FeedBurner might not be the new kid on the block anymore, but it’s definitely still awesome. In this article, we cover what’s so great about FeedBurner (both the service and the site), share a few nifty screenshots, and even show how to integrate your hot new FeedBurner feed into WordPress. Win!
I’m going to do something that is very uncharacteristic of me: I’m going to bare my personal life to the world at large (at least briefly). I really feel that my conscience commands me in this case to share a little bit. You see, I’ve been witness to a miracle. There was this guy. He…
Ever heard of a reset stylesheet? No?
In this article, we explore what a reset stylsheet is, why it’s useful, and why you should be using one. There’s a little history involved, some romance, some action, and intrigue! Well, not really…except for the history. We’ll even do a rundown of a customized reset stylesheet gleaned from CSS master Eric Meyer.
As of late I’ve been fortunate enough to have some very fun freelance projects come across my what-passes-for-a-desk. One such project that I just recently complete was for an interesting company based out of Massachussetsand New Jersey, called The Aardvark Brigade, for the website of UK-based Twisted Records. Aardvark (henceforth to be notated as “AB”)…
Update: for an alternate viewpoint, and one that I agree with wholeheartedly, read Twitter is going to die, by Eric Karjaluoto. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a bit of an oddity when it comes to my profession. Web designers tend to be trendy to a fault, early-adopters, eager to use the latest…
I love what I do. I love designing for such a dynamic environment as the web. I love the challenges inherent in a medium as fluid and malleable as a web page. I love the interactivity with the audience that completely devoid from formats like print and video. I love it….except for the last step…
In my previous post, I decided I would share my rough methodology on how I went about sprucing up my search widget in WordPress. If you’re just tuning in, here’s a quick update on what I described in The Making of a Not-So-Boring Search/RSS Widget: We downloaded some cool Photoshop brushes featured in Smashing Magazine,…
Skype today has been... "awful" cannot begin to describe its reliability. Or maybe it's Mediacom. Or some unholy abomination between the two 6 hrs ago
In this article we take a journey of discovery with 3 online book catalog services: LibraryThing, Shelfari, and Goodreads. Find out the good, the bad, and the poorly formatted and which service is is the most user-friendly. Read more »
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Ever wanted to add more widget-capable sections to your WordPress theme? This article shows you how very simple it is to create an unlimited number of widget-capable areas in your theme and get them to output the way you want them to. No development knowledge required: copy & paste examples included! Read more »
FeedBurner might not be the new kid on the block anymore, but it's definitely still awesome. In this article, we cover what's so great about FeedBurner (both the service and the site), share a few nifty screenshots, and even show how to integrate your hot new FeedBurner feed into WordPress. Win! Read more »
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Ryan Burrell is a web designer, gamer, and avid bookworm living and working in Springfield, MO. He spends his days making sure things are pretty, neat, valid, and semantic. He whiles away the evenings with personal projects, intellectual persuits, and LEGOs (which are sometimes involved in the other two).
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