posted April 30, 2013
I started working on a site recently using the Omega theme. In general, I find (once you get used to its ins and outs) Omega is a great theme to get a responsive Drupal 7 site off the ground relatively quickly. It comes packaged with all sorts of goodies, and is based (and includes) the 960 Grid System. Read more about Drupal 7: Moving the Footer Outside of the Page Wrapper in the Omega Theme
posted March 27, 2013
In the world of Internet marketing, there seems to be a great divide. There are those Web design agencies out there, doing amazing work, that cater to large businesses. And then there are those smaller agencies, also doing great work, catering to medium-sized businesses. But what if you are a small business, a restuarant, a tightly-budgeted non-profit, or just an individual with a dream in Portland, ME? Who's there to help you out? Read more about You Don't Have to be Upper-Crust to Have a Nice Web Site
posted March 22, 2013
I have a potential project coming up, and a big part of it will be posting and display upcoming events to potential clientele. Up until now, every time I've created a list of events in Drupal, it has been just that: a list (generated by Views, based on an Event content type I created).
However, there are times when a traditional Calendar display is going to be desired/needed. Read more about Using Drupal Calendar Module to Display Events in a Calendar Format
posted February 20, 2013
Recently, while working on a mobile version of a Website, I was asked to hide the search bar that's traditionally at the top of a web page, and replace it with a clickable button. When clicked, this button would in turn reveal the search bar. The idea behind this user interaction was to save valuable screen real estate by hiding the search bar, which is only occasionally used.
I used CSS (display:none) to hide the search bar initially, and to display the button that would reveal it.
Here's a little legend to explain what my elements are in the examples below: Read more about jQuery: Set Focus on an Input Control
posted February 19, 2013
Because I often need this little Photoshop trick, and because I'm often forgetting the finer points when the need arises, I'm linking to this article. Very useful. Read more about Faking Text Wrap In Photoshop
posted February 13, 2013
We've all heard stories like this. You made an initial investment in your Web site several years ago. You paid someone (cousin, boyfriend's sister, friendly college student, creepy Craigslister) to throw something together for you, just to have a site. But, at the time, you weren't really sure what you needed, and your business was just dipping its toes in the waters of the Web. Read more about Is Your Site Shipwrecked?
posted February 6, 2013
From the Wold Wide Web Consortium (W3C): "HTML5 defines a new element which specifies a standard way to embed an audio file on a web page: the <audio> element." Here are some useful/interesting HTML5 audio/video players: Read more about HTML5 Audio and Video
posted February 5, 2013
These days, more and more people are using their phones for everyday tasks. Sure, they're posting to Facebook, following on Twitter, and slingshotting unhappy birds at little green pigs. But, they're also looking up information. Constantly.
As smart phone adoption rises, the desktop computer will continue to be replaced for basic tasks, like getting directions, finding local businesses, and deciding where to eat for lunch and dinner. Read more about Foodies Need Mobile-Friendly!
posted January 31, 2013
After living in the Washington, DC area for nearly ten years, our family decided to shake things up and make a big move to a new city in a new state. A place where we could settle in and raise the kids, knowing there wouldn't be another big move in the future. After much deliberation, we decided we would call Portland, ME our new home.
Whenever we tell people about our move, they inevitably ask us: why Maine? Why Portland? Read more about Portland, Maine: My New Hometown
posted January 28, 2013
Because finding the time to manage and update your own Web site is always a challenge, I finally just got around to making some updates to it over the weekend.... including, at long last, installing the Mollom module.
Besides rhyming with Gollum, the Mollom module is significant for helping to intelligently detect spam as its coming in to any fields (such as comments, contact field, etc.) that you designate on your site. Read more about Mollom: A Godsend to Drupal Comment Moderation