New year… new resolutions! Here’s a list I’d like to make public of my new year’s resolutions as a web designer. (By making it public, I’m hoping I’ll stay on track a bit more.) They are in somewhat particular order, but who knows in which order they will be completed. These may take me all year, but here’s to trying! Read more
A colleague and I recently had a discussion around this question: What is the possibility of white-labeling WordPress to brand it as our own?
The answer she found was a plugin created and available through Video User Manuals called White Label CMS.
This is a great plugin and I think it definitely adds a nice touch to a client’s admin panel, making them feel it’s customized for them. I also like how it has an option for “Hide the nag update” which is great because it disables the “You are using WP version 3.x, please update to the latest version” which tends to throw clients into a tizzy. Using this plugin for this purpose adds an extra little step in the WordPress setup, but I think it goes a long way and is well worth the added effort. Read more
I recently went to lunch at Firehouse Subs in my little city of Hickory, NC. I’ve been carrying around a customer loyalty card for at least 2 years now, which says if I buy 7 meal combos, I get the 8th one for free. I knew I was getting close to my freebie and after I ordered my meal, I presented the bent and wallet-worn card to the cashier for her to give me my final stamp. But to my dismay, she says, “we don’t take those anymore, nor do we give out any more stamps.” What !?! How do you not stamp my customer loyalty card? I’ve been coming here steadily for the past couple of years, doesn’t that make me loyal!?! Read more
As an independent web and graphic design consultant, I am frequently provided with RFP’s (Requests for Proposals) to provide design and visual branding services. These often are accompanied by requests for printing or web design, development and programming. For the most part, I decline to provide a proposal back to the one who sent the RFP, as seen in some of the cons listed below. However, I do feel the RFP process is important in organizing a web or print project budget, initial project scope, and any deliverables up front in order to get a ballpark estimate. Read more