Archive for the ‘Web’ Category

09/2/11

Optimizaion, jsperf, and thoughts – JS in the nude

I ran into jsperf and it has totally blown my mind seeing how fast things run. I don’t use chrome and I love it after seeing how fast it was. I ran a test of some simple replacing of text using jquery. my initial test was to see if pre-defining your jquery elements was quicker [...]

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02/26/11

Googleholics Anonymous

I google everything… and I know some of you can relate too… you know you’ve done it… on the fly proving some one wrong (sending them a link or sticking you’re smart phone in their face) “Oh look what I found!!!” What makes google so useful and what makes so many people addicted to using it? What are some things we can learn from the the biggest search engine ever?

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07/7/10

WordPress Job Board Experiment

I wanted to make a job board. As usual I wanted to use wordpress and not anything else. Wordpress ceases to amaze me… I was able to accomplish a fully functional job board (according to my standards). Check it out here SportsTrainingJobs.com

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11/12/09

Why Use WordPress
as a Content Management System?

Maybe you have a website already or are considering getting your first website; which ever the reason you want a new website I’d encourage you to consider using word press as a content management system for your website.

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06/12/09

Website Makeover
or Redesign?

we really grow as people and in life and just like children we grow out of old clothes and then it is time to get new clothes, or if you are the fashionista type you get new clothes because your’s are just look’n last year/decade for some. The same goes for web companies as you [...]

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05/18/09

5 Reasons to Research Your E-Commerce Solutions

When Investing in your E-commerce solutions now adays it is important to do your homework. You must be wise when picking one out and not choose something because it is convenient and easy. Here are some reasons I believe it is smart so spend a little time investing in research. 1. Privacy – You will [...]

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05/9/09

Working Locally and Globally

As a web designer who works remotely in Marietta Georgia and it being a densely populated area I tend to get several calls a month from local business in the Metro Atlanta area. I haven’t really even been marketing myself to these companies nor have I been trying to get business locally. Most of my [...]

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03/30/09

BuddyPress

WordPress has come out with buddypress it’s basically facebook. I recently interviewed with a company that was interested in creating an application like this for their clients. I hope they pick this up instead of trying to create their own app. I’m excited because clients are always wanting to create facebook like solutions and now [...]

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01/20/09

Back Up your Databases/Content!

I have been creating a lot of wordpress blogs for many of my clients. Recently I created one for a woman who is a public speaker/entrepreneur. She just got a new host and her site is/was looking awesome! We transferred over her old blog and added a bunch of new pages. Her site is based [...]

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12/20/08

What do people like?

When designing a website it is all about what people like (unless it is an experimental site) Lately I have been testing out a free program called click heat By LabsMedia It is pretty accurate and cool. This application allows me to see what users/visitors are doing when they enter my site and what they [...]

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12/14/08

Lighter Box 2

(This script is no longer being maintained as of 06/29/2011 May not function properly in updated browsers) Functionality: + Fading Transition + Screen Navigation (Next, Previous, Close, or the Actual Image) + Key Board Navigation (Left & Right Arrow, Space, Esc.) + Loop Through Images (after last image goes back to first image vice versa) [...]

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12/9/08

Lighter Box

(This script is no longer being maintained as of 06/29/2011 May not function properly in updated browsers) You can also download LIGHTER BOX 2! NEW Both onscreen and keyboard navigation for galleries. Descriptions (AS MUCH AS YOU WANT) that will be displayed to the viewer… check it out. I started searching for a light weight [...]

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05/25/08

better than apple tv… at least I think… cheaper too.

The other day I was watching some national geographic clips on the net and a solution occurred to me… we could watch what is on my computer on our big tv and possibly more people (the rest of my family) could enjoy learning about endangered sharks off the coast of Australia as well. This solution [...]

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05/5/08

choosing a web-host takes a step of faith…

My hosting quest began last year when Transcendent Design began.  I was looking for a free host with no banners.  I found one but later on down the road when I wanted to do more complicated things It got really crazy and I was loosing connections on MySQL databases daily. I really have prayed about [...]

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04/14/08

IEs4OSX

This application is pretty neat.  When I found it I was excited and ready to put the pc dinosaur I use for testing back in the closet.  But not so fast.   IEs4OSX is an application that lets you run internet explorer on a mac… big deal? currently as of 4/14/2008 according to w3schools.com around [...]

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04/14/08

WordPress

This is the second WordPress blog that I have set up this month. I chose WordPress because it is Free, 100% customizable including you can download it and upload it to your host without having to use their hosting, and last but not least thousands of plug-ins. I wanted to move my covenant 2.0 blog [...]

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