Author Archives: Morgan
New website launched: Fremont.com
I am very excited to announce the launch of a major website redesign: Fremont, the Center of the Universe. Fremont is a quirky little neighborhood next door to us. The site is maintained by the Fremont Chamber of Commerce, with … Continue reading
A fully responsive site
Responsive is the big buzzword in web design these days – now that people view websites on so many different sizes of devices, web designs have to be able to respond accordingly and render gracefully in lots of different configurations. … Continue reading
Shane White website: challenging and fun
This week I finished a website that I have been working on for over 2 months. It was a surprisingly challenging website, but I had lots of fun coding it. The site is for Shane White, a comic artist here … Continue reading
Writing WordPress themes for usability
One of the biggest reasons I create almost all of my websites in WordPress is that it’s user interface makes it very easy for my clients to update and maintain their sites on their own, without having to rely on … Continue reading
Why I like coding for graphic designers
I collaborate with several graphic designers – most frequently Danny McEnerney of workin’ man creative and George Guy of Warp Graphics – to turn their graphic designs into WordPress websites. They send me Photoshop files of their designs, and I … Continue reading
Different layouts on different pages in ComicPress
I’m currently writing a theme for a website using ComicPress, a WordPress plugin/theme designed for publishing comics. ComicPress is powerful, complex, and impressive. It makes life a lot easier for writers and readers of webcomics. I’ve been poking through the … Continue reading
Alchemy: What Medieval Geeks did
I recently ran across a Margaret Atwood quote that epitomizes why we chose to name our company “Alchemy Computer Solutions.” Several months ago, one of my favorite bloggers, Geoffrey Chaucer (or at least a hilariously temporally vague manifestation of him) … Continue reading
Why graphic designers don’t need to code
There is a lot of debate in the web design world over whether graphic designers should learn how to code. The general consensus seems to be that graphic designers should be able to code: that is, they should know HTML/CSS/WordPress/PHP … Continue reading
What to look for in a good WordPress plugin: user-friendly documentation!
One of the things I love about WordPress is the multitude of plugins that are available: every time I think of something I wish WordPress would do, I can usually find a plugin that already does it. There are an … Continue reading
June Fremont Geek Meetup!
Fremont Geek Meetup! In conjunction with the Fremont Chamber of Commerce and Nautilusnet, we are delighted to host another Fremont Geek meetup. Techies of all types are welcome to get together to network, meet like-minded geeks, and hang out. James … Continue reading