The phrase “design by committee” often sends shivers down the spine of designers. Visions of watered-down ideas and endless revisions are enough to make anyone nervous. However, design by committee doesn’t always have to be a nightmare. When managed effectively, it can actually lead to richer, more successful designs. Understanding Design by Committee Design by…
I’m sure you’ve heard that the speed of your website is one the most important things for search engine ranking. As I’ve said before, a slow loading website is just going to turn your site visitors away. A website speed test is can help you test your performance and even offer things that need improvement….
Comment spam sucks! It just does. It slows your site down, takes up space in your database, takes a ton of time to remove and just plain sucks. The best way to fight it is to prevent it from happening. There are several anti-spam plugins for Wordpress. Over the years I used many of them….
It’s Friday Five time! I often get emails asking when it would be a good time to have a phone chat. I always reply that my preference is email only. I just don’t do phone calls, for several reasons. This is my work flow, it works for me. I did this one countdown style…
I know, I know, it’s January, not February. What’s with the Valentine’s fonts already? Well, we have to do these things early you know. I have searched for 5 fonts that scream Valentine’s day to me. Use these in your marketing, or your Valentine’s cards, photo templates, etc, etc. Do you hand out Valentine’s Day cards?…
Have you joined the adult coloring book craze? Not that kind of adult coloring book, this kind: (You won’t be able to see this image if you have AdBlock enabled.) I haven’t quite yet, but I’m about to. Why? Coloring is a great way to deal with stress, anxiety and it’s just plain relaxing. I…
It’s time for Friday Five! Each Friday I want to share FIVE things with you. It could be links, tips, secrets, resources, we’ll just have to see where it goes. With it being the Holiday season, giving to charities is on my mind. There are many sites out there on the web where you can…
A great Wordpress Backup Plugin is essential to your website. You must backup your website. If you aren’t paying someone to do it then you need to set it up yourself. Life happens. The last thing you need is to lose your website. Can you imagine starting over, from scratch?! Not cool. There are many…
I just downloaded my resources and I love this set! There is so much to choose from, you can’t go wrong at this price. The Ultimate Design Library: $25,088 worth of Premium RF Resources – From $59 Inky Deals is one of the leading design deals websites consisting of more than 300,000 design enthusiasts. Graphic or…
The lazy days of summer are here, the kids are out of school, you’ve lost your desire (or time) to be productive. I get it. You’ve got things you wanted to do, but didn’t finish before the kids interrupted you and they’re just sitting there staring at you and haunting you. It’s easy to fall…