Design & Development Blog
Notes from the shop — process, tools, and the occasional opinion.
Apr 7
2018
2018
All My Instagrams Are MINE
There was a time in the early days of social media that I signed up for every service that came out. The username @spigot…
Apr 5
2018
2018
Didn’t Quite Make It But Still Committed
When I set out to write a blog post per day in the month of March I was fully committed. The goal was two-fold:…
Mar 3
2018
2018
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…
Feb 28
2018
2018
For 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…
Feb 26
2018
2018
You 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…
Feb 15
2018
2018
Yelp 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.…
Feb 12
2018
2018
Multi-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…
Jan 26
2018
2018
New 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…
Jan 24
2018
2018
WordPress 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…
Dec 22
2017
2017
How 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…