Articles from September 2009

Keep your WordPress site secure

Chandesh Parekh
by Chandesh Parekh
in Internet Survival Tips, Online Security, Web Development and Programming
September 17, 2009

More and more websites are using WordPress as their back-end Content Management System due to its ease of use and excellent built-in search-engine-optimization. However, as with all software, WordPress does have bugs that are exploited to wreak havoc on your site. This blog article talks about upgrading your WordPress installation to ensure the latest security [...]

Create mockups using Pencil and Firefox

Chandesh Parekh
by Chandesh Parekh
in Must-haves, Web Development and Programming
September 3, 2009

Prototyping is the method by which a designer/developer mocks up pages/screens for a web site or some piece of software, to help the design and development team visualize the product. Sketching out on a piece of paper is generally best as at this stage of development there are likely to be many changes and sketching [...]

Logo inspiration

Chandesh Parekh
by Chandesh Parekh
in Branding
September 1, 2009

Designing a new logo is difficult and it always helps to get a little inspiration by checking out the work of others;  Logopond has a gallery of over 2,500 logos – enough inspiration for anyone! This logo here and this one are two of my favorites…