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Archive for February, 2010
mojoPortal Skins Get Friendly New Admin Menu
Feb 8th
Having designed a few mojoPortal skins for clients, it’s always been a tough call when deciding what to do with the admin links.
Previously you had two choices out of the box:
- Text links
- Icon links
Both of these methods work great functionally but present different issues; icons are fantastic for squeezing into mojoPortal skins, they’re unobtrusive and look clear and precise. However, to a less tech oriented user they can be a little unclear and you have to hover for a tooltip to see the link description.
The text link option on the other hand provides a quick and clear look at exactly what each More >
DIY Conservatory Kits from Swift Conservatory Solutions Ltd
Feb 4th
A little off centre for us, but here’s a blog from the guys at Swift…
Are DIY Conservatory Kits really worth it?
In these difficult economic times more and more people are deciding to modify or extend their existing homes rather than move up the property ladder to bigger and better properties. One very cost effective way of creating that much needed additional living space is to add a conservatory, with various DIY conservatory kits being effective and affordable to every.
You can of course get a local company to complete the whole job for you but by far the most cost effective More >
Moving From PC To Mac, Finding The Best Mac Office Software & Migrating Your Outlook To Mac
Feb 3rd
A while ago I considered making the move from PC to Mac. There were a few reasons really, to be honest the main one was the seemingly inevitable degradation of Windows after a bit of use.
We’ve all experienced that!
Of course, Macs look great and we all know they perform well; given that Apple brought out a new range last Autumn it seemed like a good move.
As a web designer and general business owner I had a few concerns:
- How could I best transfer all of my files from my PC to Mac?
- As a hoarder, I have some serious email storage, so More >
Adding Custom Author Information To WordPress Posts
Feb 1st
With the intent to grow this blog into a valuable online resource for designers and web professionals, I’m working towards developing a network of guest bloggers. I already have some great people lined up to blog, but before I set this up I’ve been wanting to tweak the blog theme to include custom author information after each post, so that of course the bloggers get proper credit and backlinks.
After doing some research on the most extensible way to do this I’ve come across Justin Tadlock’s excellent little tutorial “Adding and using custom user profile fields“.
Justin provides a very quick, clear More >
