Posts by Bryan Hoffman
Disable Autocorrect in Mac OS
There are a ton of funny autocorrect stories out there and probably more than one website dedicated to the hilarity. We’ve all been frustrated at one point or another and I’m no exception. There is one particular task I need to perform on a daily basis that autocorrect interferes with about 900% of the time…
Read MoreFor the Open Web and Independent Publishing: A Month of Blogging
A post from John Gruber came across my RSS feed today about an online publisher shutting down because of Facebook’s new algorithm. Gruber links to an article from Business Insider that details the shuttering of LittleThings, a digital publisher that relied on Facebook for viewership and revenue. Both Gruber’s take and the article are worth…
Read MoreYou Don’t Need a Web Designer
If you are looking to have a website built I have good news for you: You don’t need to hire a web designer. These days there are tools and services available that make it easy for almost anyone to build their own website. No coding necessary. This is very very good news for so many…
Read MoreYelp is Not a Good Marketing Tool for Your Business
For years Yelp salespeople have called periodically to get Spigot on board with advertising through their platform. These people have all been brushed aside. We have never had a serious budget for advertising, and Yelp always seemed like the last place I’d want to spend ad dollars. Who searches Yelp for a web designer? Who…
Read MoreMulti-Radius Syntax for Sketch
Not every shape with a radius should be the same on all sides. Thankfully Sketch has this functionality built right in. Since I can never seem to remember the proper syntax for doing it, here it is for easy reference. Semicolons Semicolons! Not commas, slashes, or tilde’s yo! 0;0;8;8; Hope this helps you as much…
Read MoreNew Site Launch: Park City Fire District
When we migrated to Park City in 2007, we brought with us a fairly non-existent little design company called Spigot Design. We had a smattering of clients from our earlier locale, Minneapolis Minnesota, and not much else. I was determined to make the company work, without getting a ‘real’ job. Dumb, stubborn, or both https://web.archive.org/web/20080915070332/http://www.pcfd.org:80/…
Read MoreWordPress Show All Posts on a Custom Post Type Archive Page
WordPress archive pages show a limited number of items, controlled from the Settings > Reading > Blog pages show at most section. The default is 10, and it applies to all archives, including Custom Post Types. If you want to leave your posts page at 10 but show all of your portfolio pieces, what can…
Read MoreHow to Migrate from Yoast SEO to The SEO Framework
I’ve used Yoast SEO (formerly WordPress SEO) for nearly as many years as I’ve been building WordPress websites. In the past few years Yoast SEO has famously gotten bloated and filled with ads. While I don’t blame Yoast SEO for monetizing the plugin, it’s made me start looking elsewhere for similar SEO features. For the…
Read MoreSpecial Character Reference
The following reference table is from the Webmonkey Special Character reference page, a link that I’ve kept for at least a decade (http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/reference/special_characters/), (Note this link is also now broken) now owned and redirected to Wired. The link broke the other day and I commented about it on Twitter. They heard my cry and put…
Read MoreGoodnight Firebug
So many web technologies have come and gone over the years, and when their time is up, most go quietly. Last week Mozilla announced that Firebug has reached its end of life and will be retired as of their next Firefox release. While I haven’t used Firefox or Firebug in years, this is still a…
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