Jul 24, 2010; Category: CSS, Design/Development; Tags: Design/Development, WordPress, WordPress as CMS; No Comments
Early this week we launched another website designed by Kilmer & Kilmer, brand builders. It’s a small site, just four pages, but what’s significant about it is that it’s built on WordPress—Kilmer & Kilmer’s first such website. I’ve been trying gently to push them in that direction for a few months and, maybe just to
Mar 11, 2010; Category: CSS, Design/Development, PHP for Designers, WordPress; Tags: Custom Fields, PHP for Designers, WordPress, WordPress as CMS; No Comments
This is not a new trick, and I certainly did not invent it. It’s been used before, but when I went searching for information about how to do it, it was hard to find. In fact, I finally had to ask a friend who is much better at PHP than I am to help me
Jan 13, 2010; Category: CSS, Design/Development, PHP for Designers; Tags: CSS, Design/Development, PHP for Designers; 21 Comments
Although I design and develop on a Mac Powerbook, I mostly ignore Safari for two reasons: Safari is about as standards compliant as browsers get, so it rarely needs any special attention. Safari is used on fewer than 4% of all computers (and it seems to have peaked). I use Firefox almost exclusively (although I’m
Dec 21, 2009; Category: CSS, Design/Development; Tags: CSS, Design/Development; 6 Comments
Recently, I had a need for two background images on a page I was asked to create to display a client’s online Christmas card. The background required a blend, easily made with a vertical gradient image. On top of that, another background image was to appear partially hidden behind a horizontally centered div that held
Sep 15, 2009; Category: Content Management System, CSS, Design/Development, WordPress; Tags: 4-Column Grid, WordPress as CMS; No Comments
Business websites that include both "traditional website" pages and a blog are becoming more common. It seems that most people want their business web site pages to be in the traditional “subnav-left/content-right” configuration. At the same time, they want their blog pages in the common "posts-left/sidebar-right" configuration (I prefer that myself). For months, I’ve tried
Jul 12, 2009; Category: CSS, Design/Development, Information Architecture, PHP for Designers; Tags: Design/Development, Information Architecture; 11 Comments
Good website navigation not only helps visitors find the information they are looking for, it also tells them where they are on a website. This is especially important in light of the fact that people may arrive anywhere on a website via search or a link from another website. They will appreciate some indication of
Jun 18, 2009; Category: CSS, Design/Development, Usability; Tags: CSS, Design/Development; No Comments
The terms "web designer" and "web developer" can mean just about anything, depending on who’s using them and why. I’m going to make a case for definitions that indicate two different skill sets, with each offering different services (perhaps with some minor overlap on occasion). Hopefully, there will eventually be widespread agreement about the differences