No matter how much you try, you can’t stop people from sticking beans up their nose.
In both the web development and IT world, I have encountered a client’s desire to bring two things together that do not belong united. This is what Jared is referring to with the combining of “beans and noses.”
Beans and noses. We have beans. We have a nose. They must be united.
The fifteenth release of WordPress, named “Gershwin” or 3.2 came out today. The main purpose of this release was to improve the speed of WordPress, both internally from an administration side and externally to your website visitors. To help with the speed improvements, the minimum requirements for running WordPress on your website host have changed.
Swiffy converts Flash SWF files to HTML5, allowing you to reuse Flash content on devices without a Flash player (such as iPhones and iPads).Swiffy currently supports a subset of SWF 8 and ActionScript 2.0, and the output works in all Webkit browsers such as Chrome and Mobile Safari. If possible, exporting your Flash animation as a SWF 5 file might give better results.
Hopefully, restaurant webmasters will use this tool so I can view their address, phone number, or menu from my phone.
I am excited to announce that I will be speaking at the upcoming WordCamp Chicago in the Developer Track. I decided to speak on something that every developer can relate to: how it all comes down to us.
A summary of my presentation:
As WordPress developers we hold great power and responsibility when working on client projects. All of the components of a website:
Email marketing, when done well, is a powerful sales tool. Capturing visitor email addresses on your website is a great way to start building your list. Think about it, your website visitors are already interested in your service or product, but may not be ready for the commitment of a phone call or final sale.
To capture email addresses on your website, you will need an email signup form where you ask for my precious email address. How you ask for my email address will have the greatest influence on how likely I am to give it to you.
I feel terrible, but trying to keep up is a full-time job in itself. In attempts to medicate my email problem, I have implemented or at least attempted every piece of email management advice I ...Continue Reading
Last week I was researching potential solutions for a client, who wanted the ability to easy create and manage an image slideshow for various posts and pages from within WordPress. I came across a free plugin that seemed perfect, it did everything the client needed and had a simple interface. The slideshow plugin was free, and while nice, but not necessary. I clicked the “Download” button that looked like this: Then the button turned to this:
Instead of asking me to pay with money, the plugin requires downloaders ...Continue Reading
As a WordPress lover AND resident of Chicago, I am so happy to share the details for this years WordCamp Chicago. A WordCamp is a regional conference that focuses on everything WordPress. With such a strong WordPress community here in the Chicago area, this is not an event to be missed by WordPress users or developers of all skill levels.
Where:
DePaul University Student Center
2250 N. Sheffield Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
This past week, I filled up my current “carry around” notebook. This lead to a very exciting time for this office supply junkie, choosing my next notebook. I first heard about Doane Paper from the Office Supply Geek, and have been wanting one (two or three) of their Idea Journals.
Yesterday, I went ahead and made a purchase from the Doane Paper online store. I was pleasantly surprised to receive this email about 10 minutes after my transaction ...Continue Reading
