TOL Inc

December 27, 2018

Build Type: Solution TOL is an international manufacturer of innovative tree management machinery for the ag industry. Their website makes it easier for machine owners and distributors to search for and order parts across a healthy database of thousands of components. This site uses our DeepCMS approach. We preserved previous design efforts and improved on…

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Dr. Raman Verma, MD

December 27, 2018

Build Type: Foundation We built a website for the office of Dr. Raman Verma that provides an easy, one-click method for patient feedback to become placed as testimonials on the website’s homepage, complete with appropriate formatting. The site’s primary audience are those seeking weight loss and those seeking a general practitioner. At the time the…

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WordPress Security Updates As Separate Releases

December 12, 2018

Before we get to flying cars and space tourism, I would really like to see the WordPress ecosphere consider separating release candidates into Feature Updates and Security Updates whenever possible.

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Why Use Self-Hosted WordPress Instead?

December 7, 2018

Any self-hosted website you own will have maintenance costs. It requires consideration from the start about how you are going to keep all its components updated and its security stance relevant to the types of threats public-facing websites experience. Some of my clients have IT people for this, and some do not. The cost for such services varies according to the website’s complexity and the problems encountered during maintenance.

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Documentation Promise

September 19, 2018

All Work Fully Documented All Expansions include user guides and site integration maps so that you retain full control of your environment even after my work is finished. If you need to get another technical entity involved, those documents (and in some cases videos) will make that easy to do. The site integration map describes…

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How To Document A WordPress Build to Reduce Cost of Ownership

July 27, 2018

Dependencies between WordPress core, plugins, custom code, or other components will always add complexity to the WordPress ownership experience. Complexity adds cost.

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Five Reasons WooCommerce Offers The Best ROI When Compared To Other E-commerce Solutions

July 6, 2018

The hardest part of selling your products or services online is probably choosing the best ecommerce platform for your website. This right platform can reduce costs, minimize development time, and increase the ROI of your business. After doing extensive research, we found five reasons why choosing WooCommerce for your website will give you the best…

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Avoiding Complexity In Workflow Diagrams

April 24, 2018

Workflow diagrams map use cases into a coherent visual story, providing far more context than mere bullet points in text. The trick is to keep the diagram simple, and this requires evaluating what the reader brings to the table. One person’s “simple” can be another’s “confusing”. Too much information can be a bad thing when…

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Concept-to-Design Demonstration

March 6, 2018

This video provides a 5 minute overview demonstrating the technical disciplines and creative skill sets I possess as it relates to a common request: building a secure WordPress website from a starting theme.

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JIRA Service Desk Enhanced Workflow Map

February 7, 2018

This video provides a quick overview of the workflow map I use to guide my support desk tasks at FlexTech Media. I only cover the critical path in this video, and not some of the other paths  you can clearly see in the screenshot of my map, which you can also download by right-clicking on…

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