…is always your own. I’m currently working on another re-launch of LiftDevelopment.com. The first launch was in early 2008 when I first went full-time with the venture, version two was released August 2010, and this will be version three. It’s crazy how after just 12 months I feel like the current site is completely out-dated…
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. From a design and development standpoint, my job might be done once a new website launches but is the website itself truly finished? Or is it just beginning? After switching to WordPress as my primary platform of choice a few years ago, I’d say it’s just beginning….
As many of you know, Lift Development specializes in developing for the WordPress platform. That being said, this is a completely biased post. I use WordPress for much of what I do and shifting to this ever-improving platform as my primary line of work about a year ago was a move I have never regretted. Here…
I noticed that some Facebook profiles had their “employer” linked to an actual Facebook page, while mine was just linked to a basic blank page without a logo or any information. Here’s a quick and easy screencast showing how I was able to link the employer in my profile to the actual page for my…
Andrew Warner’s Mixergy, “Home of the ambitious upstart,” is a site absolutely filled with great interviews of successful entrepreneurs. He digs deep to find out what made them succeed, how they’ve failed, how much money they’ve generated, etc. Andrew’s guests include many well-known and successful individuals such as Gary Vaynerchuk, Tim Ferriss, Jason Fried, Guy…
It’s time to get out of the box. Today I want to encourage you to think about a new way to do things. Your business is unique. Why shouldn’t your website reflect that? Obviously there are certain standards that most users of the web come to expect. They want it to be easy to navigate…
In this video I walk you through my process for setting up a really slick Twitter background that displays your important content across various screen resolutions. You can check out my Twitter page/background, and check out Cassie Fisher’s updated background. FREE DOWNLOAD! I’ve developed a starter template you can use to lay out your own…
I don’t even know what to say. I’d like to thank my God, parents, my wife, my kids, my clients, my college professors, that friend who first introduced me to the web, Al Gore for inventing it… Obviously this isn’t a real certification…but IS hilarious! It’s a product of Matt Mullenweg’s recent public conversations with…
Plugins, widgets, and themes…oh my! While there are probably hundreds of reasons to launch your next website on WordPress, I’ve narrowed it down to a few of my favorites.
If your website is useful, people will visit it. They’ll even come back again and again. They will talk about it. Other people will find it. No matter how good your design is or where you rank on Google, a site that isn’t useful will cause your users to visit once and possibly never come…