Category Archives: Web Design

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Adding a Blog to Your Site.

Posted on 01/14/2009 by The Artist

General Overview A lot of websites out there today are very static. They offer the viewer the general information about their product or niche market, offer a service, artwork commissions, or physical product(s) and then just leave it. Now, this isn’t to say a fully static site can’t be a good thing. For some people that’s all they need. But a static site for others isn’t enough for what they are trying to accomplish, so they indeed need more! One way of giving your static site a bit more interest and interactivity is to add a blog to it. Some … Continue reading →

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Designing a WordPress Theme (2.7)

Posted on 01/13/2009 by The Artist

Welcome viewers. If you are like me, you’ve scoured the web for more information in a more concise and basic form. The WordPress Codex is great, but huge and bulky. Buying the next “how to” book may only leave you behind as the CMS upgrades over time. So what I offer here is the most up to date listing of information, tutorials, links, reviews and pointers to try and help you along in your designing needs. WordPress may seem daunting, with all of it’s php code and not-quite stero-like instructions. But once it is broken down, yuo are good to … Continue reading →

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Turning a WordPress Blog into a CMS for Websites

Posted on 01/08/2009 by The Artist

In the Beginning…. This has been a rather educational experience and then some. Suffice to say everyone is trying to sell something, and often they are trying to sell you convenience wrapped up in a pretty little package. Not here. My services are by far much different, though I too can offer you that same convenience by doing much of this work for you for a fee. Instead I would rather share with you the information and sites I’ve discovered that helped me. Yet as I do this I hope I do not “shoot myself in the foot” in the … Continue reading →

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Navigation Links

Posted on 02/05/2012 by Drakenhart

Surfing around the net I discovered a difference in philosophy on, of all things, Navigation links. So why write an article about it? Well for the completely clueless, navigation links are the hyper links (short-form: links) in say a header menu, a side-bar menu, or a footer menu. In fact they can show up anywhere, even inside a blog post, or website page. These take you to important areas, or areas that a designer/ site owner want to draw your attention and have you visit. Navigation links are honestly vital to any website. I mean otherwise how would people get … Continue reading →

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