Posts by Bryan Hoffman
Rebuilding Spigot (again)
For the last year and a half Spigot has been building client sites exclusively on WordPress, which has proved to be an ideal choice both for us and our clients. It’s powerful, flexible, and best of all, very easy for clients to use.
Read MorePark City Over the Air TV Reception
Our family has never been much for watching TV – we’ve seemed to get by ok with watching movies on a laptop, and now that Netflix streams directly, well… But I am a fan of the NFL so it was time to get this TV thing figured out. Note: This post definitely breaks the 300 word…
Read MoreWhy we use WordPress
Not much has been written on this site about WordPress, but over the last few years we’ve pretty much become a WordPress only shop – with 90-95% of our projects built on the platform. Here’s why. Every site we’ve created in the last few years has been developed within a Content Management System (CMS). This…
Read MoreHost Your Own Email with Google
If you happen to host a website with Spigot’s hosting company Cinch, you’ll know that we also provide email hosting with your account that is connected to your domain (e.g. [email protected]). It’s a decent service, but very basic. And I mean very basic. Here’s the account specs: We limit each hosting client to 5 email…
Read MoreWhen to hire a web designer
A recent Boagworld podcast (article here) argues that the best time to hire a web designer is now, even if you’re not currently planning on redesigning your website.
Read MoreUse a CRM to Get More Business
As a client-based small business it’s very important to keep track of clients and prospective clients and the communication between them. Emails, phone calls, in-person meetings, tasks, follow ups, introductions, handshakes, and games of charades – losing track can mean losing business. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) apps are designed to help wrangle all this information…
Read MoreFontsquirrel.com saves @font-face
Note: This post is a continutation of Sorry Typekit, you’re unusable (for now). With the launch of the new spigotdesign.com site I was very excited about the possibilities of using @font-face to spice up the typography on the site. Typekit was to be my weapon of choice here but it turns out that it’s still…
Read MoreWebkit { background: transparent;} bug
I’m a Huuuuge fan of the Webkit Open Source Project. It’s the engine behind Safari, Apple’s browser for both OS X and Windows. If you haven’t used it, give it a try. It’s my most favoritist browser. I prefer it’s Web Inspector over Firefox‘s Firebug plugin. Webkit is the experimental version of Safari and you…
Read MorePCFD Site Update
This week we launched a new version of the Park City Fire District site. The design remained the same (for the most part), while the back end was completely rebuilt on WordPress. View the site Here’s a list of the site enhancements: Site-wide Google Translation Site-wide Search function Breadcrumb Navigation Improved News layout Improved Archives…
Read MoreSorry Typekit, you’re unusable (for now)
With the launch of the new site I decided to try once again to give @font-face another try. I’ve been disappointed in the past with how most browsers render embedded fonts, including Firefox on both the Mac and PC. So when the Great and the Good in the web community began touting typekit as the…
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