5 plugins every new WordPress blog needs
Installing WordPress is just the first step for starting a successful blog. Sure you could simply set it up and start posting, but I rely on a few plugins for optimizing every WordPress blog I run. These plugins will make your life easier, save you potential headaches down the road, and optimize your blog for search. Continue Reading »
Easily generate a CSS sitemap using Slickmap
Finally! I’ve been looking for a tool like this for awhile now. There’s always the option, but it’s not free. has answered my prayers, and released a free CSS sitemap tool. Here’s some additional info:
“SlickMap CSS is a simple stylesheet for displaying finished sitemaps directly from HTML unordered list navigation. It’s suitable for most web sites – accommodating up to three levels of page navigation and additional utility links – and can easily be customized to meet your own individual needs, branding, or style preferences.”
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The web design process: part 1
Everyone always preaches that the “process” is so important, but they never actually go into details on what the process is! Don’t get me wrong, I think having a process is critical to designing an effective website. The goal of this post is to outline a step by step guide for designing a website – from initial concept to launch.
Overview
I’m going to start by listing all the parts of my design process. Let me state here that there are many design processes, this just happens to be the one that I’ve found works best for me.
» Defining the end goal
» Navigation planning and sitemap
» Hand-drawn rough layout
» Photoshop comps
» Review comps to ensure the end goal has been met
» Coded comps (alpha)
» Dynamic content integration
» Browser testing
» Launch checklist
» Soft launch (beta)
» Launch and promotion
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