Why the Fediverse is Primed to be the Next Big Thing on the Web
If you're old enough to remember the early-ish days of the internet, you…
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So I Gave Accessibe a Try…
It's time to talk a bit about accessibility on the web. It's been…
Organic SEO is a Long Game
Spigot has been designing websites in Park City since 2007, and for most…
The Importance of Web Content Management for Businesses
Whether you run a small business, non-profit organization or e-commerce business, website content…
How to Write Your Website Copy: Hire a Copywriter
There is one huge roadblock we see time and time again in web…
An Inside Look at Spigot Design
Michele Roepke wrote an article about Spigot Design for the TownLift highlighting some…
WordPress Database Cleanup
Maintaining spigotdesign.com is a passion of mine. It's my site after all. So…
Quick and Easy Dark Mode with Sass
I haven't spent a ton of time thinking about dark mode updates to…
Goodbye Sweet Tweets
I've been using Twitter since 2008, and for reasons I'll explain, I've been…
Gutenberg: Getting a little higher on the bandwagon?
I recently published an article on our dev process, which relies heavily on…
Our Current WordPress Development Process: Mixing Gutenberg and Beaver Builder
Having built WordPress powered websites for as long as I have, there's one…
Website Design and Digital Marketing for Nonprofits: A Case Study (Part I)
At Spigot Design, we take pride in our work with local nonprofits. From…
Embracing WordPress Page Builders
I've been building websites for quite a long time now. I wasn't there…
When to Choose Squarespace Over WordPress
If our recent post detailing the reasons businesses should choose WordPress over Squarespace…
Smooth Scroll Offset Anchor Links with CSS
Don't you hate it when you create an anchor link and it gets…
10 Reasons Businesses Should Choose WordPress Over Squarespace
This post is to help persuade you to choose WordPress as the web…
Getting Apple Maps to Open on a Website Link
Google Maps is pretty good. It's been around for a long time and…
Turn Off Photoshop’s New Default Proportional Transform
Update: Photoshop 2020 now has a setting to use the 'legacy' transform behavior.…
How to Design, Build & Maintain a Successful Ecommerce Business
Between Spigot and Cinch (our WordPress Support company), we've built and support quite a…
Solved: Typinator Not Working in MacOS Mojave
I've been using Typinator for years now to expand content with a few…
Solved: Local by Flywheel Stuck on Provisioning (Installing WordPress)
I've had a long history of wrestling with local development environments. While I…
Bear Notes Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
Here's a quick list of Mac keyboard shortcuts for Bear Notes App Editor…
All My Instagrams Are MINE
There was a time in the early days of social media that I…
Didn’t Quite Make It But Still Committed
When I set out to write a blog post per day in the…
Disable Autocorrect in Mac OS
There are a ton of funny autocorrect stories out there and probably more…
For the Open Web and Independent Publishing: A Month of Blogging
A post from John Gruber came across my RSS feed today about an…
You Don’t Need a Web Designer
If you are looking to have a website built I have good news…
Yelp is Not a Good Marketing Tool for Your Business
For years Yelp salespeople have called periodically to get Spigot on board with…
Multi-Radius Syntax for Sketch
Not every shape with a radius should be the same on all sides.…
New Site Launch: Park City Fire District
When we migrated to Park City in 2007, we brought with us a…
WordPress Show All Posts on a Custom Post Type Archive Page
WordPress archive pages show a limited number of items, controlled from the Settings…
How to Migrate from Yoast SEO to The SEO Framework
I've used Yoast SEO (formerly WordPress SEO) for nearly as many years as…
Special Character Reference
The following reference table is from the Webmonkey Special Character reference page, a…
Goodnight Firebug
So many web technologies have come and gone over the years, and when…
Transmit 5 Empty Directory When Using Transfer and Skip
10.31.17 Update: Good news! Update to Transmit 5.0.5 fixes this issue! I really…
Drift Chat
We've used Drift chat on our sister site Cinch for over a year…
Transmit 5 Missing Skip Feature Workaround
Transmit 5 was released back in mid July. I picked it up right…
Spigot JSON Feed
TLDR; Spigot has a new JSON feed for posts, and you can find…
Adobe Illustrator Turns 30
Like many of my peers, I've had a love/hate relationship with Adobe in…
Postbox Tip: Change Message Selected After Delete
When you delete an email in Postbox, by default the next message is…