Get our Newsletter!I recently built a website for my sister (Jennifer Kay) to showcase her professional work as a reporter for the Associated Press. The design is simple – but I thought I might share something cool with everyone.
For starters, byJenniferKay.com is built on WordPress so that my sister can make content edits quickly and easily without [...]
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Posted on April 13th, 2010 by Arthur Kay
2010 Fox Lake Business Expo
Posted on March 15th, 2010 by Arthur Kay
This past weekend I attended the 2010 Fox Lake Family & Business Expo to promote my freelance web design services to local business owners. Overall I think the event was a success, and it was great meeting all of the people who stopped into my booth! More importantly I feel like I got some good business [...]
Top 5 Reasons Your Website Sucks
Posted on February 26th, 2010 by Arthur Kay
Over the past few months, I’ve spoken to a number of small business owners about their websites. As a freelance web designer, I’ve been primarily targeting local small businesses because many of them don’t have websites; the few that do often have an amatuer design that hasn’t been updated since 1998.
Believe it or not, the sales process has been relatively tricky. Although many small business owners are keenly aware the benefits of a professional website, many others don’t seem to care. These people often manage their website themselves and are convinced that they don’t need an upgrade.
The sad truth is that your visitors do form an immediate opinion of your business when they see your website. This first impression can be the difference between gaining or losing a customer!
Ext Scheduler
Posted on February 8th, 2010 by Arthur Kay
Here’s a look inside the Ext Scheduler application developed by Mats Bryntse! There’s been a lot of buzz in the ExtJS community over this tool, so I jumped at the chance to peek inside his code.
Included is an example of the Ext Scheduler tool that I built using the Twitter API. It’s a crappy example… but you still might like it!
Overall, my impression is that the Ext Scheduler will be an invaluable tool for most developers working with “events”. It’s easy to work with, offers an impressive set of features and should impress a lot of end-users. I would encourage everyone to check out the other Ext Scheduler examples and see for yourself!
WordPress Automatic Upgrades on GoDaddy
Posted on January 30th, 2010 by Arthur Kay
It’s been a while since I moved this blog over to WordPress, and my only complaint since the move has been the periodic upgrades needed for WordPress and its plugins.
Why is that a big deal? After all, there’s this prominent link saying “Upgrade” when WordPress (or any of the plugins) detect a new version.
Well… for starters, I’m hosting this blog on a Windows IIS7 machine. To complicate matters, I’m also using GoDaddy. Rather than diving into why either of these factors is complicated (if you’re interested, do yourself a favor and Google it) I’ll simply jump into the solution for automatically updating WordPress on a GoDaddy IIS7 hosting plan.