Winter solstice. Awe.
It is winter solstice again. We are very close to the sun now; roughly ninety one million miles. But due to the tilt of the earth, and our latitude here in Victoria, and our position in our…
Brainstorm, bluesky, spitball, idea-eration
Generating ideas is a deeply important talent. Problems can be solved. Solutions get chosen from pools of ideas…
Pride.
Pride has come to Victoria this summer, even if the summer weather hasn’t. Pride and the Word last Saturday was inspiring. Rumour has it that speed dating at the Ledge on Wednesday was super fun…
Uploading pdfs and making them available for download with WordPress
Uploading PDFs to your WordPress website for download is a good practice…
AFRO DIVA Hair Salon
Last year we had the privilege of working with the brains behind AFRO DIVA Hair Salon. We had the privilege to launch their website and to attend their one year anniversary…
Branding: larger issues abound
This talk by Morgan Spurlock interests me because he explores branding and asks us to reflect on commercialization…
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 …