Category Archives: Techno-babble

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xScope – Handy Screen Ruler and Lots More

Posted on November 25, 2011 by awilliams

 xScope by Iconfactory ($29.99) is one of the most indispensable apps in my Toolkit. I often need a screen ruler to not only measure onscreen elements, but also to make sure design elements and text are all lined up nicely. … Continue reading →

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Top 10 WordPress Plug-ins I can’t Live Without

Posted on November 23, 2011 by awilliams

I’ve been working with WordPress for a few years now. Here’s a list of the Plug-ins I’ve come to count on, and why.

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The 24 Hour Music Video Challenge

Posted on November 9, 2011 by awilliams

I recently got to play around with Apple’s Final Cut Pro X. With all the buzz surrounding it, I decided to see how fast I could learn the new program and produce a music video within 24 hours. Video after … Continue reading →

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WordPress New User Tutorial

Posted on August 1, 2011 by awilliams

The following tutorial is targeted towards new WordPress users. I wrote this guide for Thermal Exposure clients as a kind of quick-start guide. However, I’ve tried to keep this article generic enough that anyone can refer to it. Feel free … Continue reading →

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Install and Configure WordPress on Mac OS X Snow Leopard Step-By-Step

Posted on September 2, 2010 by awilliams

WordPress famously promises a “5-minute install”. If you’ve tried to install it on your local Mac, you might give up around minute 9. This is a Step-By-Step guide to installing and configuring WordPress 3.1 on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow … Continue reading →

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WordPress on OS X: Permission for Media Library uploading

Posted on August 18, 2010 by awilliams

If you’ve installed WordPress on OS X and receiving the error: “somefile.jpg” has failed to upload due to an error The uploaded file could not be moved to /pathtouploadsfolder/ Then the following fix might help.

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Your Home Page Doesn’t Exist

Posted on August 8, 2010 by awilliams

About two years ago, I was working on a very large corporate website and elbow deep in Analytics. Several things perplexed me. One in particular has changed the way I think about websites.

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When having 2 top menus on your website is a good idea.

Posted on August 8, 2010 by awilliams

“2 Top Menus? But… Why would you do that?” I had an interesting challenge recently with one of my clients. They’ve been a start-up for years and just recently began sustaining operations with sales. This is a big stage for … Continue reading →

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Host multiple subdomains on Mac OSX 10.6

Posted on July 31, 2010 by awilliams

I just a bought a new iMac a few weeks ago. Determined to improve my workflow as much as possible I decided to do something about an old annoyance. As a web developer I have dozens of website living in … Continue reading →

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Getting Slideshow Gallery and Shadowbox JS WP plugins to play nice together

Posted on July 30, 2010 by awilliams

So, I finally had a few spare hours to convert my website to WordPress. I was really looking forward to the challenge of getting everything just the way I had it — but WordPress powered. My old website had a … Continue reading →

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