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Do’s and Don’ts of Buying a WordPress Theme

Do’s and Don’ts of Buying a WordPress Theme

Ben Snyder April 8, 2013 1

Wordpress themes have been the savior of countless numbers of people and businesses. It’s easy to find them online for free, or for money. For less than $100 you can get a theme that

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The Rundown on Front-End Web Design Templates: Twitter Bootstrap, HTML5 Boilerplate, and More

The Rundown on Front-End Web Design Templates: Twitter Bootstrap, HTML5 Boilerplate, and More

Ben Snyder January 28, 2013 4

If the Internet has taught us anything, it’s that nerds are… pardon my French, the fucking best. As long as I’ve been on the Internet, since 1994, I’ve seen nerds sharing and collaborating. In 1996

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.htaccess and Other Stuff You Don’t Know About (But Should)

.htaccess and Other Stuff You Don’t Know About (But Should)

Newman Lanier August 15, 2012 0

I love building stuff.  It’s sexy. It’s magic.  But, there are parts of the building process that ARE NOT sexy, yet very important.  One of those non-sexy, yet important parts of web design is

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How to Setup a Local WordPress Installation with MAMP

How to Setup a Local WordPress Installation with MAMP

Ben Snyder June 25, 2012 9

It’s summertime and in the South, that means it’s getting HOT! Newman, (a brand new home owner, btw – who knew turning 40 meant growing up?) is two weeks into his experiment to see

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How to Design in WordPress the Hard Way (a Walk-Thru)

How to Design in WordPress the Hard Way (a Walk-Thru)

Ben Snyder June 18, 2012 4

It used to be a three way horse race for first place in the CMS wars. There was WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal. But sometime in the past year WordPress won the CMS wars. Now,

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Better User Experience Podcast #45: WordPress, the Start Up Spirit, and How to Get Clients

Better User Experience Podcast #45: WordPress, the Start Up Spirit, and How to Get Clients

Newman Lanier June 15, 2012 0

Podcast: Download Oh man, it’s Friday AND it’s the Friday before a holiday AND it’s a Friday on the early side of summer so you know that we’re itching to get outside and on

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Why the Programmer is First Responsible for the User Experience (damn you Shopp Plugin)

Why the Programmer is First Responsible for the User Experience (damn you Shopp Plugin)

Ben Snyder October 14, 2011 5

Oh Shopp plugin, how I loathe thee. You make the checkout process an absolute sonuvabitch for both designers and the website’s eventual users. But let me start at the beginning. WordPress, as a CMS

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