Jax
Jackson is Our Youngest iPhone User Tester
WordPress: Manage Downloadable Documents
Easily add downloadable documents to any page.
WordPress: Adding a Page to the Featured Content Slideshow
Manage the Featured Content Slideshow on the home page with a quick check of a box!
WordPress: Add a Video
Our system features a painless process for adding a Vimeo hosted video to any page.
Basics for Bug Reporting
Stop Bugs happen in websites and mobile apps everyday, some of them are really minor, and some can be very severe. Your job as a website user or owner, is to collect information about the problem without necessarily diagnosing the…(more)
WordPress: Add an Event
Adding new events is just as easy as adding new blog posts. There are only a few extra fields to fill out, learn how by watching this video.
WordPress: Add Sponsors
With just a few steps you can easily add a new sponsor.
WordPress: Managing People
Our custom system for managing people throughout the site. Learn how to use shortcodes to control the placement of people’s profiles.
WordPress: Add New People
A quick tutorial for adding people to your WordPress CMS using Lion Associates’ custom People post type.
WordPress: Save Post as a Draft and Publish Later
Publishing immediately is not always the best option. Here we point out how to save your post as a draft and how to schedule your post for publishing at a later time.
WordPress: Create and Publish a New Blog Post
Creating and publishing a new blog post is quick and easy. Follow these simple steps.
WordPress to Facebook Wall
We recently had to dig into the Facebook API in order to expand the wordpress form submission functionality and it took a little while to decide on the best approach for our needs. Basically we wanted a comment-like form that’s…(more)
How To Use QR Codes in Website Marketing Campaigns
Lion Associates recently created and launched a video voter based website for Deloach Winery and Organic Gardener Magazine. By using QR codes on the wine bottles, and a variety of other social marketing techniques that played off of Facebook, the…(more)
Android is the Leader
While iphone may have started the app craze, Android is clearly the new leader of the pack. The current smartphone market share numbers show that Android is out in front with 37%, and iOS is in second with 27%. Continuing…(more)
jQuery Plus Vimeo API
We recently had the honest pleasure of acquainting ourselves with the Vimeo API. We wanted embedded videos to be better integrated with the overall site design, so we had to turn off all the normal HUD doodads and get hold…(more)
Netsol, Not so Good.
After many years of hosting with Network Solutions, it is with regret, that we must part. Network Solutions has been under prepared and just not set up to support the CMS revolution. I have chatted with very senior representatives who…(more)
Petroni Vineyards Website Launch
Lorenzo Petroni’s dream was to be the first California vintner to grow the prized Sangiovese Grosso clone from his native Tuscany in Sonoma soil. He sensed that California could produce stunning results with Italian varieties, similar to the new world successes…(more)
Net Neutrality Needs to Cover Mobile Too
The shift away from a traditional desktop PC has been occurring over the last 15 years, with a current rapid migration to lighter, leaner and more mobile devices. …(more)
Social Networking More Popular Than E-Mail
According to the latest research from the people at Nielsen, on-line users are spending more and more time social networking. In fact, at 23% of our on-line time, it is the single largest use of time on the internet, surpassing…(more)
Six Million More Seniors Using the Web
According to new information just published from The Nielsen Company, more seniors than ever before are using the internet. …(more)
Down Playing Flash in the Name of Usability
o there has been a lot of talk lately about flash losing it’s ability to keep up with current standards and media platforms. Yes, flash is incredible versatile, and indeed still has it’s uses, but at the end of the day, if even 5% of my website users are missing out on the experience, it is just down right not ok with me. …(more)
Internet Explorer Turns Fifteen Years Old
As a web developer with an Apple bias, I have to say that it is bitter sweet to hear that Internet Explorer is turning 15 years old. For years, I have kept old, beat up PC computers around for testing what…(more)
Faster Internet Means Better Experience
Verizon has just annouced that it has tested a new fiber optic system which allowed them to reach download speeds in the 925Mbps per second range. When you conpare that to the current United States Average of 3.9Mbps, it sounds quite…(more)