By Douglas Bonneville on January 7, 2010
10 Reasons to use the Hybrid Framework for WordPressHaving developed websites by hand as far back as 1995, I have followed the evolution of how websites are made with keen interest, due in large part to my aversion to website development pain. Justin Tadlock’s Hybrid theme framework represents a very welcome leap in website creation [...]
Posted in WordPress Blogging, WordPress Design
By Douglas Bonneville on November 27, 2009
100 Funny Typos from my Graphic Design Blog StatsPart of the fun of running a graphic design blog is getting to see how people find the site through Google. I recently took a look at my analytics, and found some crazy typos and hilarious search strings! While most of my traffic comes from other designers [...]
Posted in Graphic Design, Print Design, Typography, WordPress Blogging | Tagged Graphic Design, monitor resolution, printing press, Typography
By Douglas Bonneville on October 19, 2009
Logo Design Portfolio updateI’ve posted a sampling of recent and past logo design work over at Behance. net. Take a look at the logo design portfolio and then search around the site a little. The interface and presentation are very unique. I really like their approach of creating “projects” rather than just the generic portfolio, [...]
Posted in Corporate Identity, Freelance Graphic Design, Logo Design, Logos, WordPress Blogging | Tagged Corporate Identity, freelance graphic design portfolio, freelance graphic designer, logo design process, Logos
By Douglas Bonneville on September 28, 2009
Top 10 Freelance Graphic Designers: A (small) MilestoneToday for the first time, by following all the rules and working hard, and also by having a bit of luck owning an old domainĀ (9 years) that has always been about freelance graphic design, we cracked the Google top 10 for the following searches simultaneously:
“freelance graphic design”
“freelance [...]
Posted in Freelance Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blogs, WordPress Blogging | Tagged Freelance Graphic Design, Graphic Design Blogs, SEO, wordpress
By Douglas Bonneville on September 22, 2009
How to get Google Analytics stats for today only with one simple clickI check Google Analytics a lot to see how this or that article is tracking. I’m almost never interested in what happened yesterday, but rather what is happening today. In Google Analytics, you have to click through several screens and drop-down menus to [...]
Posted in WordPress Blogging | Tagged Google Analytics, jQuery, wordpress
By Douglas Bonneville on September 13, 2009
First report: Hubspot’s Website Grader for BonFXI have the good fortune of having owned “bonfx.com” for the last 10 years. It could be any domain name, but having had it for so long with the same subject matter is a benefit for SEO. It has always been a freelance graphic design website focused on my [...]
Posted in Freelance Graphic Design, WordPress Blogging
By Douglas Bonneville on September 12, 2009
50 Feedback comments wanted on new blog!Blogging tips needed!
My blog is brand new. I’m new to this kind of blogging as well. I’m fairly new to SEO though I have gotten some great results with my initial site in it’s pre-blog incarnation. For instance, I was in the top 20 for some key terms (“freelance [...]
Posted in WordPress Blogging, WordPress Design