Entries by jason

Adding images and slideshows to WordPress

This article will help you through the process of adding images to your wordpress site. Resizing Images If you’re dealing with larger files sizes, say your camera shoots 10 megapixel images, then it might be best to resize your images before trying to add them to WordPress.   Most servers have an maximum upload limit […]

SEO and Links

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is the talk of the town these days. SEO essentially consists of a few attributes applied to building websites.   Here are a few things that should be considered when building a site: Page titles using keywords (this goes in the HTML title tag) Meta Tags for keywords and descriptions should […]

To Blog or Not to Blog

Six Reason Every Small Business Should Blog This is a convincing article about why to blog. At Visual Adventures, we have been building almost all of our sites lately as custom designed WordPress blog sites. For about the same amount of time it takes to create a regular website, you can have one with a […]

Fonts on the web

There are a few levels of things to understand regarding fonts on the web. First off, you have your regular fonts that are considered safe to use, meaning most all users computers will have these. If the user, doesn’t have the font, it will most likely be substituted for one they do have. This not […]

WordPress blog sites

Visual Adventures has been creating websites using WordPress (wordpress.org) both for blogging and as a content management system for regular pages. Â  This software is wonderful as it gives you the ability to blog and manage your web pages without having to learn two different pieces of software. Â  There are lot’s of great plug-ins […]

Outdoor Retailer Show

Lisa and I just returned from the Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City, UT. We made some good work contacts and will have some very visually interesting work coming down the pipeline. We are looking forward to working with artist Jeremy Collins whose work we have admired over the years in climbing magazines.

Two New Websites

Visual Adventures recently completed two new websites.. With both of these sites I used a technique to have a creative expanding background that would also allow the main content to be centered. This way the page would look great on a variety of screen size resolutions. The Lakota S Ranch Site (www.lakotatelluride.com) is to display […]

Free Software!

Well it’s sort of free. The idea is that you’ll donate to these hard working individuals. Fight the software monopolies! Did you know that there was alternatives to some of the top software that you pay for on a donation basis. How can this be true? See for yourself: Microsoft Word / Microsoft Office Check […]