My Life as a 3D Animator and Modeler

I currently work as a 3d animator and modeler on a indie video international game development team by the name of  "Remix Games". I was recruited over a year ago, when the team consisted of 4 individuals and was essentially in its infancy as a portfolio building project. Since then the team has grown to havin …

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What is Ideas and Pixels?

We’re a web marketing company although we are better known for creating and executing high quality websites. When I first started the company, I made the …

By default, the Drupal Captcha Module will try to guess the position of your form's submit button, then apply a weight that is less than its weight (submits normally have a 30 weight) so that it appears just before your submit button, as is the web standard.

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Reflecting On Your Website We often lose sight of what the initial goal of our website was, months after the website has been launched and has become commonplace. It’s important to reflect on your website from time to time. With some brief consideration, most business owners will find their website can be improved in at [...] …

Here is our first set of free vector designs! Yes, it had to be vector hamburger vector set. This free hamburger vector pack can be used for your personal or commercial design projects. Don’t forget to share our first vector pack, Thanks! Download This Free Vector Pack You may want to include a vintage vector sign [...] …

If you’ve used jQuery before, chances are you’ve also used the .siblings() selector method. Selecting siblings of elements comes in handy in many applications, but what if instead of selecting siblings, you just wanted to count them? Counting Siblings With jQuery Counting the number of siblings an element has with jQuery is incredibly simple. $("#someElementId").siblings().size() [...] …

After a long day of work, I often do a quick browse of my Facebook friends to see what they’re up to. Nothing ends a hard day of work like a beer, and what better place than Facebook to find out what bars my friends are at? The other day, I had just clocked over [...] …

Most people familiar with search engine optimization are well aware that linking to outside websites of bad quality can actually hurt your own site in Google’s eyes, but most people are completely unaware that bad websites linking to your site can actually hurt you, too. This is a relatively new concept for Google, since before [...] …

Posting your website or blog on a web directory is always a good idea if you’re looking to get a few initial backlinks for your new site or blog. Besides backlinks, some people do actually use directories to find new content, so the organic referral traffic can be of great benefit to a website that [...] …

So what the heck is a meme? A meme is an element of a behavior or culture that is passed from one individual to another carrying cultural symbols, practices, and ideas. On the web &mdash and in layman’s — a meme is one of the thousands of pictures with text that often spam your Facebook [...] …

I always preach about how powerful the SSH command terminal can be, and how it has helped me become more rounded as a developer. But it’s not the terminal that makes SSH so dynamic — it’s the different command libraries. Today, I want to introduce you to the grep command. grep “Better Start Greppin’” I [...] …

Migrating a website is a common task for any developer, one that can often grow tired with monotony. Transferring all the files from the source server to your computer, then from your computer to the destination server. But with SSH and it’s ZIP commands, moving your websites’s files to a new server can actually be [...] …

Google has just evolved their cover photo specifications for Google Plus pages, giving us much more space to work with! The new dimensions are so large that we had to create a new image, because our old cover photo ended up becoming blurry from up-scaling it. The Size Dimensions For Google Plus’ New Cover Image [...] …

Needless to say, Twitter Bootstrap is an extraordinary tool for creating responsive designs that scale to both desktop and mobile browsers. There are dozens of tutorials and examples to follow online, but the one thing that isn’t explained in detail is the difference between the row-fluid and row classes. The way that the documentation explains it, row-fluid [...] …

Schema Creator is an awesome plugin for WordPress, working alongside microdata. Considering schema.org was introduced by Google and Bing back in June 2012, it is fair to say that it will become part of every websites best interest to implement this language. However, many seem to think that it may not be useful for SEO [...] …

As an Adjunct teacher at Antonelli College for web design, I can join in on their discussion boards. Last month Antonelli asked if I would be interested in joining a discussion board about Pinterest. For one I have never used Pinterest and I was hesitant to speak on the subject. Now, after using it for [...] …

I’ve been kicking a lot of ass with Twitter Bootstrap lately, my new preference for 1140 fluid grid layouts (sorry 1140grid…), but I ran into a problem yesterday where I needed a YouTube video iFrame to resize fluidly along with everything else on the page. By default, the video stayed the same size no matter [...] …

I don’t have enough digits on my hands and toes to count the number of times that, while using WP-PageNavi, clicking on any subsequent page in the pagination list has led me to “Page Not Found”, and it’s always the same thing. So, as a reminder to myself, and hopefully as a time saver for [...] …

Google Chrome is growing in popularity, with an increase of 84% in users over the last year. However at times with old users, Google Chrome seems to unexpectedly crash and tends to present giant lag spikes. This is because Google Chrome comes jammed packed with so many features and plug-ins, in this case Shockwave Flash, [...] …

The new Disqus 2012 style looks great on almost any blog because of its ability to read and adapt to your site’s basic color scheme, but for some reason, Disqus was getting the colors completely wrong on our site. As you can see, we use a white background, and Disqus 2012′s insistence on using white [...] …

Some of our most popular posts here at Ideas and Pixels have their roots in our own frustrations. Whenever we run into a programming problem that seems to have gone undocumented by the masses, we find it appropriate to post the solution for those who weren’t as fortunate as us to find the answer that [...] …

This month we had a little free time to sit down and focus on our print marketing material. With the positive results from this one insert, we have learned that if you provide the knowledge and insight – potential customers will follow! The Reason: Over 85% of our clients we meet  in person or are referred to [...] …

That’s right! Chuck E. Cheese is ditching the baseball cap and rocking out, with skinny jeans. The pizza chain is revamping its marketing plans to promote sales for the future. The company’s stock has been gradually falling since its first quarter ended April 1. CEC said same-store sales fell 4.2% while net income slumped 5.2% [...] …

Bloggers are always looking for ways to get more visitors looking at their blogs, but often we forget that sometimes it’s the intangibles that help our presences grow, not just analytics and the numbers we’re able to track and gauge. Building trust with an audience can go a long way when it comes to growing [...] …

A Great Tip When Using Google Analytics Tracking downloads on your website is a fairly easy task, all thanks to Google Analytics. Many goals created by webmasters don’t actually entail visiting a web page, and it’s important to remember that we need to track and validate every form of user conversion to be successful in [...] …

In the web design world, trends come and go. It seems that every day something new and interesting comes up. There was a time when Flash was the way to go for interactive websites, yet a few years passed, and HTML5 and CSS3 have taken over. Recently, there has been a new trend in web [...] …

April flew by before we knew it, here at Ideas and Pixels. On top of our growing clientele, we have been tidying up our presentation skills. We were recently invited to Antonelli College to have two lunch and learn speaking events, with their students. Our presentations went into detail on how to market yourself online and what [...] …

In the past few months I have tried to get away from the computer and hit the gym more frequently. A few days ago, I went into my local gym with a diet coke – it’s always functioned as a great pre-workout stimulant. I was in for a rude awakening when the lady behind the [...] …

When we first started this blog, I swore that I would post even the simplest of fixes I came across, and here is a fine chance — so I’m taking it! While coding our new website layout, I ran into a problem that I had somehow always avoided before. Using the Phark Image Replacement method [...] …

It seems like nowadays everyone is on Facebook. The range of individuals and companies can be overwhelming at times.  For quite some time, businesses have started developing their Facebook pages and creating specific content for all kinds of ad campaigns. Previously, there were the tabs and “landing page” that all businesses used as a call [...] …

When it comes to social media, I’m always willing to give every network or tool a try. Afterwards, I decide which ones I like and which ones can be used for different marketing purposes. I don’t believe all social networks are adequate for all businesses. For example; I wouldn’t recommend an interactive agency to have a Tumblr [...] …

I, for one, thoroughly enjoy April Fool’s Day. Sometimes too much. And each year, when all of the large tech companies release their yearly April Fool’s pranks, I couldn’t be more delighted. What excites me the most is when I think about all of the thought that must go into executing a simple joke online. [...] …

March has been a very productive month here at Ideas and Pixels. Although we’ve been swamped with dozens of exciting projects, we made time for our own improvements and additions. Most notable of them, is our new “concepting room”. Already, the new concepting room has been a hit for us and our freelancers. What really [...] …

Most people struggle when they’re asked to estimate the time they need to complete a project. Some people error on the side of pessimism, quoting far too much time, while others are too optimistic, leading to missed deadlines and unhappy clients. Being able to estimate the amount of time required to complete a task is [...] …

Recently, we began migrating some of our clients to a new dedicated-virtual server hosted by MediaTemple. Unlike most other servers and the grid-server (GS) service also provided by MediaTemple, the dedicated-virtual server doesn’t allow much file write access by default. Who This Will Help Developers unable to programmatically “write” to their server or child directories [...] …

Just because you have a fancy email going out, it doesn’t always mean that the functionality is there. The goal of having an email list is to expand your company’s reach to new and potential followers, while keeping your existing followers happy. It’s important to remember this on your journey. With the rise of easy [...] …

Perhaps not goodbye, but maybe an “until next time.” Although I’ve tried my best to ignore it, responsive web design is here to stay. A List Apart seems to run a weekly editorial on it and all the big conferences are focusing on this new type of web development. I knew the time had come [...] …

Recently we had the privilege of stopping into an amazing art gallery in our lovely city of Cincinnati. The gallery showcased nine extremely detailed portraits of our hometown fallen soldiers, whom fought courageously and gave their lives for our country in 2005. Nine memorial paintings were displayed at Colerain High School for a week and [...] …

As a co-owner of a small business, I know how important it is to structure out operations. We focus on every aspect of building a strong business, and part of this involves taking careful considerations for our taxes. It’s important for all small businesses to manage their accounting as best they can, and in turn, [...] …

When working with WordPress, you will find out fairly quick that it can be pretty sensitive during updates and host transfers. This may create tension with the main reasons why you chose to use WordPress for your website in the first place, for example our issue being the Media Library. Our problems occurred during a [...] …

Today, while trying to configure links between a blog’s next and previous pages, I ran into a little hiccup that seems to be one of the little features that has been forgotten by WordPress’ contributors. There is absolutely no function to return ONLY the URLs of the next and previous pages. To save anyone else [...] …

The year has already been one of success. Recently, I had time to sit back and reflect on some of the basic principles that I’ve always strove to follow. They aren’t from any one book or person, but rather a collection of things I overheard, events I witnessed, stories I listened to. And in my [...] …

 Today, January 18, 2012, is the start of thousands of websites gathering together to form an online protest against two internet regulation bills currently under review in Congress. You have probably experienced it by now by not being able to go to your favorite sites like Wikipdia, Reddit, Boing Boing and Craigslist. So what is [...] …

Every designer has come across a itemized design that called for precipitous “blocking” of elements at least once in their lives. Much like the front page of this blog, for instance. And most have found that unless you specify an exact height for each block item, the entire design will fall to shambles once you [...] …

John Boardley is a British-born writer, publisher, and graphic designer. Along with his passion for design his love is for typography gave him the concept to create one of our favorite blog sites, I Love Typography (ILT). I Love Typography blog was born on August 7, 2007 and blew up since the launch. It is [...] …

Anyone who has worked with WordPress knows how bad the automatic formatting can when you are creating your pages or posts. This will work when the WordPress plugin, PS Disable Auto Formatting, will not. Thankfully, after hours of testing and looking for helpful advice we stumbled on the best solution; to our amazement it is [...] …

Each month we will publish an article with the pre title of "State of the Union". SOTU will be an outlet for Ideas and Pixels to showcase happenings in and around our office, giving you a peak into the daily life at Ideas and Pixels. We'll cover major events that we attend, milestones we achieve with our clients, and more. …