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Google Analytics Campaign Tracking made Easy

We couldn’t help ourselves but to build a very simple web app we nicknamed Cliqued (pronounced “Clicked”). The project has just been released on GitHub. Just another one of those code projects by your friendly nerds at JDM Digital.

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How does a CDN work?

A content delivery network or content distribution network (CDN) is a large distributed system of servers deployed in multiple data centers across the globe. Their real value comes when you think about latency–or the time it takes for your information to be delivered hundreds or thousands of miles away from your actual web server. Besides …

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Living Comps

Some web design agencies really love wireframes, but clients don’t really know what they’re approving. Forget wireframes. Let’s get to the good stuff.

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Finding the The Capo d’astro Bar

Had lunch with very interesting people yesterday. As per usual, the question of how I ended up working at a digital agency rather than going into the oil business like the rest of my family came up. I responded that, while the rest of my family sees the art in their science, I see the …

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Improvements in WordPress v4.6

Version 4.6 of WordPress, named “Pepper” in honor of jazz baritone saxophonist Park Frederick “Pepper” Adams III, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. New features in 4.6 help users focus on the important things while feeling more at home.

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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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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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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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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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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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WordPress 4.2 Released

WordPress Version 4.2 has been released. The latest version comes with a ton of bug fixes, but also a few of the tried and true features have been completely revamped.

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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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