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Now In A Smashing New Design

  • 26 Jan, 2007

Well here it is, the all new TwisterMc.com design for 2007. The last major design update was back in April 21st, 2005 and so it’s more than time for an update! This design offers more color, more personality and better sidebar organization. I’ve been working on it for about the past two months and I’m […]

No Fun with IE and CSS

  • 25 Jan, 2007

While re-designing my site I ran in to many issues related to Internet Explorer and CSS. To any web designer, this is nothing to new. I designed in Firefox and checked things in Safari and they were perfect. Opened up IE 6 and spend the next week or so re-working things. My biggest issue was […]

The Re-Tooling of TwisterMc.com

  • 2 Jan, 2007

Here it is, a brand new year and a brand new design is in the works. Actually, I’ve been working on it for a few weeks now and it’s coming along quite well. I’ve got the blog probably 75% themed with the new design and I’m still wondering what to do with the rest of […]

Logo Design At It’s Best – Or Not

  • 14 Dec, 2006

One of the best comics around is Dilbert. If you work in an office place, you will probably find it quite humorous. They play off stereotypes and worse case scenarios quite often and it’s just funny. Most employees have had a time when someone comes in and ‘simplifies’ their job. It’s bound to happen and […]

Welcome IE7 & Firefox 2

  • 27 Oct, 2006

This week not one, but two big browsers made major upgrades. I’ve gotten a change to play with both and I think everyone is on the right track, some just a wee bit behind. IE7 has been a long time coming. I think they said IE6 was released 5 years ago or so? Anyways, the […]

Blog Design Modifications

  • 11 Aug, 2006

I’ve been making some blog design modifications and I’d love to hear your feedback. Updates include: New Chat/Comment bubble to the right of the post title. New Info bar under the post title including digg, del.icio.us and other social bookmarks Homepage has shortened posts. Live blog search on every page. I have checked in most […]

Google Analytics Goals Confuse Me

  • 13 Jul, 2006

I’ve been playing around with Google Analytics’ goals recently and I don’t quite get how they work. They sound easy enough, but yet, they are very confusing. For example, when you add your goal, it says e.g. http://www.mysite.com/thankyou.html. But on the ‘My site’s pages are dynamically generated. How do I set up funnels and goals?’ […]

New Ajax WordPress Plugins Installed

  • 12 Jul, 2006

I’ve installed two new plugins that are Ajax based. Ajax Comments Great plugin that takes the refresh out of adding a comment to the site. It simply accepts the comment and adds it to the list without ever changing screens. Ajax LiveSearch This replaces my default search box with a live search box. Start typing […]

Wufoo Custom Form Maker is Fun

  • 7 Jul, 2006

It’s not always about having the most unique new service. Sometimes, re-thinking the most boring tasks can be quite successful. For example, check out Wufoo. It’s purpose is to help you build web forms and collect data. It doesn’t sound very exciting but it’s well done and quite slick. I’d even say it’s fun. You […]

SkEdit – A Dreamweaver Replacement

  • 2 Jun, 2006

SkEdit is simple, fast, not bloated with useless features and it’s now my Dreamweaver replacement. It’s extremely hard to find an application that can do all that Dreamweaver can, however, it’s even harder to pay $400 for a piece of software. I have been checking out all sorts of editors trying to find a great […]