Hello, I'm Chris Murphy — I specialize in creating engaging, user-centric interactive experiences.
Archive for "Developement"
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Sep 2010 22
Enhancing The Previous & Next Links in WordPress 3.0
Instead of going through all of the hassle to hack out new functionality to support an existing feature, we can rely on existing functionality within WordPress’ core to extend the feature. In … -
Sep 2010 7
URL Token Replacement Techniques for WordPress 3.0
WordPress comes with many built-in features for working with Page and Post content, and in some cases WordPress’ feature sets are well suited to being used as a Content Management System (CMS)… -
Mar 2010 5
How to Fix Your Broken CMS: Part 2
Author’s Note: Considering the subject matter and length of this particular article, I’ve decided to split it into two separate articles. Related Articles: How to Fix Your Broken … -
Mar 2010 5
How to Fix Your Broken CMS: Part 1
Author’s Note: Considering the subject matter and length of this particular article, I’ve decided to split it into two separate articles. Related Articles: How to Fix Your Broken … -
Apr 2009 6
Out with the Old and in with Something Dramatically Different.
As some of you may have noticed by now, I’ve updated farfromfearless. I suppose “update” is a bit of an understatement. If you’re reading this post, it’ll be in the context of a dramatically n… -
Feb 2009 6
Top 3 Myths of Content Management Systems.
Search Google for the term, “Content Management System”, “CMS” or about any permutation of the concept you might think of, and you’ll get anywhere from 90,000 to 160,000 potential results. If … -
Nov 2008 10
FrogCMS – Content Management Simplified.
Content Management Systems come in so many flavours, and while I don't advocate any one system over another, I have no hesitation in saying that this product is one to keep an eye out for. Cre… -
Sep 2008 6
How To Style Your Most Recent WordPress Posting
How you choose to style your blog postings is largely dependent on the theme you've selected to use on your blog, your writing style, as well as -- perhaps -- your skill at modifying the theme… -
Aug 2008 29
How To Quote Comments In A WordPress Comment List
I received an email from a reader this afternoon, asking about one of the commenting features that I built into the Lemon Twist theme: quote comments. Hi Chris, I’m really curious on how y… -
Aug 2008 25
WordPress Plugins For The Not-so-everyday Blog.
For those of you who aren't familiar with plugins -- WordPress offers the ability for software developers to extend the basic functionality of WordPress in order to display, perform or provide… -
Aug 2008 5
How To Use Mail Merge In Microsoft Word 2007
In a recent project that required a mass email deployment, I encountered one of the most overlooked issues when sending bulk emails within a large company from an external source: corporate bl… -
Jul 2008 23
How to BETTER Communicate Design Decisions to Clients
In a recent recent article on Smashing Magazine, "How to communicate design decisions to clients", writer Brian D. Armstrong laid out a five-point guideline on how to rationalize and present d… -
Jun 2008 24
Separating the creative from the technical in web-design.
Web-design in all it myriad forms, can be characterized as the marriage of creative vision and technical implementation. But it is the limitations and resulting solutions for what can be achie… -
Mar 2008 18
Working at an Advertising Agency or a Boutique Shop – which option is better?
With all the stiff competition for limited placements in agencies, it's not difficult to understand the concern over wanting to work for the best and at the best creative agency. To confuse st… -
Jan 2008 24
WordPress Theme Design Part 3: Color and Contrast
Color selection can be troublesome especially when it comes to designing for yourself. WordPress themes are no exception, and the exercise itself is possibly one of the more challenging aspect…
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