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 ...
How to avatar
It used to be that you would upload a different avatar at every location on the web that you participate in. But this guy had an idea to make it easier for people to have an avatar that followed them around ...
What is a browser?
It's important that websites work well across all the different types of browsers...
Our holiday card, 2010
We generally make a card over the holidays to give out to really a small number of family units. It's always fun and usually a little cynical and it's a good opportunity ...
Writing for the web
Writing is a talent that can be developed and honed by anyone. That said, writing can feel daunting and writing for your own website ...
WordPress, yes!
We are big fans of WordPress. Their software is free to use, very versatile, easy to learn for folks that haven't spent a lot of time online, and amazingly powerful ...