WordPress and Thesis Expert. First things first but not necessarily in that order. (Topics may shift while in flight)

Work

A new portfolio solution in more than one place.

June 21, 2010

Ever since I started to focus on Berchman.com I realized that my former “company” website, HamiltonBerchman Design Group, Inc., was no longer maintained, correct, or relevant. However, at the time I was fortunately too busy to even think about doing anything to the site. Then one day I was doing research on a project and [...]

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New Web Site Published

January 20, 2010

Today was a big day of sorts. I completed design and development work on new website. It is a custom designed website in form and function. It’s a significantly modified version of Thesis [ #thesiswp ] running on the latest install of WordPress (presently 2.9.1). The site is http://www.ckwrites.com I learned a great deal more about [...]

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Taking time to update

January 20, 2010

I’ve been remiss in updating the blog. This is for various sorted reasons. Suffice it to say that I am back. Here is a video to help catch up.

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How Long Does Making My WordPress Website Take?

October 30, 2009

I hear this question quite often from clients and thought I would answer it as best I could. If you are in the market to hire someone to build your website, or if you are a designer/developer perhaps this explanation will help. I’ve decided to use the power of video to convey my answer. I [...]

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Help In Choosing a Specialist. It’s in the Value.

September 25, 2009

There is a trend I have been noticing in doing business on the Internet lately and like any place of commerce you eventually see this. What I am referring to is the commodification of services. In other words, if you are looking for a programmer or designer to help you with an Internet based communication project; be it [...]

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A Website Realignment: Day 9: Branding Berchman

August 25, 2009

I’m picking up where I left off on the previous post. So far I’ve gathered adjectives 17 friends, family, and clients perceive as my personal brand. I’ve also identified adjectives I would use for my personal brand. But what else is there that might have an influence on my personal brand? My opinions, likes, and [...]

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Three Thesis Sites in One Week

August 7, 2009

It has been a busy publishing week for me. I have had 3 websites go “live” this week that are based on WordPress and Thesis. Two of these website involved comprehensive design and the other involved functionality customizations. The point of this post is to share some recent work to show that all Thesis sites [...]

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Noticing Things That Are Broken

April 24, 2009

I came across this video yesterday. It is a presentation given by Seth Godin at the Gel Conference in 2006. He gives a slideshow of things poorly designed, the reasons why they are that way, and sometimes tells how to fix them. Other than being hilarious at moments, the video reminded me about the importance of [...]

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