Graphic Design

Posted on 02-03-2010   

I spend a large part of my day working on a BA in Graphic Design, so when I see an article about Graphic Design let alone one about how to improve the education process it's worth sharing.

If you have any involvement with Graphic Design take a moment and have a read.  Share it with a friend let's help future designers.

http://www.davidairey.com/graphic-design-schools/

MODx Content Editors Guide

Posted on 01-09-2010   

The well written MODx Content Management System Content Editors guide by Valeska Scholl has been converted to HTML for those of you not wanting to use the PDF version.  The guide can be found here:

http://sandbox.amdbuilder.net/editordocs/

The code generated has been cleaned up and labeled for easier browsing.  If you wish to expand, refine, or otherwise improve this guide give me a shout.

Website 4.0

Posted on 12-15-2009   

This site has been a running experiment for several years using a few bad designs in my earlier days.  After a few years of sitting on the last stock template and learning more about web design I felt it was time to take another stab at designing my own template for this site.  It took a few long nights and a ton of pretzels, but I think the end result is well worth the effort.

In the coming weeks (likely months) I hope to finish some of my older projects for this site including some tutorials and finally giving the about page a little more content.

MODx Updates

Posted on 12-12-2009   

I am finally updating MODx on my site along with the theme demo site.  If you have any issues access the sites just try again in 5-10 mins or let me know on twitter.

Splash Pages

Posted on 08-24-2009   

Do you think splash pages are still a good idea?  What rock have you been hiding under?  Why do I ask well clearly some people haven't gotten the idea and well they need to get with the program.

If you know one of these poor misguided people please direct them here: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-to-convince-a-client-they-dont-need-a-splash-page or to the nearest mental institution as they need help.

In all seriousness splash pages aren't good for your reputation, the reputation of other designers/developers, or the visitors browsing the site.  Considering quite a few sites are business related and want visitors you would be doing your clients and their clients a disservice by using a splash page.

I did say they were a bad idea right?