Absolute Marketing Group» Web Development http://www.absolutemg.com Growth through creative innovation. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:57:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Take Advantage of Responsive Web Design http://www.absolutemg.com/2011/12/take-advantage-of-responsive-web-design/?source=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.absolutemg.com/2011/12/take-advantage-of-responsive-web-design/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:54:30 +0000 Luke Petterson, Interactive Director http://www.absolutemg.com/?p=3020 If you haven’t heard about responsive web design, it’s time to start paying attention.

What is it?

Responsive web design is a method of developing a website that allows the site to detect what type of browser the visitor is using or what size browser window the visitor is using, and then:

Morph ... read more]]> http://www.absolutemg.com/2011/12/take-advantage-of-responsive-web-design/feed/ 0 Manually Install php on WampServer http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/08/manually-install-php-on-wampserver/?source=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/08/manually-install-php-on-wampserver/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:14:19 +0000 Becky Resler, Web Programmer http://www.absolutemg.com/?p=2251 In my last blog post, I said that I like having a development environment on my computer (running Windows 7). I use WampServer to do this. I especially like that WampServer allows you to have multiple versions of php (and MySQL and Apache) installed. You can switch between versions in ... read more]]> http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/08/manually-install-php-on-wampserver/feed/ 8 Making SQL Server 2008 and php Play Nice http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/08/making-sql-server-2008-and-php-play-nice/?source=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/08/making-sql-server-2008-and-php-play-nice/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:32:41 +0000 Becky Resler, Web Programmer http://www.absolutemg.com/?p=2233 I like having a local development environment when I’m working on new or existing projects. This means that if I blow something up, it’s just on my local machine and not on either the staging server or (God forbid) the live server. It’s an added level of sanity for ... read more]]> http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/08/making-sql-server-2008-and-php-play-nice/feed/ 4 Post Date Calendar Style for WordPress Thematic Child Theme http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/08/post-date-calendar-style-for-wordpress-thematic-child-theme/?source=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/08/post-date-calendar-style-for-wordpress-thematic-child-theme/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:32:45 +0000 Cas Johnson, Lead Web Developer http://www.absolutemg.com/?p=2191 Working with the Thematic framework for WordPress can be really fun, especially when you have the freedom to use filters on the meta information for posts to style your post date to look like a calendar.

What it looks like originally:

The original, unstyled post with the date and author showing ... read more]]> http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/08/post-date-calendar-style-for-wordpress-thematic-child-theme/feed/ 5 Coming to a Mac near you – Internet Explorer 9 http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/04/coming-to-a-mac-near-you-internet-explorer-9/?source=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/04/coming-to-a-mac-near-you-internet-explorer-9/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:17:46 +0000 Cas Johnson, Lead Web Developer http://www.absolutemg.com/?p=1789 Insiders within Microsoft reveal Internet Explorer 9 for Mac

The announcement of Internet Explorer 9 by Microsoft has many users excited about the newest IE experience, but since Microsoft discontinued support for Macintosh computers with version 5.5, Mac users have been left out in the cold. Until now.

An inside source at ... read more]]> http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/04/coming-to-a-mac-near-you-internet-explorer-9/feed/ 2 The Benefits of Professional Web Design & Development http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/03/the-benefits-of-professional-web-design-development/?source=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/03/the-benefits-of-professional-web-design-development/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:09:27 +0000 Luke Petterson, Interactive Director http://www.absolutemg.com/?p=1517 Businesses and organizations face many tough decisions on a daily basis. One of the most important decisions is choosing who will design and develop your website. Common web design/developer choices include:

A person within the company who dabbles in web design and believes they can build the web site. A ... read more]]> http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/03/the-benefits-of-professional-web-design-development/feed/ 0 Confessions of a Customer-Centered Convert http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/01/confessions-of-a-customer-centered-convert/?source=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/01/confessions-of-a-customer-centered-convert/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:07:45 +0000 Mark Huesman, Creative Director http://www.absolutemg.com/?p=1405 Hi, I’m Mark Huesman and I’ve let crappy web sites happen. I knew it was wrong when we were doing it, but it felt so good to get it done so fast. I’m not proud of it and I’m looking for redemption; redemption from my clients, redemption from their user ... read more]]> http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/01/confessions-of-a-customer-centered-convert/feed/ 0 Three Common Web Site Text Mistakes http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/01/three-common-web-site-text-mistakes/?source=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/01/three-common-web-site-text-mistakes/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:03:43 +0000 Cas Johnson, Lead Web Developer http://www.absolutemg.com/?p=1378 When your average Joe visits your store or your organization, you want their experience to be positively fabulous. If they come looking for the solution to a problem, you want to deliver with speed and efficiency so that they’ll have a good perception of you and your brand and will ... read more]]> http://www.absolutemg.com/2010/01/three-common-web-site-text-mistakes/feed/ 0 51 Essential WordPress Plugins (and bonus functions!) http://www.absolutemg.com/2009/12/51-essential-wordpress-plugins-and-bonus-functions/?source=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.absolutemg.com/2009/12/51-essential-wordpress-plugins-and-bonus-functions/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:57:10 +0000 Cas Johnson, Lead Web Developer http://www.absolutemg.com/?p=1268 After working with WordPress for several years and combing through countless “top 10″ WordPress plugin blog posts for plugins that A. Work well and B. Are updated regularly and don’t break with core upgrades (often), I’ve come up with my own cache of WordPress plugins I go back to on ... read more]]> http://www.absolutemg.com/2009/12/51-essential-wordpress-plugins-and-bonus-functions/feed/ 5 Should we do this? Part 3 http://www.absolutemg.com/2009/10/should-we-do-this-part-3/?source=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.absolutemg.com/2009/10/should-we-do-this-part-3/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:47:37 +0000 Cas Johnson, Lead Web Developer http://www.absolutemg.com/?p=1055 In Parts one and two of this series, I addressed some important questions about creating or updating your online marketing efforts. The last question you should ask yourself before implementing a new or improved feature of your online marketing or website strategy is “Is this feature or anything associated with ... read more]]> http://www.absolutemg.com/2009/10/should-we-do-this-part-3/feed/ 0