Disabling the Update Feature for WordPress Plugins
(Updated 5/11) Every now and then a WordPress plugin is close but not quite what you need. In the (usually not recommended) event that you have to hack a plugin’s logic, you’ll probably want to disable the update feature for that plugin so no one can upgrade and overwrite your changes. I take no credit… Read More »
2010 Recap, 2011 Goals
Perhaps a bit late, but in light of the great year that has just passed, we thought that a short recap and a quick run down of Nashville Interactive’s goals for 2011 is in order. First of all, thanks to all the great clients that helped Nashville Interactive have a great 2010. We had the… Read More »
Background Disappears In IE7-IE6
I was recently working on a project and the background was not showing up in IE7 (or IE6 but who cares about that browser?!?!). After much frustration, simply declaring the height on the element did the trick. (height: 100%; in this case). This appears to have also resolved an issue where the image-based backgrounds on… Read More »
Custom Permalink Structure for Custom Post Types In WordPress
I searched for hours to find a solution for this and finally stumbled upon this plugin. Custom Post Type Permalinks. This is a great plugin that allows you to add .html to custom post types in wordpress. You can actually create any permalink structure similar to the way permalinks are handled in WordPress by default.
The Trifecta Week: B-ball, Fashion and Gardening
This week marks the launch of three websites which Nashville Interactive has played an integral role in. We were lucky enough to be involved in the development of NBA star Rajon Rondo’s new website, as well as the design and development of TaiganFinds.com – a blog devoted to finding that great online boutique shopping deal… Read More »
Can We Thank Google for a Better Internet Explorer 9?
Microsoft needs to compete with modern browsers in order to get it’s web browser Bing traction in the valuable search market. Could this be the reason for IE9’s significant enhancements?
Teach Them Well – School Volunteers Website Launches
The children are our future. Teach them well and let them… benefit from your volunteer activities. Nashville Interactive recently designed and performed a large portion of the front-end build for the newly launched schoolvolunteers.org. The site is a tool used by volunteers and coordinators to log and track hours as well as for posting and… Read More »
One Crazy Summer (for website design)
The summer of 2010 will go down as one crazy summer of web design. Nashville Interactive has been very busy with some great projects that will hit the web design portfolio soon. Being busy with nice, air-conditioned office work during a very hot and humid Middle Tennessee summer isn’t a bad thing at all. Since… Read More »
DIDDYBLOG.com Website Design and Development
DIDDYBLOG.com is the online home for stories of inspiration, triumph and positivity sponsored by Mr. Sean “Puffy” Combs. A design was developed that allows the visual imagery and videos to tell the stories with little interference from unnecessary design elements. In order to keep the design clean, the site’s main navigation is located under a… Read More »
Golf Anyone? KennyPerry.com Launches
If you’re into professional golf, you’re no doubt aware of the excellent play (and demeanor) of Kenny Perry. Mr Perry is a 14-time winner on the PGA tour and a really down-to-earth guy. Nashville Interactive was recently contracted to perform the development of Kenny’s site, and we’re very proud to have been awarded this opportunity…. Read More »
WordPress Inserting p Tags Automatically
It can be somewhat annoying that WP automatically inserts <p> tags into your posts and pages via the WYSIWYG editor. In order to 86 this functionality you can just add remove_filter (‘the_content’, ‘wpautop’); to your functions.php file. You’ll now have to add paragraph tags manually but if you’re semi-savvy with basic html, that shouldn’t be… Read More »
Building an Online Presence – Part 2: Using Social Media
In the first post of this series – Building an Online Presence – Part 1: The Website – I discussed the importance of having a well designed and user-friendly website as the first step in creating a solid online presence. In this post, I’ll give you my thoughts on social media and how it can help… Read More »