Thomas McMahon aka TwisterMc
I’ve worked on a lot of projects over the years and one thing clients usually forget about is ongoing maintenance. Who’s going to take care of the site after it’s “done?” Lets be honest, a site is never really done. Clients often forget about things like software updates, bugs that show up after launch, and feature...
I often get asked if purchasing a WordPress theme is a good idea. Will it get the project done faster? Will it be cheaper? The answer is yes and no. In some circumstances, purchasing a theme works great. In others, it makes things worse. Read my full post over at The Nerdery blog. When does...
Facebook is turning 10 and we all get a pretty sweet gift. Check out their Look Back page and you’ll see a video highlighting the history of your Facebook profile. It’s actually pretty cool. Take A Look Back
Do you test your site on screen readers? Does your site have ARIA Landmark roles? How about good color contrast and underlined links on hover? A big enough font? These are just a few of the accessibility items that webmasters often overlook. Check out my writeup on The Nerdery blog. Where Most Websites Fail To Consider Accessibility...
As I learn more and more bout Git, I realize that I’d like to use it to manage all my sites. Sounds great, except GitHub wants $7 a month for private repositories. Bitbucket however seems to be exactly what I’m looking for. I can create as many Git repositories as I want and they are...
I’m sure there’s more to the discussion that just what this site shows, but I know that I don’t interact with carousels on websites much. When I do, I find them annoying. Should I Use A Carousel? Oddly enough, the carousel on the site telling me not to use a carousel is annoying me greatly...
Ever get a Visio document and wonder what’s inside it? There are a few paid programs on the Mac that view Visio documents, but they are a bit spendy when you just want to see the file. Instead, grab LibreOffice. Checkout LibreOffice LibreOffice is a full office suite and it has the ability to read Visio files. It may not be prefect,...
Sometimes you need phpMyAdmin to get into a database and manage things, but you don’t want to go through the hassle of installing it; or for some reason, the host doesn’t give you access. That’s where Adminer comes in handy. Checkout Adminer Adminer has almost all features of phpMyAdmin in one small file. Not only that but...
Lets be honest, the WordPress search is not that good. It’s based on keywords and displayed in reverse chronological order. It works, but it’s not very helpful. That’s where Relevanssi comes in. Relevanssi replaces WordPress’ search and returns results based on relevancy. Relevanssi also allows users to search with multiple words and it only returns posts...
