The rhythm in which […]
Coffee Break at 9PM
Let’s see.. my day consisted of: Setting up one completed custom WordPress installation and design for a client whose host has some kinda funky PHP settings that took about 3 hours to finally resolve and get the WordPress installation working correctly. (Psst . . for LunarPages folks, if you suffer from the ‘500 Internal Server’ affliction after running a clean install of WordPress and can’t make a post to your site without being locked out completely – chmod folders to 755, chmod PHP files to 644 and then put this in your .htaccess file: SecFilterEngine Off SecFilterScanPOST Off Restoring another […]
Oh I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker ..
..In 77 and 69 revolution was in the air I was born too late and to a world that doesn’t care Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair….. Ok, so if you haven’t actually HEARD the song.. you think I’m nuts right about now, eh? Ok – maybe you thought I was nuts to begin with. That works, too. If you’re curious at all – you can watch it: Sandi Thorn – I Wish I was a Punk Rocker That song has been running through my grey matter for the past 3 days solid […]
As The Apple Falls
Recently, I’ve been getting some interesting IM’s from my daughter… “Mom, how do I link an image so that someone can click on it and go to a different page?” “Mom, can I get your upgraded version of Animation Shop?” And so on. Tonight, she came downstairs and asked me if I was working. I said , “Of course I’m working – what else do I do?” Heh. She asked if she could watch. I said yes – so she did. As she watched she asked all sorts of questions along the way about the process of design, and then […]
Blog Design – It Ain't What Your Mama Taught You
Well.. ok – my Mama didn’t teach me anything about blog design, but boy my job sure has changed in the past 4 years..it’s not what it used to be. Gone are the days of very simple templates for blogs (ala’ Blogspot defaults) and in came the days of full blown Content Management Systems (CMS) with all this wild functionality that wasn’t possible 4 years ago. Tagging.. social bookmarking.. podcasting.. video blogging.. Websites turned to blogs and blogs seem to be turning back into websites, with the extra added kick of social networking, interaction and easy multimedia updates and additions. […]