I was introduced to the Dayton Steam Plant renovation through Lisa Beam at a Women In Business Network Koffee Talk. From the very beginning, this venture piqued my interest. It seemed like an exciting contribution to the city of Dayton. A few days later, I did a little digging and found a two articles, one […]
Read moreHow to always round up to the next 5 in Google Sheets
Google Sheets can make an excellent alternative to Microsoft Excel (though I do prefer Excel for certain tasks). While working in it today, I needed a set of numbers to always round up to the next 5, unless the number was already at a 5 or a 0. Here are some examples to show what I […]
Read moreUmbraco 7 and uCommerce 7 – Using the image cropper tool
There is a bit of disparity between Umbraco and uCommerce and the way they share (or don’t) assets. The image cropper is by far one of the coolest features of Umbraco and makes responsive image output amazing (especially using Foundation’s Interchange). Natively, of course, uCommerce just uses a media picker. It’s not elegant, and you […]
Read moreUncovering a hack
We occasionally (and more frequently) get calls from people who have hacked sites that we didn’t build or host. If you are in this situation, what to you do? How can you fix it? In no certain order: Contact your host! Most of the time the host has malware detection installed on their server to […]
Read moreHow Variations Work in WooCommerce
So you have a product on your WooCommerce-based site and it’s going to need to allow the customer to choose sizes. Then you have options that affect the price? How do you do that? First off, you want to select “Variable Product” from the “Product Data” dropdown. Simple product is the default output. From there, […]
Read moreImplementing Lazy Load with WooCommerce
Once Lazy Load has been installed, the trick is to get the product thumbnail to display with the Lazy Load data attribute. Rather than editing your template, you can do this with a custom function. We have used this within a site plugin so it isn’t theme dependent (suggested). Here’s an example of it in […]
Read moreDesigning with a Mobile-First Mindset
The greatest benefit to having a mobile-first mindset is you are thinking without the visual bloat. Mobile users want information fast. They don’t want to hunt. When you get to desktop, your UI is already end-focused. An optimized mobile experience will keep users on your site. Would it surprise you, the numbers don’t lie, that a […]
Read moreSetting up Foundation for WordPress
So I’m used to Bootstrap for development and sometimes it just doesn’t offer the functionality I need. I decided to install Foundation for WordPress for a client (DARKOH, you can see the final project here) and see how it goes. Since I don’t have Ruby and my setup is based on Roots, the commands I […]
Read moreShould I Use A Carousel?
Do you really need a carousel? Designers like big/beautiful images and carousels are a nice way of doing that in a premium real-estate area, but stats show only 1-3% ever click and they can get super clunky on mobile. I’m a designer. I am guilty as charged, until I realized these numbers supported a change. […]
Read morePlatform Security: .NET vs PHP
Website and Web Application security is a ubiquitous concern for our clients, and rightfully so. Often we hear or read opinions of clients and developers who tout one platform while deriding another. And certainly, it is incredibly important to know whether one platform is more secure than another! But is that actually the case? Is […]
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