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Updating SEO Yoast through MainWP breaks permalinks

March 30, 2015

April 10 Update: MainWP Support found the issue. Apparently there was conflict between the way MainWP handles updates and the way WordPress SEO by Yoast updates when custom post types were involved. The latest version…

Goodbye This is a Generic Brand Video

March 24, 2015

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YBtspm8j8M] Up until about a week ago the home page of Spigot contained the video above as a background to our main marquee window. I’d gotten permission from Dissolve to put it there when…

Fight for Space

January 29, 2015

I’m very glad to have chosen design as a career path. But if I had to do it all over, I’d be an astronaut. I’d be Chris Hadfield. I grew up watching Shuttle launches in…

Get the URL of an image using Get The Image plugin

January 7, 2015

If you use Hybrid Core or any of the themes on Theme Hybrid, or use Get the Image as a standalone plugin, you’re probably familiar with how the function works, and thankful that Justin built…

Asana & Instagantt Fluid icons

January 7, 2015

I love Asana and Instagantt. Love them. I also love using them as standalone apps using Fluid. Here’s the application icons I use for both:

WordPress log in redirect loop

December 4, 2014

I recently ran into an issue with redirect loop when logging into a new WordPress site. Enter username & password, click login – get redirected back to log in page. First thing I did was…

Asana: Our Project Management System & CRM

November 25, 2014

Over the years I’ve used many project management systems to keep Spigot on track. From Basecamp to ActiveCollab to a long stint with Project Pier and a few others  I feel like I’ve tried them all.…

Our WordPress development process

November 18, 2014

After a recent launch a twitter follower asked how we manage development and I replied: He then asked for a writeup. So let’s talk about how we develop WordPress websites. These are the steps we…

Prevent Mission Control from rearranging desktop spaces

November 11, 2014

By default, OS X rearranges desktop spaces based on usage. If you’re like me and want to keep apps and desktops in nice tight order, here’s how to prevent that: Launch System Preferences Open Mission…