Archive for February, 2011

Why Aren’t Splash Pages Dead Yet?

Posted in Articles on February 25th, 2011 Why Aren't Splash Pages, Dead Yet?

Splash pages; a marketers dream but a developers nightmare, that’s how I would describe them. Obviously as I am a developer I’m going to be slightly biased but really, how can something that goes against web standards and SEO so badly, still be used so heavily on today’s Internet?

WordPress Featured Image Option

Posted in Articles on February 24th, 2011 WordPress Featured Image Option

I recently discovered a feature in WordPress that I never knew existed called Featured Image. Apparently its was added in v2.9, but I must of completely over looked it. My guessing is that this is one of the most underused features in WordPress, but is such a quick and easy to add main images to your posts or pages.

Disable/Remove New Admin Bar in WordPress 3.1

Posted in Articles on February 23rd, 2011 Disable/Remove New Admin Bar in WordPress 3.1

For those of you who aren’t ready to let their clients loose with the new admin bar feature that was launched today with v3.1 of WordPress, then there are a couple of ways to remove it.

2010, An Eventful, But Good Year

Posted in Articles on February 18th, 2011 2010, An Eventful, But Good Year

Yes I know its more than half way through February, so its really a bit late to do a review of last year, but this is the first moment I have had to sit down and think about everything that has happened over the past 12 months.

Looking back at 2010 the word change comes to mind, in fact 2010 ended up being quite a busy year for me. Not only did I change jobs, I also moved to my country’s capital (London), started a new relationship and began pushing forward with the freelance work.