Whitten Design

Ban SocialCam App on Facebook

WD — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:21:44 +0000

Please can we just get rid of Facebook app SocalCam. I ready don’t care to know about the sleazy videos you’re watching. Read review here.

Renton’s River Adventures Homepage/SEO/Gallery

WD — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:04:55 +0000

The Renton’s wanted a updated homepage design to complement the existing clean, formal design; a design that integrated the exceptional SEO work preformed by Steve Beyerlin of Internet Marketing Service. Copy was added to the homepage and Meta tags were added along with modifications to internal pages using the WordPress All in One SEO Pack plugin. In addition, some pages were renamed for better SEO results and the menus were expanded for a better user experience.

Finally, a new photo and video gallery was also added using the WordPress plugins NextGEN Gallery and TubePress (videos on the way).

Visit our portfolio to see more. Visit the website here.

Skype, do you really need all these permissions?

WD — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:23:24 +0000

It’s really doubtful that Skype’s Facebook app need all these permissions to function. Is Skype going to far, what do you think?

Access my basic information

Includes name, profile picture, gender, networks, user ID, list of friends, and any other information I’ve made public

Access my profile information

About Me, Birthday, Hometown, Current City, Website and Facebook Status

Access my photos

Access my videos

Access information people share with me

Birthdays, Hometowns, Current Cities, Websites, Photos, Videos, ‘About Me’ Details and Facebook Statuses

Send me email

Skype may email me directly at darius_whitten@hotmail.com ·

Post to Facebook as me

Skype may post status messages, notes, photos, and videos on my behalf.

Access posts in my News Feed

Access my data any time

Skype may access my data when I’m not using the application.

Access Facebook Chat

Check-ins

Skype may read my check-ins and friends’ check-ins.

Parallels Desktop for Mac Installed

WD — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:40:55 +0000

A much better solution than Boot Camp. With Parallels Desktop for Mac 7 I can now open Windows 7 in a separate window — really speeds-up WordPress development and testing. Looks like an upgrade to MAMP Pro is next.

Renton’s River Adventures Website

WD — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:49:16 +0000

In addition, to fly-fishing camps for both Wild Rainbow Trout and Summer Steelhead Renton’s River Adventures offers guided steelhead fly-fishing trips on the Deschutes River, North Umpqua River and complete expeditions to Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island.

The Renton’s wanted a clean, formal, design to contrast their rugged earthy branding—evident in their new logo. We designed and development a custom WordPress theme to do just that. To enhance accessibility and new market penetration a custom media port that resizes for tablet and smartphone viewing was developed using advance web technology including HTML5 and CSS3.

Other features include: WordPress plugins that allow for instantaneous Google analytics reporting, SEO input and automatic status postings to their Facebook page.

Visit our portfolio to see more.

COCC Pathways Campaign

WD — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:13:20 +0000

Central Oregon Community College (COCC) wanted a direct mail campaign to highlight four core programs. The programs were directed toward new students so the self-mailers included an info graphic detailing the possible program paths and a mini video CD. The info graphic was designed to be repurposed for COCC’s web site.

Campaign mailers include:

The campaign received a Silver Medallion of Achievement from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations.

They built this town: Stop SOPA and PIPA

WD — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:07:17 +0000

Today, a group of 83 prominent Internet inventors and engineers sent an open letter to members of the United States Congress, stating their opposition to the SOPA and PIPA Internet blacklist bills that are under consideration in the House and … Continue reading →

White House concerned over online piracy bills

WD — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:27:21 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration raised concerns Saturday about efforts in Congressthat it said would undermine “the dynamic, innovative global Internet,” urging lawmakers to approve measures this year that balance the need to fight piracy and counterfeiting against an open Internet.

White House officials said in a blog post that it would not support pending legislation that “reducesfreedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk” or undermines the global Internet, cautioning the measure could discourage innovation and startup businesses. More…

Please sign this petition to stop a bill that’s so crazy that it could shut down Twitter and Youtube! Go Here… fightforthefuture.org

Social Media Programing Makes it Hassle-free, Costs-free

WD — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:29:08 +0000

This programing makes social media transparent, automatic and makes WordPress a central gateway to the maintenance of a hassle-free, costs-free social media marketing program.

See the whole story in our new Portfolio posting.

Templates for Simple Portfolio

WD — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:54:10 +0000

If you want to add category and client templates to the WordPress plugin Simple Portfolio (by Patrick Brouwer) make sure you use the custom Taxonomies created by the plugin.

To find the two taxonomies that you’ll need go to the plugin’s folder and open simple-portfolio.php and search for “taxonomy”. You’ll fine the two that you’ll need:

portfolio-clients
portfolio-categories

In order to get my new template files to work in my theme I named my files this:

taxonomy-portfolio-categories.php
taxonomy-portfolio-clients.php

Hope this helps.