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 [...] …

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 [...] …

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 just [...] …

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. …