It's magic!Let's not pretend to know how the entire internet works, but we can learn some helpful I.T. basics. If you own (and build) your own website, you need a good web host who is also good at teaching their customers about the services they offer.The DNS hosting I use out of Toronto … [Read more...]
Web Design
Fresh Baked Web Design
Did I mention that I design and build websites? Yes, for 18+ years now.My first big website was in 1999/2000. That site, as my close friends will recall, was ecoexplorer.com, which we let lapse.Young and foolish, my friend Nick and I thought we would start an ecotourism education … [Read more...]
Happy New Year, Happy New Website
Happy or not, it’s a New Year. Let’s focus on not dying, Canada’s 150th birthday, and how you can use the force!With the darkness hovering over US politics, and the sadness of all the great people who died last year, some of you might be wondering what is there to celebrate?Well, there is still … [Read more...]
StudioPress and WooCommerce Themes to choose from
As a web developer, I purchase the pro packages to use all of the professional themes made by StudioPress and WooCommerce. These are two well supported and proven theme developers. Before I build your website, you can choose from any one of the professional themes built by StudioPress or … [Read more...]
Plugins and WordPress backups
This article struck a chord with me. WordPress Plugins: Can You Have Too Many?It addresses a question many competent WordPress web developers have asked recently, especially with the growing number of free plugins available to link our clients’ social media and sharing tools.Ooo! Which shall I … [Read more...]
How to Disable JavaScript in Safari
Some websites are blacked out today to raise awareness about SOPA. I think this is great because I share WordPress.org and many other organizations' opposition to SOPA. But I also share Mashable's sentiment about it being a slight bummer if you wanted to be productive and use online tools today like … [Read more...]
How to fix WordPress 3.3 Upload Media bug in Safari
This video tutorial is for you WordPress users out there who have encountered issues after updating to the latest version of WordPress 3.3 —specifically issues with uploading media into posts and pages. "Sonny", as it is called, is quite slick, but there are issues if you don't empty your cache … [Read more...]
Add This: A really neat tool for sharing
Here's a great tool for your website that facilitates the sharing of content via social media links. It's called AddThis and you've likely seen the little doodads at the bottom of news articles or blog posts. Heck, this blog sports them too, down there just above the "leave a comment" in this … [Read more...]
A note of caution about a PayPal phishing scam…
Be on the look out for a sophisticated phishing scam that seems to be attacking PayPal transaction users and/or account holders. Here's what happened to me recently...I paid for a fundraiser this week through the charity's online payment process using PayPal. I also have a PayPal account for … [Read more...]
A new website for a website guy
As you'll learn on my about me page, I have been building websites for over a decade now. But for too long I fit into the classic stereotype; the web designer's website always comes last. It's like the saying my mom reminded me of, "The shoe cobbler's kids go shoeless". Well, here I am with a fresh … [Read more...]