Making links with WordPress 3.1
With the arrival of WordPress 3.1 there is a really awesome new bit of functionality for making links; particularly links that are internal to your site. I think users are going to like this.
Snow day in Victoria
Three or four days a year something very special happens here in Victoria. It changes people. It changes the traffic. And it changes our footwear ...
Nice work, Becky Cory: Master.
Many of you know that Becky Cory has been in a graduate program at the University of Victoria for a few years. But perhaps we forgot to catch you up on her graduation last fall!
Mall-o-ween: Advertising a safer Halloween
It is widely recognized that our holidays are increasingly enmeshed with commercial interests...
Received an email asking you to do "link-trading"?
From time to time we get questions from our clients and friends about link exchanging. Many link exchange solicitations are...
What is a server?
You've heard folks talking about the server but you've been a little shy to ask what they mean...
What is a favicon?
A favicon is a small visual icon for a website. It's a little bit like an avatar. Not every website has one...
Portraits in Glass and Light
Lynn Strongin and Penelope Weiss have finished their recent book, Portraits in Glass and Light...
Why Flash is okay, but not for an entire website
Flash can be pretty and neat and can even help present important information. But it can be a liability too...
The post editor overview for WordPress
If you're publishing your first post in WordPress, the editor interface can be a little overwhelming. There are a lot of buttons...
Making links when publishing with WordPress
Making a link is possibly one of the most important things you can do when publishing on the web. Seriously. The web, after all, is a web...
What we find challenging about Search Engine Optimization
While we're not SEO experts, we do know a little bit about SEO. Here's what we think we know...
Visual editor and HTML editor
When publishing posts or pages with WordPress (WP), you are given the option of using the visual editor or the HTML editor ...
Pages Versus Posts
WordPress makes a distinction between pages and posts when it comes to publishing content ...
So you’re new at publishing with WordPress
The first thing you should know about having a WordPress site is that it's not easy to destroy it. We don't say this as a dare! But we want to encourage you ...
Your WordPress profile information
Once you've been assigned a user name, you can't change it without deleting it. But you can change the way your name presents publicly, in your profile settings ...
Uni 102 Journal 2010
University 101 is a program that provides free non-credit university courses to people that face barriers to accessing post-secondary education. It's a cool program that does an awesome ...
Shortcuts for InDesign
These are some of the keyboard shortcuts I use most when working with InDesign CS4. Using shortcuts speeds up what you are able to accomplish and it reduces the chances of shoulder and neck injury due to over using the mouse ...
What is a factoid?
The plausible, but not necessarily true, bits of information about a product. The definition of factoid might, itself, fit the criteria of being a factoid.
Why I love InDesign Libraries
To use elements from existing documents in a new or different document, the fastest and most accurate way to do this that I have found is by creating and using Libraries ...