You love your developer, but...the standard way web development projects work can really be a thorn in your side. Development on retainer can help: work with your dev without the extra overhead and headaches that normally tag along! Here are 4 reasons why you should look into a development retainer for you design biz.
Stop communicating interactivity the hard way: use these two tools instead
Have you ever wished your developer (or even your clients!) could take a peek inside your brain? Sometimes, a project’s other stakeholders just can’t “see” your vision based on static mockups and explanations alone. Especially if there’s any kind of interactivity involved—and there always is when you’re designing websites—communicating the picture you have in...Read More...
Want to keep your next development project on time and on budget? Make sure you stick to this one rule.
These are the things that you MUST send to your developer before your next project begins. Free checklist download included!
Put your next development project on auto-pilot
These are the things that you MUST send to your developer before your next project begins. Free checklist download included!
Optimize your blog for Pinterest, part one: Easily adding hidden vertical images to your blog posts using ACF
When you’re blogging for business, there are a lot of extra tasks that you need to perform in order to get the best “bang for your buck” out of your blog content. Making sure your blog is set up to convert readers to subscribers, optimizing your posts for search engines and social networks, properly...Read More...
Get help from strangers without getting hacked: How to keep your WordPress website safe
You knew this day would come eventually. So far, you’ve been able to figure things out on your WordPress website without much help. But today, no dice: you’re stumped. You know you need to bring in someone with more experience to check out the particular problem you’ve encountered. Luckily, you’ve found someone willing to...Read More...
Quick Tip: How to get the (real) full URL of an item in a SquareSpace collection
The Short Answer Use the following JSON-T tags: {website.baseUrl}{fullUrl}
How to change the size of Divi image gallery grid thumbnails without a plugin
The Good Stuff My solution: hack the thumbnail’s source with JavaScript, then use CSS to set it to the appropriate size. See it in action here. The following function uses jQuery, but it would be fairly easy to do the same thing without it if your project isn’t already using it: function resizeThumbnails ($container) {...Read More...