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Custom WordPress Plugins by the Riddle Brothers Now Available!

Aaron Riddle — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:30:00 +0000

In doing a lot of development for clients involving the highly-customizable system WordPress, we have created many custom plugins for clients. For those of you that may not know, plugins add extended functionality to WordPress allowing you to do almost anything with your blog or Web site.

There are plugins that allow you to display a custom event calendar on your Web site, manage your podcasts, create an administration area to manage memberships, manage payments for subscribing members and so much more.

We are proud to announce that we have added a page of WordPress Plugins to our Web site that will list our custom Plugins that are available for free! Please feel free to use them on your own Web sites and blogs.

Get the FREE Riddle Brothers WordPress Plugins:

Riddle Brothers WordPress Plugins

If you need any assistance installing a plugin, or would like us to customize it for you let us know!

Designing Your Web Site’s Contact Form – Creative Examples

Aaron Riddle — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:08:52 +0000

Web sites are created to promote a product, service or cause with the primary goal of having the visitor take action. That action is usually filling out a Web form to directly contact the company or individual that the Web site represents.

If you have a Web site, you will undoubtably need a contact form. This contact form should be creative, easy-to-use and quick to fill out. Inspect Element has put together a comprehensive list of clean and creative Web site contact forms to help inspire you when deciding what type of form you want to include on your Web site.

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Superb Examples of Form Design

Need help adding a contact form to your Web site? Contact us and we will be glad to help.

Features to Add to Your WordPress Blog Comment Section

Aaron Riddle — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:57:39 +0000

Every week we get many quote requests from clients looking to have a WordPress blog designed and developed. WordPress is one of our most recommended systems for managing a blog or Web site and we are always happy to help our our clients by adding additional functionality to their WordPress installation.

One of the many features that you can customize within WordPress is the comments area of your blog posts. From omitting posted Web links to automatically displaying Twitter avatars, there is much you can do to “hack” your blog’s comments section.

Smashing Magazine has a great post on 10 enhancements / ideas you can apply to your comments field.

Read the full article:

10 Handy WordPress Comments Hacks

If you are interested in requesting our services to help you tweak or develop your WordPress blog or Web site, please contact us today.

5 Tips to Consider When Re-Designing Your Web Site

Aaron Riddle — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:47:05 +0000

Re-designing your Web site can be a daunting task, but if you plan ahead and map out the purpose / vision of your site from the get-go, it can save a lot of confusion and heartburn. SitePoint has posted a brief but helpful article regarding the five points to keep in mind when re-doing your Web site:

Simplicity = Good.
Know your audience.
Who are you?
Get and stay usable.
Trendy is not necessarily good.

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Considering A Site Redesign? 5 Tips To Get You Focused

Your Web Site on a Mobile Device – Thoughts to Keep in Mind

Aaron Riddle — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:21:15 +0000

As more and more people make the jump and acquire cell phones, smart phones and iPhones for accessing the Web, it is important that your Web site meets the requirements of a mobile device. Visiting a Web site on a mobile phone is a “whole different ball game” than how you access a site on your desktop computer. Some points to consider are different browsing habits, optimized graphics, keeping your mobile site as simple as possible and much more.

Fuel Your Creativity has put together a fantastic list of 13 items to keep in mind when designing your Web site for a mobile device.

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13 Tips To Improve Your Site’s Accessibility From Mobile Devices

10 Tools to Help Improve Your Web Site’s Useability

Aaron Riddle — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:42:48 +0000

Today Webdesigner Depot published a blog entry regarding 10 suggested tools that can help you gauge and improve your Web site’s interface and ease-of-use. While some of them I would not recommend (soliciting your twitter followers for free feedback is equivalent of using the pay-to-use service Feedback Army), there are some great suggestions such as Five Second Test and the Google Web Site Optimizer.

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10 Tools to Improve Your Site’s Usability on a Low Budget