Back Up For Air
(Work • Web Stuff)
For a while there it was almost like Old Times at Inky Wretchland, where every minute was a deadline of some sort, and when you put the newspaper to bed at the end of the evening there was just enough time for a couple beers and a four-hour power nap, and then you were on deadline again.
This time it was two database-driven political web sites built from the ground up with rather full interactive capabilities, in-house graphics, email-list and social media integrated, in seven very full days, courtesy of a cranky old man who really needed to be tending to his tomatoes.
For your viewing pleasure, I present you with a nearly complete but still raw-around-the-edges new web site for my friends at the Fort Bend County Democratic Party.
And another for their upcoming Blue Fort Bend In 2010 Campaign.
That’s right, once a bright red stain on an angry red state, Fort Bend County has had enough and, assisted by some terrific demographic trends, is about to become majority Democrat.
The worm turns.
→ B.Dunn, May 27, 2010, 02 24 PM
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Spring Fashion At The Virtual Office
(Work • Web Stuff)
Just as the haberdasher often sports a new suit to emphasize the enhancement to one’s corporate visage that sharp dressing promotes, the barber wears his hair neatly and recently trimmed.
In similar fashion, the web developer who preaches the need for frequent content updating and upgrading in order to attract readers (that would be me) must walk the talk himself.
In other words, I’ve been working on a new look for my Riveredge Ventures web site. You can take a peek at it here.
→ B.Dunn, Mar 21, 2010, 07 10 AM
That's Splattastic!
(Web Stuff • Work)
Now that I no longer chase down news on a regular basis, I’ve had time to get back into web development. This site, the original FortBendNow and others I created a few years ago were done up in Textpattern, which at the time I considered the premier author-controlled, database-driven content management system.
I still think it’s a damn fine CMS, but wanted to revisit WordPress, in which I hadn’t dabbled since probably 2003.
Wow.
W-P has advanced by miles since then. The user base, support system and development community is huge, so much so that working with WordPress is downright fun.
For a glimpse of what I’ve been up to, may I present Splattastic!, intended to serve as a resource for those who’ve found themselves economically displaced in the current fiscal morass. I wish there weren’t any need for something like this, but something tells me it’s going to get worse before it gets better.
If you have a moment, please check it out and let me know if you spot any bugs. Even though I spent hours this morning working around all the web site display problems the horrid Internet Explorer 6 browser causes, I’m sure many nasty insects remain to be discovered.
Finally, I implore you, if you have IE6 on your computer, use it one more time to upload a current copy of the fine standards-compliant Opera or Firefox browsers (OK, if you absolutely have to, upgrade to IE8 and then go wash your hands). But for the love of God, rip IE6 off of your PC right this instant.
→ B.Dunn, Sep 16, 2009, 03 06 PM
Just Takin' It Easy Today
(Work • Critters)
→ B.Dunn, Sep 07, 2009, 07 38 AM
