What Happened To Artist and Musician Brands?
A quick disclaimer that this is basically a just a rant by the slowly aging designer in me. I can already hear myself saying, “back in my day…”. With that being said, when I think of artist or musician brands, logos, etc., I automatically think back to Aerosmith, Van Halen, Run DMC, Misfits, Wu-Tang, The… Read More »
Website Design Companies and Using Self-Hosted Open-Source Solutions
One thing that I strive for is transparency in the website design process. Open-source content management systems and working closely with clients are a couple of ways that Nashville Interactive achieves this transparency in website design. Clients love it. I love it. Everyone’s happier in the end. It’s a win-win. Just to clear things up,… Read More »
12th & Porter’s Music City Breakthrough Contest
Nashville Interactive is proud to be a part of 12th & Porter’s Music City Breakthrough contest to help new artist development. The winner will receive a great prize package including recording time at Blackbird Studio, prime placement on MTV/CMT artists homepage, record pressing, merch package, video recording, live recording at 12th & Porter, Photo shoot,… Read More »
Freelance Designer/Developer or Agency?
A while back, I posted about The Advantages of Small Web Design Shops vs Agencies and thought it was time for a refresher on the topic. Being the former, I’m definitely biased, though I’m realistic about the limitations and advantages of both scenarios. Having worked at and done contract work for advertising, marketing and web… Read More »
WordPress Built in WP-Cron Can Cripple Your Website Performance
WordPress is great and I sing its praises all day long but that being said, it needs some help right out of the box in order to perform to its full potential. One big culprit of a slow WordPress site can be the built-in WP Cron (wp-cron.php file). WordPress cron can run a lot and… Read More »
Sharing Widgets and Content Between WordPress Multisite Blogs
WordPress Multisite is great but sharing content between blogs is a bit of a pain. Right now the only solid option is the good old switch_to_blog() function. Research tells us that this is a memory-hungry function that isn’t suitable for larger, high-traffic sites and some say not suitable for the font-end at all. That being… Read More »
A Nashville Interactive Take on Restaurant Website Design
A restaurant website isn’t an overly complicated undertaking but as with all projects it should be taken seriously and focus on usability, quick access to key info like phone, directions and menus and should also build the brand. Usability When a project also allows for a mobile version of the restaurant’s website, we’re all for… Read More »
World Travelers Tell Their Stories Via a New Blog Design for Belmont University
Nashville Interactive just launched a fresh website design for Belmont University’s Lumos Travel Awards Blogs. The Lumos Travel Awards allow students to travel the world and engage in a wide array of projects to better communities abroad. The blog design project itself entailed custom design and WordPress development to allow dozens of users to tell… Read More »
Mobile App Development vs A Dedicated Mobile Website Design
The Question Clients are frequently asking the question, “Should we look in to developing a mobile app or create a mobile version of our website?” That’s a tough question and with more and more users relying on mobile devices and tablets to access the web, it’s a very important question. The answer will differ depending… Read More »
Hot Restaurant, Cool Venue. Nashville Interactive Launches Websites for 12th & Porter and Music City Pizza
The Nashville scene features awesome music and excellent food. Combine the two and you get 12th & Porter and Music City Pizza. Some of the best music in Nashville can be found at 12th & Porter and the newest addition to the extensive Nashville food scene is Music City Pizza, opened by the folks at… Read More »
Mac Mail Running Very Slow?
If you’ve been using Apple or Mac mail for years like I have you’ve probably had the same frustration that comes with a ridiculous load time for the app itself. It sometimes took 5 minutes to start up before I could actually read mail. I had archived old messages and deleted everything I could but… Read More »
Belmont University Athletics Media Guide Launches
We love Belmont University as a client. The work that comes out of these projects is always portfolio quality and fun to work on. The Belmont Athletics Department was looking to create a magazine-style flipbook for their media guide. The solution was a javascript page turn script that includes video and is mobile friendly. Some… Read More »