I have been largely silent on my blog and social media outlets lately! The reason is simple: I've been busy! June was my heaviest teaching month so far, and I'm working on a couple of exciting projects too. That means that I've had to be as productive as I can be. I've turned to an …
Why You Need Information Architecture for Your Website
Information architecture is one of the most important things that you need for your website. But, what is it? Information architecture is basically a fancy word for how your website is structured ... where does each page lead to. It sounds simple, but it really is one of the most important parts of your website. …
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3 Places to Find Design Inspiration
Something that I occasionally struggle with, is finding inspiration for my design projects. As much as I wish that amazing ideas would just fall out of my head whenever I want them to, that just isn't reality. So, I like to go hunting for inspiration. I try to spend a little time everyday foraging for …
The Files to Expect From Your Designer
When you hire a designer to build you a logo, design your soon-to-be-bestselling book or design and code your website, it's hard to know what you'll end up with, in the tangible sense, at the end of your project. You're going to (hopefully) get a great design, but what will you actually, physically get? As …
Founders Collective
Two Saturdays ago, I had the pleasure of being invited to attend the first Founders Collective. The organizer, Meredith Powell, asked me to design a logo for the event in exchange for a ticket (the logo didn't end up getting used because there wasn't quite enough time to refine it). I really wasn't sure what …
The Easy Way to Backup Your WordPress Website
Something that I didn't realize until a few years ago is that your website, just like files on your computer, need to be backed up every once in a while. A website, including a WordPress website or blog, is basically a collection of files that sits on a server somewhere for everyone to access. Unfortunately, …
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food sourcing.
Huzzah! A blog post! I was not having a good week last week. I've been burning the candle at both ends and was feeling really, really run down. My sister, A, happened to call which was very exciting in and of itself, since she currently lives in Melbourne and the time difference makes it hard …
Brute Force Attacks on WordPress
Last week I was chatting with a colleague about all the news about brute force attacks against WordPress sites. If you haven't heard, some evil robots are out to get into WordPress websites. But fear not! The easiest way to protect yourself is to make sure that your username is not 'admin.' Unfortunately, admin is …
Book Review: Design Is A Job
This past weekend, I finally go around to reading a book that, if you are a designer of any kind, you should read right now: Design is a Job by Mike Monteiro for A Book Apart. This is basically a handbook for the business part of being a designer. It helps explain how and why …
Domains and Hosting: What They Are and How to Get Them
When you decide you want a website, one of the first things you'll think about is what you'd like the domain to be. Your domain is the address (or url) that your website can be found at. For example, the domain of this website is katemoore.ca. A domain is the unique address that your website …
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