Getting Started with Google Data Studio

Getting started with Google Data Studio is a breeze. You will need to have your google account login handy. Go to datastudio.google.com and login.  Make a copy of the “[Sample] Acme Marketing Website” template. Start by changing the data source. Slide the blue slider at the top right to edit mode. Select one or more …

What is Google Data Studio?

Earlier in the year google launched Google Analytics 360 Suite a data visualization and reporting platform for large enterprises. On May 25, 2016 Google dropped a free version of Data Studio for the rest of us! So what is this “data visualization suite and reporting platform?” Basically Data Studio is a Google Analytics custom dashboard report on …

Why can’t I boost my Facebook post?

We recently created the 25 second video below to promote our business online. We posted it on our Facebook Business Page: https://www.facebook.com/inforestcom/. We started getting traffic from the time we posted the video (356 views and 572 people reached) at the time we created this post. Not viral but not bad for a small web …

An Introduction Into Google Adwords

Google Adwords Google.com/adwords/ Adwords is Google’s advertising platform that allows business to advertise on google searches, YouTube videos., etc.. Basically where Google gets most of it’s billions from. Adwords allows you to advertise in any specified location either Princeton, NJ or Globally. Signing up for Google AdWords is free. You only pay when someone clicks …

WordPress Select Template in Custom Post Type

I had what seems to be a common problem applying a custom template to a custom post type in WordPress. First, I up the post type with custom fields using Custom Field Suite and Custom Post Type UI.  I initially had the a custom template set up and working properly, pulling in the corresponding custom fields that …

Inforest Launches EASCO Shower Website Redesign

On April 27, 2015 we launched the newly redesigned website for EASCO Shower Doors (easco-shower.com).  The site is built on the Drupal 7 content management framework (drupal.org). We reworked the design to put more emphasis on their products. The many pages were structured in a 50/50 layout to showcase the vertically oriented shower doors. We used a …

Creating a Custom Template in a Drupal 7 Theme using Devel

Templates are one cool way of manipulating content in Drupal 7 as they allow you to alter or add additional HTML markup to your pages.  In this post we will be creating a template for a specific content type. In this example, it will be a new content type for products: Add a Content Type Go …

Best practices for mobile friendly Web design

This post is meant to be as a guide to help designers design for mobile friendly sites. This is a general overview of some tips for resolution sizes, fonts, and navigation design and structure current in web design today. For example: With responsive design, it is important to keep in mind that the content will shift and …