As a web designer or developer you’ll find yourself needing to test in multiple browsers. The lack of Internet Explorer on Mac is apparent when most clients notice issues in IE.Well Microsoft created this awesome site Modern.ie for everything needed to test in IE. I figured most people should know this since I was unaware so here’s a quick step by step guide. – Read More –
Add a Super Admin to a WordPress Network
Recently I was stuck with phpMyAdmin access but no WordPress Super Admin access in a WordPress network install.
Here is a quick post on how to add a user as a Super Admin with phpMyAdmin or using WordPress functions.
For those who don’t know the WordPress Super Admin in a network install gets to use the network admin page which is useful for managing blogs, plugins, and themes. – Read More –
Create a Hipster Logo in Photoshop
You’ve probably noticed a very popular trend recently of vintage styled logos, or “hipster” logos. Here’s a quick tutorial to craft up some of your own with resources and inspiration to inspire your hipster creation. For this tutorial I’ll be using the phrase “Visit the Sea, Travel Authentically”. – Read More –
WordPress Performance Plugins to Speed up your Site
One drawback to using a CMS like WordPress is loads of files included in each page load. Luckily most of your CSS and javascript files are registered within WordPress, allowing plugins to take easily control of them. Here’s a list of three performance plugins for WordPress to speed up your site that I constantly include in sites I start. – Read More –
Pebble Watch Review
The Pebble watch offers some pretty basic features accessible from your wrist for around $100. Skipping songs while driving, seeing who texted me without taking my phone out, and checking the time is most of the functionality I get out of this awesome gadget. – Read More –
Automate Your Home Lights with SmartThings
Take control of your home with a SmartThings hub, I recently bought one and now I’m addicted to adding more and more to my home automation setup. If you search “z-wave” on Amazon you’ll find plenty of gadgets to connect your home. Most recently, I added the GE Z-Wave Outlet which lets me turn the outlet off and on remotely. I use it to control the living room lights which we always turn on at night but now the new GE Outlet can automate this during sunrise and sunset. – Read More –
5 Awesome jQuery Plugins from 2013
Here’s my list of some of my favorite jQuery plugins I stumbled upon in 2013. Some of my favorite places to look for new jQuery plugins include Github’s Trending page and Webdesigner Depot’s “best of” posts. Not all of these are jQuery plugins but great Javascript plugins too.
Magnific Popup
Magnific popup is by far my favorite plugin of the year, I’ve always struggled finding great Lightbox plugins but they are usually flawed, Magnific knocks the competition out of the park. It runs fast, displays images in a huge modern fashion, and has all of the options you could ever want.
LIFX Review
Everything is getting smarter in the house, well now we finally have a smart lightbulb. The LIFX lightbulb originally started on Kickstarter over a year ago destroying their goal of $100,000 with over a million dollars from backers. – Read More –
Simple Rules for Great Web Typography
Wanting to learn more about web typography I picked up this book and learned quite a few tricks, I recommend that anyone interested in web typography pick up this book. But here’s a summary of what I learned with some simple CSS. – Read More –
Why Twitter Bootstrap Kicks Ass
Twitter Bootstrap has changed the way most of us code websites, allowing us to create a clean site very quickly. Here are some reasons why I think everyone should be using Bootstrap. – Read More –