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Web Hosting – You Get What You Pay For (some times that’s s***)
What Did Your Last Trip to Starbucks Cost? What did your last month hosting bill come to? If they are comparable, I would argue that you have no right to
Timelines Are Subject to Reality
Web development and design is no different than any other industry in that the bulk of client satisfaction hinges on meeting deadlines. However that doesn’t mean that deadlines aren’t missed
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know – And Either Does Your Web Developer
The Web is ever changing and learning on the job is something your Web developer should be doing. However there is a limit to how much should be
Before You Ask for a Website Bid, Develop a Project Scope
Start your web development project off right by developing a scope of work before you ask for your first
Everything Works in Photoshop
I think one of the hardest parts of Web development is to go from a finalized and approved Photoshop file to the Web browser. It doesn’t matter if you are
How to Install Google Analytics into a WordPress Website
A tutorial covering several easy methods of getting your WordPress site setup with Google
How to Install and Manage Themes within WordPress
In this tutorial I cover how to install, try, search for and manage themes within WordPress.
Getting Started with WordPress SEO
In this tutorial I go over what it will take to get your SEO campaign started and recommend a great plugin to help you get
Not all Commercial Themes are Created Equal
WordPress themes are inexpensive and typically great ways to provide a look and feel to a Website. However a sloppy developer equals a sloppy
Hourly Rates and What They Really Mean in Web Development and Support
A look at why hourly rates in Web development and support are set to what they are and why the cheapest rate might not be the best rate or best
Is There Anything Left to Design?
Would you like your Website with the menu across the top or down the side? Ok I am being a little sarcastic here but I was a partner at a
WordPress Security Tutorial
From Web and database servers to plugins and themes there are many things that go into WordPress best practice security efforts, in this wordpress security tutorial I go over the
For the Love of Bots: Site Speed and the Human Element
I obviously spend a lot of my time working on sites and talking with folks regarding the various aspects of their Websites. However last night after reading (yet another) article
Case Study: a Drupal 6 Upgrade and Redesign for a Magazine Website
This recent Drupal upgrade and redesign was a real pleasure to work on. War Times is a grassroots organization whose media strategy has evolved dramatically over the years. Founded in 2001 as
Is it OK to Tell a Web Client Their Idea is Not Fully Baked?
Though I have spent countless hours of my career hunched over the keyboard writing and working on code, I do consider myself foremost a Web consultant and secondarily a developer. I have
Twitter API 1.1 Took Your XML/RSS Feed Away
The shutting down of Twitter’s API v1 is not news to anyone who works with the API regularly and it has been coming for a while now (it was officially shut down completely on
The Personalization of Web Support
Web support, unlike say… auto repair, differs for each and every instance. There are no serial numbers and no one part fits all. Unlike getting your car repaired it is
What if Web Freelancers Could Enjoy Their Vacation?
One of the hardest parts of being a web freelancer is the fact that you are always on-call. Sure you can schedule your vacations and time off with your clients,
IE 10 Browser Compatibility – Let the Haunting Begin
It was last spring when I downloaded one of the ‘Platform Preview’ releases of MS Internet Explorer 10 and started playing with it. It seemed to have really caught up
When Less Costs More in Web Development
I was talking with one of our developers the other day about a client’s site and their desire to provide a certain set of features to their site visitors. This particular task
The Official Beer of FatLab Web Support – Fat Dog
What does beer have to do with Web support? Not much really, but as a fan of microbrews I had to pick this 6 pack up from Stoudts Brewery. Any
Worldwide Attack on WordPress and Simular Sites
When logging in, registering or trying to access the admin area of a WordPress site and error message is
Long Distance Relationships in Web Maintenance
Another example of horrible client service in Web maintenance to pile onto yesterday’s post: This time I was speaking to someone about a rebuild project that they sent overseas, in simple
Web Support: What Bad Client Service Looks Like
I spoke to a client of mine late last week who works with another firm on a site I do not manage. We had recently updated their site with some