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January 30th, 2012
WordPress is a popular, open-source, Content Management System built by hundreds of community volunteers around the world. Although, I’ve been developing WordPress Themes for years, I finally got around to releasing my first Theme for public use. I call it MEM Core which is short for “Middle Ear Media Core” because I plan on creating many child Themes for it. Each child Theme will inherit the functionality of MEM Core, and will modify, or add to it in different ways.
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Tags: fluid width, Marquette, MEM Core, Michigan, microformats, responsive, sticky-post, threaded-comments, Web Design, WordPress, WordPress Themes
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January 17th, 2012
I just wanted to do my part to show my support and help save the internet. What’s wrong with the internet? You may have heard about SOPA — the Stop Online Piracy Act or its sister bill in the Senate, PIPA — Protect IP Act, but do you really know what will happen if these bills (or any similar bills) pass? They will stifle free speech and innovation while making the internet less reliable and less secure. In other words, they will break the internet.
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Tags: Censorship, Legislation, PIPA, Protect IP Act, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act
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January 4th, 2012
The sales pitch for a Do It Yourself website might seem attractive when you see the ad on TV or in the sidebar of your favorite social network, but do you really have the time? Do you really have the motivation? For most people, the answer to these questions is no. Let’s take a look at some of the reasons why DIY websites are a bad idea.
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Tags: DIY, Do It Yourself, Web Design
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December 21st, 2011
The underlying programming languages that make the web what it is have been evolving over the years, but never have they been as powerful as they are now. While these new abilities are great, it’s not very practical to use them unless there is cross-browser support. Lucky for us the newer versions of most major browsers have decent support for these features. Also, fall-backs can be used to ensure a decent experience for people using older browsers.
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Tags: Content Editable, CSS, CSS3, HTML, HTML5, JavaScript, JQuery, Local Storage, Marquette, Michigan, Task Management, To-do List, Web App
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December 13th, 2011
Save The Wild UP is a non profit organization that operates in the Marquette area. Through public awareness and education they strive to protect the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from unsustainable development, degradation and dangerous contamination. Their original web site was designed in 2007 and had been modified numerous times since. It was in need of a major overhaul both in terms of user experience as well as content management. I redesigned their site to solve both of these issues.
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Tags: Content Management System, Marquette, Michigan, Responsive Layout Design, Save The Wild UP, User Experience, UX, Web Design
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