Biggest fear when I started as a freelance #webdev 17 years ago: my skillset stagnating. Without co-workers in an office setting, I was afraid I wouldn't gain the knowledge I needed to keep Read More
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#devnotes – Bash scripting for fun and profit
It has been a busy year in the home office and a couple of months since I've gotten one of these published. Allow me to share a smattering of my development related thoughts... My first Bash Read More
New Theme, Fresh Start
I've had my eye on Raam Dev's Independent Publisher WordPress theme for a couple months. I've been wanting to code out a child theme for it that adds masonry style archive pages. However, as client Read More
Recent Work: EDGE2016 Security Conference Website
This week information security professionals will be descending upon the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Knoxville, TN for the first annual EDGE Security Conference. The conference will bring Read More
Google Sheet + Sheetrock.js = Upcoming Events Table
Once of my first projects this year was a refresh of the Love Worth Fighting For Marriage Event website. Notable in this build was our move away from WordPress as our event listings backend and on to Read More
#devnotes – site concept, logo, and website in one week
I have a couple of clients who primarily know me as a "coder". I'm the guy who keeps their website running and codes new functionality for their existing infrastructure. As far as my graphic design Read More
Adding HTML id attributes to Visual Composer rows in the X Theme
I've been providing coding assistance for the web team over at CodeTN. For their initial launch, they've built out a one page scrolling website which also has a couple additional pages. Here's a look Read More
#devnotes – WordPress Shortcodes GUI, IT work
WordPress Shortcodes are a quick and easy way for me to extend the capabilities of the WordPress editor for my clients. All I have to do is write some code that hooks into the API, and I'm able to add Read More
#devnotes – Google Mobilegeddon, Using Basecamp, and a Site Redesign
As you may or may not have heard, the Google Mobilegeddon happened on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. On that date, Google adjusted their mobile search algorithm to favor mobile optimized sites for mobile Read More