Open Firebug in a new Window

I’ve been using the Firefox Firebug plug-in for at least 5 years now and I couldn’t imagine building websites without it. I’ve used the web developer tools that come with Safari, Chrome, and Opera but I keep coming back to Firebug. I’m comfortable with it and I seem to be able to edit CSS faster […]

Thematic 320 and up

What is 320 and up? The 320 and up project page explains it like this “Inspired by Using Media Queries in the Real World by Peter Gasston, ‘320 and Up’ is a device agnostic, one web boilerplate.” [normal box title=”UPDATE” width=”100″]I’ve updated my original design and added Thematics default style, you can read more about […]

WordPress Thematic Child Theme Folder Structure the Right Way Part 1

[normal box title=”NOTE:” width=”100″]I’m using Thematic as an example for this post, but most of what I’m going to cover can be carried over to any theme framework.[/normal box] [normal box title=”Second post in a series about Working with Thematic Child Themes” width=”100″]Setup a WordPress Thematic Child Theme WordPress Thematic Child Theme Folder Structure the […]

Create a Custom Twitter Tweet Button

For a project I’ve recently been working on I needed to add share buttons for various social sites. IE: Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, ect. I originally used the premade buttons that are offered by the various social sites, but by the time I was finished, it looked like a huge mess. Not only did it look […]

Setup a WordPress Thematic Child Theme

Thematic is a great WordPress Theme Framwork that I’ve been working with for years. [normal box title=”First post in a series about Working with Thematic Child Themes” width=”100″]Setup a WordPress Thematic Child Theme WordPress Thematic Child Theme Folder Structure the Right Way Part 1 [/normal box] I’ve used Thematic for both client work and personal […]

Installing WordPress on BlueHost.com

This is part 3 in a series of post about setting up WordPress on Bluehost.com Stay tuned, my next post will cover installing Thematic and creating a child theme. Installing WordPress the Easy way on Bluehost.com This post will cover installing WordPress on a Bluehost.com server. Both manually and with a one click install. There […]

Setup FTP on BlueHost.com

This is part 2 in a series of post about setting up WordPress on Bluehost.com After forwarding your domain to Bluehost you will want to set up FTP(File Transfer Protocol). This is a pretty simple process that shouldn’t take more than a couple of minutes. 1. Goto Bluehost.com 2. Click on “Control Panel Login” in […]

Forward a domain from goDaddy to Bluehost

This is part 1 in a series of post about setting up WordPress on Bluehost.com This is the first of a few post that I’ll be writing about my design process. These posts will be short and to the point. Really for my own reference than anything else, but some people may find them helpful. […]