Pasatiempo Farms: Website and Content

December 18, 2022

This website for an organic farming operation launched mid-2022. The company is no longer in business. Here are the highlights:

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DIY: Build A Members Only WordPress Document Library With Faceted Search

November 18, 2022

In this article, I’m going to cover how to create a WordPress document library, protected behind a member wall, that includes a high-performance faceted search feature. Of the plugins listed, only the plugin FacetWP has a licensing fee.

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A New Website For VEAC

September 13, 2022

The new Visalia Emergency Aid Council (VEAC) website is live, giving the organization an updated design built on the SquareSpace Content Management System (CMS). User Guides and training are part of the package, so that VEAC staff can maintain the content without relying on a web designer. They wanted something functionally simple with a low…

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Web Design And The Idea Of Simplicity

September 8, 2022

Simplicity is relative to a person’s understanding of a thing or process. What one person finds complicated, someone else with more knowledge will find less so. By the end of 2010, content management systems (CMS) like Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress pushed web design even further into user interface design territory. The idea of a “simple…

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WordPress Update Disaster

August 19, 2022

When an update to your WordPress website breaks the website, who pays to get it fixed? A WordPress website must be continuously updated and tested throughout its lifetime to remain stable and secure. It is a basic cost of ownership issue no public-facing software system can avoid. And yet, there are business WordPress websites that…

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Success Strategies Member Site Prototype

June 16, 2022
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LastPass Remembers For You

June 1, 2022

LastPass lets you securely store login credentials (among other things) and then recall them as you are logging in. The service runs as a browser extension on desktop machines or as an app on mobile devices. I’ve been using it since 2013 and could not imagine my digital life without it. No, I’m not getting…

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Building For Maximum CMS Usability

April 14, 2022

I build websites on popular content management systems (CMS) because my clients need the ability to update content themselves. As I’m designing a website, I’m thinking about what it will take to train a non-technical person to update content in various pages, headers, and footers. The selected platform plays an important role in how well…

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Ken DeVries, Realtor

March 31, 2022

This website went live at https://kendevries.com. It features an advanced media streaming configuration to accelerate the delivery of Ken’s high quality drone videos of various properties for sale in the Northern Idaho region. Ken shoots and optimizes his own video, as he is very particular about the quality of the footage. User guides were created…

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ColoradoWorks 420

March 31, 2022

Coloradoworks420.com was a niche market job board built to serve a localized market in the cannabis industry space. The website could also scan PDF resume files and index them for search by Employer accounts. This engagement used a full stack of WooCommerce and SearchWP plugin capabilities, along with an array of “how to” videos for…

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