Sometimes when creating a website little errors suddenly present a huge obstacle to progress. This happened to me this last week while working on a website which integrated a slideshow on the front page. Everything seemed to be going swimmingly until I realized that the slideshow was only showing the first 10 slides. I tried […]
Slideshows and Website Visit Length…
There are many ways to keep visitors on your website for more than just a few seconds. One of the methods many websites use is a slideshow. Putting that slideshow up near the top … more specifically, the ‘header’ area of your website is a sure-fire way of making sure they see all the wonderful […]
Things to learn
There are a few things which help a WordPress web designer in Winnipeg along. Some of them you only learn by experience. One of these is the whole idea of a child theme. Creating the code in a child theme is relatively easy for an old C++ programmer like myself, but the concept that whatever […]
Summertime…and the livin’ is easy…
So goes the old tune, anyway. For a web site designer, though, summer is particularly challenging. Especially when the weather is beautiful and you’d rather be doing something else. As it turns out, though, we are involved in creating an amazing, multi-thousand picture website which will serve the residents – both present and past – […]
Best Plugin Ever
Ok, so I’ve only been a developing WordPress websites here in Winnipeg for less than six months, but still, it’s enough time to have checked out a wide variety of plugins and themes. It is rare that a plugin – even if purchased – does absolutely everything you want it too. There is always that […]
Editing Your WordPress Pages
Editing your WordPress pages is easy. Just follow these steps: Step 1: Go to your website: http://www.yourwebsite.com/wp-admin (Replace the word yourwebsite, with the name of your website. Step 2: When you do Step 1, you will see a page that looks like what you see below. Enter your username and password and click the ‘Log […]
Winnipeg Web Design in Texas
WordPress seems far away for me, a Winnipeg Web Designer when you are jogging down the ocean-side in Texas. But they say a change is as good as a rest, and in the end, may invigorate some of the ideas you have jiggling around in your brain and some of the techniques you might want […]
A New WordPress Website
I am quite excited. Why? I have successfully created one of my first WordPress Websites this week Joan’s Pet Photography is a photography website which links to a ‘SmugMug’ gallery via an RSS feed. Joan Morgan was wonderful to work with and has some excellent pictures of pets. She also does some nice digital enhancements […]
Winnipeg has been amazingly mild this winter.
Even Winnipeg Web Designers huddled over their computers notice the mild weather. After all, Winnipeg is known as a city with severe winters, so much so that some people call it “Winterpeg”. But 2012 is different: it’s been so mild and dry in the ‘Peg this year that a popular snow-sculpting competition has been forced […]