The answer to your lightbox gallery problems is here.

Last night, I was pressed for time developing a WordPress site for my friend who happens to be an upcoming hip hop artist out of Atlanta, Georgia. Before we get started you can check out the new gallery to see how it functions. (Mr. Floyd County Photo Gallery) The launch is on October 23rd and everything was ready to drop on iTunes. The website had been neglected all summer with both of us being busy and we had to throw everything together quickly. After all, what artist doesn’t have a website up and running at all times if you are anywhere near the mainstream? (hrrm…http://www.kidcudi.com…seriously. I’m getting big timed hardcore on Twitter.) Anyway, I ran into some major issues when implementing a lightbox gallery in the WordPress. more…

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I was digging around on Twitter and found a link to this video about the Social Media Revolution. I’m not sure how accurate the statistics are but they seem reasonable to me.

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As many readers have probably figured out I use Wordpress to power my website.  The great thing about WordPress is the amount of plugins available through the extension on WordPress.com. While plugins are fantastic for adding more features and functionality to your blog site they can also have a negative side effect if you pile up to many. The list of plugins I’ve put together below are good to use for just about anyone looking to improve their WordPress blog site. Of course, there are many more plugins available but these will get you off to a solid start. more…

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So, you’ve finally decided to launch your very own design blog? If you aren’t experienced in social bookmarking and actively following design news you may find yourself struggling. The most important thing I’ve learned is to post design related material which is informative and interesting to the people visiting your blog. If you cannot generate a few hundred unique visitors after submiting an article or two to just a few of these sites then I would suggest your change your game plan. The key is to provide timeless resources to your viewers. My first week I was only generating around 10 unique visitors a day to my design blog. After submiting to sites like stumble, digg, linkdin (joined an AIGA network), and reddit I noticed I was getting hundreds every hour. more…

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If you are thinking about blogging you don’t want to overlook this video. I know it’s in depth but it covers just about everything you are thinking at the time you make that first article post. Get quality traffic on your blog site.

Tim Ferriss of 4 Hour Work Week talking about his blog experiences.

Learn the tricks of the trade from an experienced blogger. Tim Ferriss (writer at www.fourhourworkweek.com) gives a great presentation on blogging traffic in 2009 during an opening keynote at the last  San Francisco WordCamp, titled “How to Blog without Killing Yourself”. I know its long but if you have time and are serious about increasing your blog quality as well traffic its a great shortcut to avoid your own pitfalls while learning the blog game.

In the above video presention, the following topics are covered…

Enjoy the tips!

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