Author: CMDR Mitchcraft

  • A Few Tips for Web Designers (Via Josiah Cole)

    Found this list on the Internet while surfing – it’s got a lot of great ideas on what NOT to do when designing a website. 19 Things NOT To Do When Building a Website | Josiah Cole dot com.

  • HTML Email vs. Web Layout Design

    Sometimes the best way to reach a mass of new clients is by using transactional email.  It’s easy to send and people check their email every day (or every hour… or every minute – yes I know some people that do!), so you know that people will get it (providing it doesn’t end up in…

  • CSS Reset: Leveling the Playing Field (a bit)

    I’ve recently discovered a nice way to standardize the view I get between Internet Explorer and Firefox, which have a standard “stylesheet” built in to render websites.  The problem: both browsers use a different stylesheet, which can lead to inconsistancies between the same site on different browsers. So, I’ve adopted a “CSS Reset” file.  What…

  • The Twitter Fail Whale Photoshop Contest!

    First of all, thanks to Daniel Johnson, Jr for providing a link to the “Fail Whale” origin story.  Read the article, and go support the REAL artist behind the Fail Whale! That being said, when it comes to the original screenshot… I think it could be spiced up a bit: And I got to thinking:…

  • Custom Branded Google Search With WordPress

    I’ve been playing around with some really cool features in WordPress lately.  With my site, and a few others i’ve been working on, I’ve been toying with the “Page Template” feature that allows me to customize which elements show up on a page (like, a sidebar, specific headers, a footer, etc).  But, while working specifically…

  • WordPress 2.6 Review

    First of all, I updated WordPress to its new version as soon as I was able.  I’ve been very excited to see some of the new features they’ve added, and I have my list of the top ones to look foward to.  There aren’t any major interface changes this time, but (just like any great…

  • WordPress 2.6: The Tour

    For your viewing pleasure, and because I’ve had the lovely honor to update this morning, here is a “best of the best” video (and a link to the full post) as to what to expect for WordPress 2.6 (Tyner).  Enjoy!

  • iPhone Theme for WordPress

    Now that everyone and their mother has gone out and bought a shiny new iPhone (yesterday was the 3G iPhone’s release date, after all), it’s time you made your WordPress theme a bit more iPhone friendly.

  • studionashvegas has a new look!

    OK, if you tried to access the site in the last three hours you’ve noticed some pretty wierd stuff going on. Well, that’s ok, because I’ve just given the site a complete and utter (well needed) overhaul.