http://ribbonsofred.com/journal A blog of inspiration. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:28:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Gone are the days where Dreamweaver (or FrontPage) was required to keep a company website up-to-date. WordPress is all the rage these days and allows my clients, small- to medium-sized business owners, the ability to maintain their company website with ease. With over 3,000 WordPress plugins available, it can be overwhelming ... http://ribbonsofred.com/journal/essential-wordpress-plugins-for-small-to-medium-sized-business-websites/ This week, Ribbons of Red was featured on Smashing Magazine for releasing an iPhone Vector Pack Freebie. The vector pack comes with several buttons, six different iPhone interfaces, and three keyboards. You can download the iPhone Vector Set for free at Smashing Magazine. This is a great way to present ... http://ribbonsofred.com/journal/iphone-vector-freebie/ Earlier this week, I posted a review on the new project management system, FreelanceSuite. I purchased it for $69.00, after loving the demo, but since the purchase have been very dissatisfied with the lack of support and the product's bad functionality/usability. I requested a refund from FreelanceSuite, and it's very ... http://ribbonsofred.com/journal/freelancesuite-consumer-alert/ Choosing your first project management system can be a daunting task, at least it has been for me. There are just so many choices out there both free and paid. Lately, there has been a lot of buzz around FreelanceSuite. For those of you who do not know what FreelanceSuite is, ... http://ribbonsofred.com/journal/product-review-freelancesuite/ Successful web and graphic designers are constantly seeking inspiration for their projects and ideas. I admit, up until recently, I've been very bad about saving (and seriously organizing) websites, photos, graphic snippets, copy and other items I've found to be extremely inspiring. Thankfully, I gave Evernote a try and have ... http://ribbonsofred.com/journal/easy-free-ways-to-organize-your-design-inspiration/ Yesterday evening I was at Barnes & Noble with my fiance. We try to go there a couple of times a month and scope out the new design books and magazines. He brought to my attention Web Designer Magazine as it was all about WordPress. There is a section on page ... http://ribbonsofred.com/journal/ribbons-of-red-featured-in-web-designer-magazine/ I'll be the first to tell you, about 1,000 times, that I hate politics. I can't wait until the election–not because I'm dying to cast my vote, but because I want it to end. I'm sick of all the cheesy he-said-she-said TV commercials and advertisements at every turn of a ... http://ribbonsofred.com/journal/palin-as-president-the-website/ Today is a sad day. My ENTIRE website (html, css, graphics, design-down-to-the-last-detail) has been hijacked by an Indonesian company called Terminal Pulsa (http://www.tp-makassar.co.cc/home.htm). I found out about this hijack after sifting through my Google Analytic results. I saw that I've been getting about 28 hits a day from an Indonesian ... http://ribbonsofred.com/journal/reporting-and-preventing-website-hijacking/ I don't know about all of you, but when I was a kid, I lived off juice boxes. Caprisun, Kool-Aid, Juicy Juice... mmmm! I still love those drinks to this day! As we all know, all the cool kids are being "green" these days. There is even a television station devoted ... http://ribbonsofred.com/journal/terracycle-caprisunkool-aid-a-drink-pouch-pencil-case/ Lately, I have been getting more and more requests to do e-commerce websites. It seems that everyone is trying to sell products online these days. My weapon of choice is normally OpenCart, although it's a bit hard, well... confusing to skin. It has too many identical folders that all mean ... http://ribbonsofred.com/journal/beautiful-magento-shopping-carts/