Another addition is Poggioaz.com. It’s an Italian restaurant in Scottsdale, AZ and I used another premium theme for them. This time from themeforest.net. For a change, this one came with documentation. Sure, it was mostly wrong, but at least it gave me a place to start so I could get the site properly configured for the client. It’s also running on a GoDaddy server (not for my lack of trying to get them to move), so I had to do a few more tricks to improve the overall performance of the site. It’s not perfect, but I’m getting close.

Next up will be an update to dbmini.us before I go back and fine tune this layout.

Who’s next?

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A New Layout

This is one that I have been wanting to do for quite some time, but I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. After I moved to Arizona, I got the opportunity to redesign the website for work and decided that this would be quite a bit like that. You know me, like to work with known good.

Which is exactly what I did!

Take a few minutes to look around. Somethings are still a little wonky, but I’ll be getting those taken care of in short order. The short list includes cleaning up the CSS, making comments look better and returning the sidebar on the blog to it’s former, kick-ass, glory. I have also updated my Portfolio if you would like to get more information about the sites that I have done.

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Prompted mostly by new fascination with grid-based layouts, the new donburnside.com (that is already under development) will be using this. You might have seen a couple of other sites I’ve recently done using this, and I really like it.

I haven’t had the time to write of late. Which works out because I haven’t really had anything to write about. I haven’t done a video recently either but that’s more technical than anything else.

When I say I haven’t been writing, that’s not entirely true. I’ve been posting to the blog for work, I have a few posts over at dbmini that are pretty fresh plus some podcasts that are also of the newish variety. Just nothing for you guys here.

Working on changing that too. I. Have a plan.

So, the new site. I’m going to skip the rainbows and unicorn tears this time around and go more corporate I think. dark, muted colors, some flashy javascript and only the finest of my photos. I like to think I’m a pro, time to turn this site into exactly that. Stay tuned!

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Turns out, this was completely avoidable and has been corrected. You see, I never bothered to stop using the default ‘admin’ user. My password was brute forced and the main index.php file was over written, and my themes index.php file was blanked out. Good thing I had backups.

So, let this be a lesson to you. Don’t use WordPress with the admin username. While I’m a little late to this party, better late than never.

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That is for my new place of employment, Encore Creative. Site is powered by WordPress using a few plugins to manage things like the contact form and testimonials.

This site is unique for me on a few levels. First is that the layout was created using a pre-made grid. I must say that I really enjoy using that as a base for a new layout and plan on using it again in the future. Second, this site I built a few conditional pages as well as building out separate theme pages for each section of the site. It’s one of the largest themes I’ve built in terms of files, but it’s also one of the largest sites that I have ever managed, weighing in at over 70 pages plus a blog!

Revisions will be trimming down the number of files by recycling some code and making a little more compliant with IE7 and 8. It looks good, but not as good as it should. Finally, tweaks to the header and the blog for some good, old fashioned, calls to action.

The other new addition to the portfolio can be found at stellasingleton.com. Full WordPress powered site with a blog as you would expect. First time I have imported a TypePad blog into WordPress and the process was seamless.

With this site, I’m practicing running WordPress with as few plugins as possible. So far, it’s working quite well. Not for nothing, you should click over, visit her blog and follow along. She is working on doing a photo 365 and her pictures are amazing!

Comments are open. Feedback is always appreciated!

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Just taking advantage of the opportunities provided to me. If you are going to be in or around the Chandler area on Saturday, January 29th stop by, say hi, and ask a question about WordPress! Or check out any of the great sessions that are scheduled for the day. I think online ticket sales are sold out, but it’s worth checking (click the logo for details).

Who’s going?

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The Holiday Post

And, if it’s Christmas, then things around the donburnside.com family of sites start to slow down just a little bit. Those include

• donburnside.com
• dbmini.us
• windthefrog.net
• White Roof Radio

While the words aren’t flowing quite as much as they normally do, there is plenty going on behind the scenes. Watch for a brand new donburnside.com coming shortly after the New Year if not a little sooner. As tradition dictactes, those changes will filter down to dbmini.us and White Roof Radio shortly thereafter.

We are hoping to start taking on more projects in 2011. With the relocation to Arizona, there is an entire state that has yet to experience the raw, unadulterated awesome that is produced from donburnside.com, and we think it’s high time they do.

Over at White Roof Radio we will be covering events like it’s nobody’s business. Not to mention trying to get a few more dealer grand opening’s under our belts and a couple of other things that I can’t share at this time.

We aren’t ignoring the motoring blog either! Besides a new layout, there is an entire state left to explore, a new club to join and new dealers to continue to break-in. Plus the continuation of the OP/ED pieces that we love to write.

Finally, in the continuation of the transformation of Wind(the)frog(dot)net, you will begin to see more posts there that are more personal in nature. It will remain the one true blog under the roof with cool links from the internet, words and, of course, the w(t)f video hour which will become a bi-monthly affair.

We certainly hope that all y’all have a great Christmas and fantastic New Years! And thank you for sticking around, commenting, and overall just being the most awesome audience anyone could possibly want.

See you next year!

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Yet another WordPress site to add to my list of WordPress sites that I have built. This time, for the A MINI Vacation in Vegas group. It might look a little familiar since it’s based on the theme for the Sin City MINI Club site, but this one has a few extra features.

First up, it has full Twitter integration. I have also connected their Twitter to the corresponding Facebook. The contact forms on this site also have the ability to capture the form data to be used later for mailing items or extracting email addresses.

I’m going to be taking this on more as an ongoing project basis as well. I think that with a little more tweaking and a bit more promotion, the combination of WordPress, Twitter and Facebook will be a great tool for keeping the attendees up-to-date while the event is happening. Stay tuned for details.

And, if you are looking for some cool WordPress goodness, let me know. The Arizona offices are wide open and ready for business!

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I expect normal service to resume shortly.

Thank you for your patience.

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From August 6th through August 15th I will be away from my desk attending MINI Takes the States. If you would like to follow along, you can do exactly that at Whiteroofradio.com.

I expect normal service to resume on or about the 16th.

Nobody is in charge this time. Just don’t forget to close the fridge door. All of the cheese went bad last time and that stuff is expensive!

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