How we Approach Design on the Web

For many years the web was driven by static content and the early adopters didn’t have much in the way of content management or publishing systems to help generate and manage content as we have today. Even still design has come a long way too where user interfaces are [...]

We are on our way to improving the BuddyPress default theme and as of today we have our own customized layout . There are a lot of additions and content still under wraps but this is a big step forward in setting up the creative community. Thanks to the BuddyPress.org Docs to help guide me through setting up the [...]

We are on our way to improving the BuddyPress default theme and as of today we have our own customized layout . There are a lot of additions and content still under wraps but this is a big step forward in setting up the creative community. Thanks to the BuddyPress.org Docs to help guide me through setting up the [...]

I just added a new widget to the sidebar for “Phoenix Daily Deals” which I am sourcing the Groupon API (v2) and using jQuery UI accordion to encapsulate the content. This all happens dynamically thanks to jQuery and a quick $.get ajax call to a PHP script I wrote to parse the deals into formatted [...]

I started building a creative community on iCreativePro.com using WordPress with the popular BuddyPress plugin. So far I have a concept in Photoshop and began the coding process into HTML5 and CSS.Here is a sneak peak at the new design concept. Can you tell I love using orange and blue?!

I have realized that for most updating social media accounts can be time consuming and often easily neglected. One way to avoid social media stagnation is to have it setup to update from multiple sources, so I have been trying a few new approaches. For instance, if you have a Facebook page for your business and blog [...]

Have you ever had a list of favorite locations in one central place? How about your favorite restaurants or bars? I have been developing a mobile framework that allows me to quickly create dynamic mobile applications using jQuery Mobile. So one of my test projects was a list of “my favorite restaurants” and I figure down the [...]

I’ve been dabbling a little with the Groupon API to display the latest Phoenix, AZ daily deals in a readable format for my smartphone. Thanks to jQuery Mobile I can quickly adopt HTML5 layouts to a complete touch interface that I know will render well across multiple devices. In doing this experiment I also realized how companies can add value [...]

We are just getting started with WordPress to setup this creative community and decided to go with BuddyPress. Everything will be changing as we go but we’d love to hear from you on any suggestions you may have along the way. The goal here is to allow creative professionals to show their profiles, connect with others and share [...]

We are just getting started with WordPress to setup this creative community and decided to go with BuddyPress. Everything will be changing as we go but we’d love to hear from you on any suggestions you may have along the way. The goal here is to allow creative professionals to show their profiles, connect with others and share [...]

Quick update: I have jQuery Mobile activated on my portfolio now with a custom theme that I have been working on based on the HTML5 boilerplate which loads up when a mobile device is detected. So far I have my custom portfolio logo displayed based on the screen orientation which uses css classes to change the image using [...]

I just posted a personal project of mine in my portfolio under ‘ iCreativePro‘ which describes how I built an application for managing customer and domain records. There is a lot of information to manage and I share some of my screenshots on how the interface and features are coming along.

Check it out here » [...]

I just finished updating my portfolio descriptions and screenshots which took longer than I expected. Soon I’d like to make a new home page for my portfolio where I can have full width slideshow examples of my best work with various links below it. I’m also considering taking better thumbnails where it’s more focused [...]