by Randa Clay | Oct 17, 2008 | Blogging, Tips & Tools
One of the reasons I love WordPress is the plethora of amazing plugins available. Here are 5 plugins that I recommend for getting a professional look to your site: Featured Content Gallery This plugin is amazing. It’s so easy to implement and really makes a big...
by Randa Clay | Aug 15, 2008 | Design, Tips & Tools
As I’m always interested in other designers’ process, I thought I’d share mine along with some of the tools that I used for the recent redesign of my site. Concept As I begin the design process, I look through my inspiration folder in my bookmarks,...
by Randa Clay | Jun 23, 2008 | Tips & Tools
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. ItÂ’s what you do for others. ~Danny Thomas In developing custom themes for WordPress, which is comprises the bulk of my work these days, I regularly run into issues, questions about how...
by Randa Clay | May 29, 2008 | Design, Tips & Tools
I’ve designed quite a few blogs over the last year or so, and I recently worked with a client who I thought did an extremely thorough job of planning for her new site, Remarkable Parents. The process she went through provides a good case study to look at, as the...
by Randa Clay | Feb 1, 2008 | Tips & Tools
As I look back over the last year and the growth of my design business and this site, I can point to one thing that made the most impact: participation in forums. I am not a big time forum participant. In fact, I’ve only regularly participated in two forums, but...
by Randa Clay | Jan 7, 2008 | Tips & Tools
I spent a long time in a fairly high-pressure corporate environment, dealing with some high-profile clients doing database, analysis and production work that was complex and fraught with opportunities for mistakes. I made a lot of mistakes- especially in the first...