Posts by kirbyrichard

Just over a week ago, the good folks at WordPress released the latest version of their product, version 3.4. Now that we have had some time to install and use this new version, I thought it was a good time to post a quick review of the latest installment of our favorite CMS. Installation Installing the update was simple. We use the automatic update function without hesitation, and such was the case this time. One click, and BOOM!...

In case you missed them, here are the links to sites and articles we found interesting enough to share last week: June 12 Applying Dieter Ram’s ten principles to web design June 13 Everything old is new again… cool retro web designs! Why fans share and how brands can capitalize on it June 14 Seven things you can do today to improve your website How to get traffic to your website the right way The new WordPress is here!...

A little of this and a little of that from your friends and Deluxe Interactive Services, LLC… The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity for Jean and myself, so very much so that there hasn’t been a minute to sit down and document a word of it. Without any further ado, here is a quick roundup of what has been going on in our world: We are proud to announce that Jean has made the leap and is now full-time with...

Deluxe finally joined what seems to be almost the entire population of the world on Pinterest, and we like it a lot. It is a fun and interesting way to share information, and we’ve been using it almost daily as a storehouse for business and design information. We are probably a little different from most Pinterest users in that we are posting items (mainly) for business usage, and that tactic is reflected in our boards: Web...

WordPress makes uploading and working with images in posts a fairly straightforward proposition. With the inclusion of the drag-and-drop uploader, things got even easier. But every once in a while, you’ll run into an issue, as we did when we were developing the Deluxe site. We were rolling along, getting material together for the “About Us” page, working in the visual editor within WordPress and cheerfully writing...