Non-Standard Bootstrap Headers
When we were asked to do a re-design for the The Concord Advisory Group Ltd. we used the Bootstrap toolkit, which provides a framework of pre-made components for building websites and Web User Interfaces. We like Bootstrap because it is responsive, mobile-friendly, … Continued
Rethinking the Mobile Experience
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Now that mobile is so necessary, companies are switching over to responsive design. That’s great, but is it enough? The first thing to consider is “what makes a good mobile experience?” Here are my thoughts: Good site performance is essential because although … Continued
Google Data Studio Comparison Colors Wrong
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We have been working with Google Data Studio ( https://datastudio.google.com ) especially since it is now offered fully to the public without limits. It is an amazing tool to give an elegant, customizible display to your Analytics or Adwords data … Continued
What is Atomic Design?
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Originally termed and explained in a book by Brad Frost, Atomic Design is a process of designing using smaller pieces called “Atoms”. Then taking those building blocks and creating, “Molecules,” “Organisms,” “Templates” and “Pages” which are ever increasingly larger collages of their … Continued
Intro to AMP – Accelerated Mobile Pages
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We have been recently researching different ways to help increase site speed and performance, especially on mobile devices. It seems in some ways the web is going back to when I first started web design in the early 2000’s. We … Continued
Facebook Live for Small Business
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Facebook Live and other streaming video services are great ways for small businesses to market and promote their goods and services. Some of the benefits of marketing using Facebook live include; it’s is easy to setup on a large and … Continued
I upgraded to Mac OS X El Capitan and My iPhoto and iMovie stopped working
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I, like many people, upgraded to El Capitan and it was great and pretty seamless experience… with the exception of one update. I was not able to upgrade my iPhoto application which subsequently made it difficult to use photos in … Continued
Using Rules and Views Bulk Operations to automate Drupal 7
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This post is primarily focused on how to use the Rules module to automate actions on your Drupal site. It discusses the differences between a Rule and Rule Component; how to use Rules to identify, evaluate and modify associated fields … Continued
More on modifying entity access queries in Drupal Commerce
This is a short follow up to a previous post that covered how to alter access restriction queries for Drupal Commerce entities. This includes situations where you want to show information in a View but need to provide an alternate logic … Continued
Modifying Commerce Line Item Access control in Drupal Commerce 7
Drupal Commerce provides a number of “entities” that serve as content containers for the various elements of an e-commerce order. These entities include products, customer profiles (addresses), and orders. In addition, Drupal Commerce uses a “line item” entity to specify … Continued