April 22nd, 2010
A client’s WordPress site was recently hacked by some malware, receiving the dreaded red warning screen. You know the one where it warns that a site may harm your computer? This warning comes from your browser but is triggered by Google detecting that malware is on your site.
First, this is NOT a WordPress security issue. It is all about malware being inserted by third party ad services. For my fellow WordPress folks, this is not the same issue dealt with at that hosting company that will remain unnamed.
The Red Screen of Death
When Google crawls a site …
TAGS:google . malware . WordPress
Categories: Blog, WordPress Tutorials.
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March 23rd, 2010
Cross posted from IdentityKitchen…
Now, you know how proud we are of our Search Engine Optimized, Wordpress powered, custom portfolio blogsites. What if there were an entry-level, template-driven, DIY, portfolio blogsite available? No more updating your blog at one address and your portfolio at another. No more calling your webmaster to make changes to your site, update your entire site as easily as creating a blog post. You can even customize the site to match your brand.
Now, what if it was affordable to everyone and included installation and set-up? …
TAGS:photography . photography blog . photographyblogsites . WordPress
Categories: Blog, WordPress Development.
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February 9th, 2010
Over the last year or so, I have worked on some great projects with designer Ellen Petty, founder and head designer of Identity Kitchen. I was proud to most recently work on the actual Identity Kitchen site itself, which got a major overhaul for the new year. Identity Kitchen provides branding and identity design as well as custom blog and website design and I get to help turn some of those designs into working WordPress sites. I recently posted some examples of our collaborations.
The new Identity Kitchen site was not just …
TAGS:custom wordpress . web development . WordPress
Categories: Blog, Web Design, WordPress Development.
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January 15th, 2010
The new site for Stand Sound marks the third site in a row that I have made use of the powerful Flutter plugin for WordPress. Stand Sound is a company that offers post-production sound packages to film and tv productions and their new site needed to showcase information in ways that went beyond what the typical WordPress page is capable of.
For their Projects, Personnel and Facilities pages, we needed a way to display images, information and links without being confined to the normal block of text. To accomplish this in a way that added …
TAGS:clients . custom web design . web clients . web design . WordPress
Categories: Blog, Custom Blogs, Web Design.
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January 14th, 2010
Teen Truth started as a video documentary by Horizon Intertainment, created by handing teens video cameras to get their take on school violence shortly after the Columbine massacre in ’99. It has since grown into a series of documentaries and Teen Truth Live, a live motivational speaking event that has now spoken in front of millions of students across the country.
Their website had been a static HTML site, difficult to update and lacking the ability to comment or interact in any way. Producers JC Pohl and Erahm Christopher asked their original designer, David Richards to update …
TAGS:clients . custom web design . web clients . WordPress . WordPress Themes
Categories: Blog, Web Design, WordPress Development.
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December 4th, 2009
Over the last few months, I have done several projects in partnership with the talented brand and identity designer, Ellen Petty of Identity Kitchen. It has been a great change of pace to have someone else provide the design, allowing me to focus on the programming and coding of the site.
With all of our sites, we try to incorporate some level of social media interaction. Custom blogs generally get a Twitter feed with a custom design and prominent links to any other sites the client wants to feature. This could be Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, etc.
Here is a look …
TAGS:clients . custom web design . programming . web clients . WordPress
Categories: Blog, Web Design, WordPress Development.
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November 25th, 2009
This is a look at the custom blog for Plum Tree Studios, a photographer from Houston Texas. Once again matching an existing portfolio site, I was pretty contained for design options. I used some screen captures of her existing site to manufacture a background that resembled the one on the site. The color scheme was set as mostly black, with the few colors from the logo as highlights for text, links, borders around images, etc.
A Look At the Site
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TAGS:clients . custom . custom blog . custom web design . photo . photography blog . web clients . WordPress
Categories: Blog, Custom Blogs, Web Design.
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November 25th, 2009
One of the most complex and intricate custom blogs I have put together so far was for Jules Bianchi Photography. Like most of my photographers in need of a custom blog, Jules had an existing and well established brand identity with a portfolio site already in place. Her blog however had been on Blogger, where customization and options are limited.
A while back, I had also done a custom splash page for the main site, with links to all of her sites and the blog.
A look at the Splash Page
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TAGS:clients . custom . custom web design . photography blog . web clients . web design . wedd . wedding photography blog . WordPress
Categories: Blog, Custom Blogs, Web Design.
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November 6th, 2009
Most of the websites I have worked on over the last couple years have been built using WordPress, one of the best Content Management Systems available. It is extremely flexible and powerful, with great tools for Search Engine Optimization already built in.
For a new user, however, it can be a little overwhelming once they log in for the first time. The WordPress backend is a little bit heavy and offers so many tools that it can be confusing for those new to the system.
At first I was spending a lot of time on the phone talking clients through the same …
TAGS:custom web design . how to . Resources . web design resources . web design tips . WordPress
Categories: Articles, Blog, Downloads, Resources, WordPress, WordPress Tutorials.
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July 15th, 2009
*****************THIS PROJECT IS NO LONGER ACTIVE *******************
I was brought on to ‘Another Harvest Moon’ in order to develop the website and build the social media component of the marketing campaign. This is an exciting opportunity for me to combine my interests in the film and web worlds. You can see the current website and trailer here: http://anotherharvestmoon.com/, although one of the first steps in the project is going to be a complete redesign of the site by Sauce Creative Group. Sauce will provide all the design elements and I …
TAGS:Film . how to . marketing . SEO . social media . WordPress
Categories: Social Marketing, Workshops.
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