I had the pleasure of doing a great interview session with Cliff Ravenscraft of GSPN.TV a few days ago. We talked a lot about WordPress, podcasting with WordPress, and the plugins I use to make sure my blogs/sites are running in tip-top shape. You can listen to the show, as well as see the plugins with links, on the show page.
So am I. I make changes a lot live on the server (using the Web Dev Toolbar), and I have to hard-refresh every time I make a change. Doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it cuts down on valuable time that could be done… well, not refreshing a page. There is a way; versioning your CSS file. The upside: it makes changes go…
Using images on a design is pretty well necessary in today’s visually stunning web. However, while images look great, there’s no substitute for text when it comes to Search Engine Optimization. But is there a way to get the visual effect of an image while still having the SEO benefits of text? With CSS, there absolutely is. (more…)
Nathan Ketsdever knows everything you need to know about SEO. Ever. And he can tell you all of it in one hour. It’s not that there’s not a lot of information; he just talks really fast! The Gang War between Macs and PC ever intensifies, and the lines have been drawn. The Birmingham tech community is strong, and not just with coders. There are…
I’m down here at the Innovation Depot in Birmingham, AL for BarCampBirmingham, and even though I was a little late I'm really digging what I’ve seen so far. There’s a really tech-savvy crowd here today, with a lot of really new and interesting topics (mobile web, twitter for business, and even some other WordPress developers). I didn’t get a good look at the session…
Whoops - it would be nice to actually have an article here, huh? I just finished Jeremiah Owyang's new blog design, and I have an article on his blog detailing the process and why I did some of the things that I did. You can check it out here!
People always say that I'm a numbers guy. This commercial feeds that love. The stats have to come from somewhere (I’d love to see the data behind it), but it’s still interesting to see how many people are using the mobile web. My favorite line: “233,000 people just sent a tweet on twitter. 26% of you don’t know what that means”. But then again,…
So, by far, today's PodCampNashville was one of the most fun events that I've been to in the last while. I made a lot of new connections, but the best part was hanging out at the after party and just reveling in the "real life" of things. Sure, we all met online, but it's a driving community spirit that keeps us all coming back…
If you do like I do and schedule posts ahead of time (especially on the podcast), there's a way inside of WordPress to show your readers what posts are coming up next: <?php $my_query = new WP_Query('post_status=future&order=DESC&showposts=5'); if ($my_query->have_posts()) { while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?> <?php the_date(); ?> - <?php the_title(); ?> <?php endwhile; } ?> This will display up to…
OK, I swear this time I'm going to write more. If my wife can find time to blog and still has time to be with the baby and do a full time job, then so can I. Bloggers are a funny lot. They (and I say they because I am [obviously] not a good blogger, as my blog goes for a few days without…