Writing & Reflections

Thoughtful writing about systems, stories, frames, and questions. Essays, project notes, and reflections on making, learning, and living with more care and clarity.

WordCamp Milwaukee 2012, slides!

Jun 2, 2012

Thanks to everyone who attended my session on WordPress and Version Control!

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WordCamp Chicago 2011

Jul 31, 2011

So I just got back home from the first day of Chicago's WordCamp 2011 held at the lovely Depaul University in downtown Chicago. Man, what a great experience - I just love the inspiration and the idea sharing that goes on at these conferences.

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Adding a redirect link from a post (or page)

Jul 18, 2011

I just had a client request that for his home page posts that were being displayed, have them link instead to a permanent page. The type of content that they were linking to was longer term and the posts that were being displayed were created just as excerpts.

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Auto-update version of css

Jun 28, 2011

Anytime you update the css file any browser will think it's a new file and go and get it.

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It's about time

Mar 15, 2011

If you have to use Internet Explorer, at least make sure you're using the newest one.

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get_template_part and Custom Templates

Mar 14, 2011

In building the Centegra physician directory back in WordPress 3.0, there was no real way to use WordPress to display out a listing or archive of your custom posts.

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My Web Design Workflow

Feb 18, 2011

I develop primarily on two mac computers, synced via DropBox. For local development I use MAMP.

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Displaying a custom header based on URL

Feb 18, 2011

So I recently ran across a situation on Centegra's website where I had set up our header image to show an image based on the section or area it's in.

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