Posts Tagged ‘Chris Coyier’

Digging into WordPress v3.0

digging-into-wordpressWordPress is an unbelievably powerful system that can do just about anything you need it to, but using more than a fraction of its capabilities, or getting under the hood to modify certain things can be a daunting task for some. While the WordPress support forums boast an active and thriving community, sometimes you just can’t find the answer you need when you need it, which costs you time, money and most of all, sanity. Fortunately, Chris Coyier and Jeff Starr have solved that problem by releasing an updated and expanded version 3.0 of their book, of Digging into WordPress. There is a lot to learn about the World’s most popular web publishing platform. Starting with your first steps of learning the basics of WordPress all the way through maintaining and modifying your site throughout...

What is CSS and why does it matter?

CSS MattersAs if you didn’t already have enough technical terms to deal with, now everyone is talking about CSS and you may find yourself wondering what it is, why it matters, and more importantly, what it can do for you. CSS, otherwise known as Cascading Style Sheets, is simply a way to tell a web browser how to display the elements on an HTML page. It offers more precise control and is supported by all browsers today. Ideally, your CSS should be contained in a separate file, which is then linked to within the and head tags of each web page, as such: <link rel='stylesheet' href='/style.css' type='text/css' media='all' /> The first, and most significant advantage in using CSS this way is that it puts all of your formatting into a single file. This means that rather...

Are you trading or investing your time?

Trading or Investing TimeEach of us faces a unique set of circumstances while working towards our own goals, but the one thing we all have in common is the number of hours we have available. Are you trading or investing those precious hours? What I mean is, are you trading your time by doing busy work such as sorting emails, calling dead leads or holding meeting, or are you investing your time into projects that will produce reliable, recurring income and free up your time? With either choice, you will probably put in about the same amount of work today, but over the next few months or years, the time that you’ve invested will multiply your free time and income dramatically while the time you’ve traded will simply be gone. Want some examples? Aaron Wall stopped selling products...