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Web Design Business Best Practices
http://www.indywebshop.com/bestpractices/
I translate my experiences as a freelance web designer and programmer into a discussion of best practices for both the creative and business side of web development.
Recent Posts
Being the PHP Programmer for a Startup
A few years ago I wanted more than anything to be the programmer for a cool start-up company. I wanted to write an awesome web application and let somebody else worry about sales and marketing. How funny that this morning I met a guy who is starting ...
Window’s Host File Gives You Your Own Personal DNS Settings
So here’s a useful trick I was reminded of this past week. Sometimes as a developer I write code that appears on multiple web sites. I just write a few lines that check what domain name the current site is using and execute the relevant code ap...
Broken Apostrophes When Querying Wordpress Tables
I’m a big fan of the Wordpress blogging platform, and it’s the one I use when I’m setting my clients up with a blog. In most cases they want Wordpress to be a small part of their site instead of the whole thing. (You can certain...
Making Your CSS Files Dynamic With a Little PHP
I’ve grown so accustomed to writing in languages like PHP where I can use variables, loops, and arrays to cut down on the amount of duplicate code I need to create. I love the flexibility I had to make things as efficient and modular as possi...
Creating Laser-Like Focus With My Inbox
photo credit: urban_data I haven’t written anything in a while. The time constraints of being a new dad and starting on a new business venture are insane, so I think I’ve avoided starting because I don’t have time to do the long pos...
Best Practices Rewind: Change Requests
photo credit: Extra Ketchup Until just recently, I had gotten into the bad habit of using my inbox as the storage location for customer change requests. Until I completed all the items mentioned in an email from a client, I just left it in my inbo...
