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I just realized…

… that I neglected to add myself as a user to WordPress. Now all of my posts to date have ‘admin’ as the author. Duh. Thankfully, I was able to add my user ID to the db before I got too many posts written.


finished… FINALLY

I’m finally done with the ralphworldesign update. WOOO!!! Now all I have to do is get back to finishing up the photoface.com layouts…


almost finished

I’ve finished styling the archive, search, and single post pages on the blog. Now all I have left is some small details like the square bullets that terminate each column and styling a date field for each post. It’s been rewarding learning how to create a new WordPress template from scratch. Once I’m done with […]


new look for ralphworldesign

Check it out! I finished the WordPress theme tutorial and fit it into the new ralphworldesign layout. I’m still working on the default styles and the comment, archive, and searchform pages but I figured I can code those on the fly. And besides, we really needed a new look. I’ll continue to update as I […]


try, try again

I’ve created another look for photoface.com. The client has given me some feedback on the layouts and I’ll start setting up the css after she decides which one she likes best. I also have to try to integrate her existing logo into the site so that will also take some extra time since I’ll have […]


adventures in linux

My buddy Todd gave me an old thinkpad he was going to trash. It’s an i-series 1400 with a 433 celeron, 64M RAM, and 4G hard drive so I installed linux on it for web browsing and email. I’m not super fluent in unix or anything, but I know enough to get myself out of […]


ain’t it the life

There is nothing better than playing wiffleball with my daughter on a hot summer day. She stands at the dirt spot in the grass that serves as home plate. She asks, “Can we run the bases, Dad?” and I’m tired but I think, sure, we can run the bases. Then she scrunches herself into her […]


new layout for freelance project

Here’s a new layout for the freelance project I wrote about a few days ago. I wanted to give the client an option for a lighter look. I used colourlovers.com to find a starting point for this palette and have found it to be a great resource when trying to decide on a color scheme […]