Design Is Philosophy
Tuturials, thoughts, ideas and information about web design and digital media by Morten Rand-Hendriksen, designer, developer, digital media expert, information philosopher, speaker and author of the Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web in 24 Hours series (version 2, 3 and 4), Lynda.com's WordPress 3.0 Essential Training course and Microsoft Expression Web 4 LiveLessons and creative director of Pink & Yellow Media - a Vancouver based digital media company.
Author Archives: Morten Rand-Hendriksen
Using the time tag in WordPress and when parsing RSS feeds
Jan. 30, 2012
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The <time> tag is a little used but very effective little HTML element that allows you to embed additional information to dates and times in your content. The idea is that in addition to the actual text that shows the … Continue reading
Can WordPress really do that? Slides from my WordCamp Victoria 2012 presentation
Jan. 14, 2012
Can WordPress really do that? A case study of vierderduer.no
Can WordPress really do that? A preview of my 2012 WordCamp Victoria talk
Dec. 30, 2011
It all started with a simple yet befuddling question: “Can you create a WordPress site that sends SMS messages to users when things change?” My initial thought was that this could easily become the most annoying website in the world, … Continue reading
Improving SEO Using Accessibility Techniques – New Lynda.com course
Dec. 7, 2011
Want to bring more people to your website, play nice with social media and allow everyone to access your fabulous content, regardless of how they choose to do so? If so you should check out my newest course on lynda.com, Improving … Continue reading
The value of women in tech
Nov. 29, 2011
The video above shines a light on an important topic. It may seem like a purely lexical trick – referring to women as ‘women’ rather than ‘girls’ – but it is so much more. Considering females constitute more than half … Continue reading
Wise words to live by
Nov. 7, 2011
“If you’re only focusing on the next thing you’re going to learn, you’ll always feel like a student, never a dancer.” When she said it it was part of a conversation, little more than a fleeting thought put into words. … Continue reading
WordPress on Windows Azure – a bit of history
Nov. 3, 2011
In February 2011 I had the fortune of getting a meeting with Alessandro Catrioni, head of the Azure Interop team at Microsoft. We had a long chat about the possibility of creating a persistent, scaleable WordPress Networks solution that could run natively … Continue reading
How to remove WP Geo plugin from specific pages
Oct. 30, 2011
I ran a cross a rather interesting situation this week while working on the Vi Er Der Du Er site. The site uses the WP Geo plugin extensively on both pages, and posts, and custom post types but I needed … Continue reading
Open Source in the Cloud – WordPress on Azure: My Make Web Not War presentation
Oct. 26, 2011
Curious about the concept behind WordPress on Windows Azure or why I’m so excited about hosting WordPress Networks on a Microsoft platform? Look no further than the presentation above from Make Web Not War 2011. In it I explain the premise … Continue reading
Tutorial: Your files in the Cloud with the Windows Azure Storage for WordPress plugin
Oct. 25, 2011
So you have a WordPress site with a decent amount of traffic. That’s probably causing some serious pain for your server. With a lot of traffic comes a heavy server load. And most of that load is probably due to image files … Continue reading