How exciting! Responsive web design is picking up speed as well it should. Simply put, it is site design that adjusts to the platform on which the viewer is looking at the site. A page looks one way on a desktop, another way on an smartphone and yet another on an iPad/ tablet – without having to design specifically for each! Talk about saving time, energy and frustration.

For more info, read Ethan Marcotte’s article at AListApart.com

To get you started, check out 10 Free Responsive WordPress Themes.

We’ve all been there, lured in by the promise that this plugin or that widget will take care of all that ails our WordPress site. When we shake ourselves back into reality we realize that we were promised rainbows and unicorns but instead have rain and horse droppings.

To that end, I have a few plugins that I have installed multiple times, provide a lot functionality, are easy to use, and actually make me happy to use them. Without further ado, here they are: (more…)

red skull

• blood splatter photoshop brushes
• free skull vectors
• skull patterns (photoshop cs3)
• boney doodles
• halloween brushes (photoshop 7+)
• ghoul halloween sketch brushes (5 in set)

Websites:

• Shaffer Benefit – informational site to promote a benefit helping a family reduce medical expenses
• Edge Soccer Academy (in progress)
• Wisty Events – client site: event planning
• ThisweekLive.com – primary work website: Thisweek Newspapers
• REV Real – Girls Dakota REV Soccer Club – daughter’s soccer team site
• St. Joseph School (Rosemount) Girls and Boys Soccer 2010 – kid’s school soccer teams site

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Wow, it has been awhile since I’ve last posted. The quick story is that I’ve been busy between redesigning our work website, kept running with my kids’ activities, and maintaining about eight other websites as well. I still have many photos (i.e. thousands) to go through and post as well.

I’d like to share something that I’ve learned these past few months. First of all, if you are using a free WordPress theme you’ll want to make sure you got it from a legitimate site. In doing research for a new design for work, I came across a “free” theme called ‘Coffee Break.’ As it turns out, it was posted on a site that I then found out didn’t have the authority to post it. ‘Coffee Break‘ is a cool theme from Woo Themes and much to my chagrin is not free. (more…)