Author Archive for Ben Bleikamp

CSS tips and tricks, Part 2

May 22, 2007 | Filed Under Blog Design, Features, Guides and Tutorials | 6 Comments

Everyone seemed to like the last article I wrote about CSS…forever ago, so I thought I’d tackle some more CSS tips and tricks - give the people what they want, right? These are some more “basic tips,” but things that I use every day and thought others might find useful. I know I [...]

Launching Your Redesign Is Just The Start

May 15, 2007 | Filed Under Blog Design, Features, Guides and Tutorials | 3 Comments

So you’ve spent hundreds of hours tweaking your redesign, making every pixel look perfect. You’ve showed it to a few friends, you’ve tested it in all the major browsers, and you’re ready to push it live on your site.

Cool.

You’re not even close to done, though.

How to setup Wordpress locally on your Mac

November 16, 2006 | Filed Under Blog Design, Guides and Tutorials | Leave a Comment

I wrote an article at my personal blog that explains how I setup WordPress on my MacBook. I design everything in my local test environment because I hate logging into web servers and uploading things constantly - I’m the type of designer that has to see a change the moment I make it.

The b5media redesign

November 6, 2006 | Filed Under Blog Design, Features, Professional Blogging | 11 Comments

In early October I was sent an email by the guys at b5media asking whether I would be interested in working with them on a project that had a tight deadline. I’d heard of b5 and read their main blog a few times, but I wasn’t a regular reader and didn’t know any of [...]

Simplify your font selection

September 27, 2006 | Filed Under Blog Design | 5 Comments

I’m working hard on a CSS Tips and Tricks, Part 2 article but until then I’ll complain a little bit about a design mistake I see popping up.
Please…pretty please: stop using so many different fonts in the body of your website. As a general rule you should use exactly 2 fonts. If you’re [...]

Dan Rather on David Letterman, 9/17/01

September 11, 2006 | Filed Under General | 1 Comment

This is one of the most vivid memories for me in the days and weeks following September 11th. Dan Rather was on David Letterman on September 17th, 2001 and he broke down in tears talking about the firemen and police officers helping at ground zero and then later when reciting a verse of America [...]

Yeah. Crazy.

September 11, 2006 | Filed Under General | Leave a Comment

My memory of September 11th, 2001 is very vivid - I’m sure most Americans feel the same way. We can recall the names of people we were near, even if we haven’t seen them in years. We know what time we heard about the terrorist attacks.

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ScribeFire 2.2.8 Released
July 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

ScribeFire is a popular desktop blogging application hosted in a Firefox extension. Version 2.2.8 includes fixes and some brush-ups. The extension is free to download from Mozilla Add-ons, and works with both Firefox 2 and 3.

Two New b5media Blogs Launched
July 4, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

Another two b5media blogs launched recently. Marye Audet edits Simply Home Remedies, which is about just that. This from the launch post:
For the past 20 years or so my family has lived without the assistance of commercial medicines or doctors, except for things like broken arms and emergency surgeries on retro-pharyngeal abscesses. You know, the [...]

Hitting the Frontpage of Digg
July 3, 2008 | By Matt Craven | 1 Comment

Skelliewag takes a look at playing the odds and trying to “win” with Digg - a great article with some fantastic tips on how to promote your site using Digg.
Most bloggers would love their content to hit the front page of Digg. Unfortunately, most of those bloggers are never able to experience the huge spike [...]

Firefox 3 Plugin Roundup
July 3, 2008 | By Matt Craven | Leave a Comment

Now that Firefox 3 has been out for more than a week - and has set a new Guinness World Record for the most downloads in a single day - several websites have begun recapping the plugin/addon situation for Firefox.
BSPCN outlines the 30 “Must Have” Firefox Extensions, including del.icio.us toolbar, Foxmarks, and Greasemonkey.
PC World looks [...]

WordPress.com Enables Support for Google Gears
July 3, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 3 Comments

WordPress.com have added a Turbo button in the admin area. This is to enable Google Gears, if your browser supports it, and speed up things using it. For instance, Google Gears is used for offline access to web apps like Google Docs, but how can it benefit WordPress.com?
On WordPress.com it is used to store all [...]

Blogged.com Rebuilds
July 3, 2008 | By Andrew G.R. | Leave a Comment

Promising to help you ‘find better blogs’ is Blogged.com. The directory site has just launched some new features and improvements. Most notably, they do a better job of highlighting interesting blogs over several niches. The goal appears to aggregate news and information that is well-written, though not necessarily accessible through mainstream media.
Among [...]

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