Insights by Justin Downey

May 2016

WordPress v4.5.2

WordPress v4.5.2 was just released and includes some great new and updated features. Here’s a little background on this latest release of the WordPress core. About WordPress v4.5 Here’s a little video by the WordPress team, if you’re into that sort of thing. As with all major WordPress updates, there are numerous bug fixes and …

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April 2016

Lessons on UI Design from the Failures of Windows 8

You can learn about User Interface (UI) design, particularly for web applications, looking at the design failures of desktop and mobile operating systems–chiefly, the resounding failure of Windows 8.

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March 2016

Introducing Bootplate

We’re proud to announce the release of a super fast, mobile-first, Bootstrap v4 theme framework we’ve designed for building awesome and responsive WordPress websites. We think of it more as a theme framework than a lowly starter theme, but read on and decide for yourself. Preview Bootplate We combined a working theme preview with a …

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February 2016

JDM Custom CTA Plugin

There are many cases when theme developers may want the ability to add a call-to-action (or CTA) button to their theme that’s easily editable from the WordPress backend. Originally created for a client, this reusable plugin does just that. LATEST VERSION: Download the latest version GitHub. The plugin does NOT enqueue any resources or make …

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February 2016

5 Web Design Myths

Everybody’s a web designer these days. Darn few spend the time it takes to really understand the subtleties of web design and, instead, rely on commonly-held beliefs. Unfortunately, many of these beliefs are just plain wrong. Let’s look at just 5 of our favorite website design myths. A quick Google search for “Web Design Myths” …

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December 2015

JDM Frontend Admin Buttons

The WordPress admin bar gets in the way of basic frontend management of your WordPress site–especially if you have a fixed main navigation. JDM Frontend Admin Buttons (or “JDM FAB,” for short) is a simple and VERY light-weight WordPress plugin. The plugin removes the default WordPress admin bar and adds floating buttons that are …

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September 2015

Map Domains to Single WordPress Site

We had a client recently needing their separate, single-install of WordPress to have two domains mapped to it. After more Googling than we care to admit, we discovered the following relatively simple solution. First off, if you’re using WordPress Multisite, you don’t need to bother with this idea. This is simply for single-site installs of …

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June 2015

WordPress Easy Link to PDF

Linking to pages or posts in WordPress is easy but, linking to an uploaded PDF is cumbersome. Here’s a little script that allows you to link to uploaded PDFs (or other media) in the exact same way you would “link to existing content.” The “traditional” route for linking to an uploaded PDF is confusing, especially …

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April 2015

Don’t Sweat the Domain Name

The days of keyword-stuffed domain names like “DallasSEOAgency.com” are coming to an end. Just last week, Google announced another update to their mobile search engine results page — no more domain names. On the heals of their last mobile SERP update, the “Mobile-Friendly” label, adding structured data names rather than using the URL structure is …

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April 2015

Disable WordPress Emojis

Frustrating as it may seem to most businesses, WordPress 4.2 came with an Emoji feature that allowed you to use the new Emojis in WordPress. Here’s how to disable the silly code it adds to your website’s <head> without using a plugin. So you’ve upgraded to the latest version of WordPress only to find some …

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March 2015

It’s been years. Time to Breakup with IE8.

Ending a long-term relationship can be hard, especially when there’s history. In the case of Internet Explorer 8, however, it’s more like Stockholm Syndrome, and we need to snap out of it.

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March 2015

10 Responsive Web Design Do’s and Don’ts

Responsive web design (RWD) seems very appealing but venturing into the world of multiple screen sizes, media queries, and mobile-first can be daunting. Fear not, however. JDM Digital has put together a list of the top 10 Do’s and Don’ts to guide you through the treacherous waters of modern responsive website and email design. The …

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