Having recently taken the plunge in to WordPress plugin development, I decided to offer one to the community and become ‘official’. To do so one must be at least somewhat familiar with the idea of version control, but then I needed to dig in to the system WP uses, Apache Subversion. more »
Jan
28
2015
Dec
30
2014
Just quickly, in the world of CSS and visual web site presentation, I wonder how many designers are of an all-or-nothing mindset, meaning you abandon much of all HTML page layout and use only CSS. I have tried countless times to take that approach only to discover you often you end up with a ridiculous amount of CSS due to the lack of uniform browser adoption (no thanks to the biggest offender Microsoft) to achieve what simple HTML has done in all browsers for years now. A really good example is tables, which are straightforward and can be very complex in HTML, and can quickly become a nightmare in CSS. Oh sure, there is a crude table option in CSS, but why go there when it’s not supported in all browsers and HTML is? Thoughts?
Nov
14
2014
After spending hours getting this sorted out I thought I would present a few tips to the unsuspecting and less technically proficient.
YES! The 2 year contract finally expired so the days of our bank account being held hostage to the tune of $156/month by AT&T is finally over. Needless to say this rat jumped off that ship faster than the Titanic.
Sep
07
2014
. . .a long overdue update. . .
If you’re paying attention you’ll recall in Dec. 2013 I discussed a few reasons for getting off of Facebook (‘fb’) and that I was seriously considering that it’s time to do so. Fast forward 10 months. With most everyone (that I know at least) involved with fb to some degree these days, the natural question might be “why?”. I mean after all, who isn’t on fb these days?
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