I build a lot of websites on WordPress. And when building a new website for a client, this is typically done on a development server instead of on the live website server. This way the website can be perfected before the public sees it, and once it is ready, the website is then moved to the new server. There are a number of websites out there telling you how to move a WordPress website from one host to another. Following a few basic steps, you can easily move the entire website with no problem. (I will review these steps in another posting soon.) However, it seemed that from time to time when I would...

So this past weekend I went to my first WordCamp, which was held in Raleigh, NC. Overall, it seemed to be a good experience and I would rank the event itself as a success. For myself, I met a number of other WordPress users and developers, and picked up a few tips from the different sessions I attended. However, I may have oversold the event to myself going in. You see, I wanted to attend this event with the hopes that I would find some earth shattering nugget of information that would propel me to a higher level of WordPress development and understanding. So going in with that anticipation, I must say...

I just finished registering for WordCamp Raleigh, happening May 21 & 22. I am looking forward to attending and meeting other WP lovers and developers! If you are interested in attending, get more information at http://wordcampraleigh.com. Hope to see you...

I have worked on a number of designs that call for different styles being applied to sidebar areas. For example, let’s say the color pallet for a website includes a red, white and blue Americana design. The designer may have decided that the sidebar should have blue widget areas and red widget areas. Traditionally, you have had to either know the widget id and add a specific class to that, or even just leave the colors all the same. But what if the design calls for the ability to add a red one in between the blue ones, and that it could be any type of widget? If you know ahead of time what that...

The debate has long raged… Should a Web Designer understand Web Programming? In other words, should the web designer be able to code the website they design? Maybe this is another entry into that long debate, maybe not. But I wanted to weigh in a bit on this. First, let me clarify the side in which I am coming from. You see, I do both web develop and web design. I find pleasure in both, from different vantage points. But for the sake of this article, I am simply a web programmer, providing a small note to the website designers out there. Is it important that you be able to code? From where I sit,...