Earlier this week I launched my new website! I had a bit of time this summer to redo it and I'm so glad that I did. It's now fully responsive and has lots more information about my services and process. It also displays more of my recent work! With the new site, I'm also committing …
Tweetables in Your Blog Posts
I was recently working with a client who asked me how to create "tweetables" for her blog posts and I realized that she might not be the only one wondering about that. A "tweetable" is a link, that when clicked on by your readers, allows them to tweet a phrase of your choosing. Obviously, this …
Our Crossword Puzzle Wedding Invitations
About two months ago, I got married to my long-time boyfriend, Nick Hermes. We'd been dating for five years when we got hitched and had been friends for ten years before that. When it came to designing our wedding invitations, I had A LOT of history to draw from. I hemmed and hawed until one …
The Designer/Developer Relationship
Last week, I gave my first "real" talk at WordPress Meetup. I gave a short talk in December, but this time I gave a longer, 25 minute talk about the relationship between developers and designers. When I first started developing websites, I thought that I would have an easier time working with designers because I …
Women Talking WordPress
There has been a lot of talk and debate lately in the WordPress community about the treatment of women and women's involvement in the community. Though debating is great, I think it's important to try to improve things. One of the main reasons that women sometimes feel marginalized in any community it that there is …
The Best Things I’ve Learned After One Year of Business
This post is a little bit late. Technically my one-year anniversary in business was on October 15th, or the Monday after I finished the Technical Web Design program at BCIT. If you look at my paperwork, you could also say that my one-year anniversary was on November 8th. Regardless, I think I blog post is …
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Process: How to Start a Website Build
One of the things that always used to intimidate me when starting a website build was just plain where to start! I am nearing the end of the website build that I've dubbed the behemoth (can't wait to share!) because it will be my masterpiece this year ... it's a doozy! But while that one …
3 Awesome Things I Learned at WordCamp
This past Saturday marked my second foray into Vancouver's WordCamp. Last year's WordCamp was pretty awesome, but I remember sitting there, the day after I graduated from BCIT feeling like I didn't understand most of the things that were coming out of the presenters' mouths. While there was certainly A LOT that was over my …
What is a Custom WordPress Theme?
Lately, I've been getting the same questions from potential clients: Don't you just add a theme to WordPress and then you're done? What's a custom WordPress theme? So, the obvious thing to do, was to write a blog post about it! It is true that you can just add a theme to a WordPress site …
Using Pinterest to Communicate Your Vision to Your Web Designer
I've mentioned before that Pinterest is a great place to get inspiration as a designer but it's uses go far beyond organizing those pairs of cowboy boots you're lusting after. (You can take the girl out of Alberta but you can't take Alberta out of the girl.) When you're starting to think about your new …
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Kate Moore Hermes 