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How to create a custom Facebook Page (1 of 3)

Posted on February 9, 2012 in Tutorials

Since my last post on the same topic, Facebook has streamlined the Page Tab creation process, so I thought an updated tutorial is long overdue. I have prepared a 3-part tutorial where I will teach you how to create a custom (1) Facebook Page using (2) Facebook’s Page Tab application, and finally I will show you how to serve the tab content using (3) WordPress.

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How to avoid PayPal fees when sending payment for freelance work

Posted on January 14, 2012 in Freelancing

If, like me, you rely mostly on PayPal to collect payments from clients, then you know that PayPal deducts fees from the total amount you billed and you do not actually get the original fee you asked for. The amount that PayPal deducts is calculated as 3.90% of the total (for recipients in the PHL with monthly [...]

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bITs: Paste image from clipboard directly into Gmail

Posted on October 17, 2011 in Tutorials

If you are using Gmail and you need to quickly send an image to someone, you can do a screenshot using the print screen key and paste directly into the message body. Caveat: it only works in Google Chrome.

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A case for affordable web design: How to lower your price without killing yourself, your business, the market or bringing on the ire of other designers

Posted on October 4, 2011 in Design, Freelancing

Recently in a Facebook group I belong to, an interesting discussion thread was started by my former creative director. The discussion revolves around a designer’s ad promoting his web design services for a low price of PHP 5,000. That’s USD 113.27 by today’s exchange rate. Not a few members reacted that designers who price their services this [...]

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bITs: How to check how your site looks like on iPhone and iPad using your desktop Safari

Posted on October 3, 2011 in Tutorials

Need to check how your website looks like on iPhone and iPad but you don’t have either device on hand? Fire up Safari, go to the Menu > click on Develop > User Agent > and you will see a list of browser agents to choose from. Among the list are iOS devices and if [...]

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Guest Post: Web designer apps for the iPhone

Posted on September 29, 2011 in Design, Web Development

Web designers will find that the Apple iPhone offers a variety of handy apps and tools to use when designing and accessing websites. All a designer needs is access to the best mobile broadband connection available and they’ll have some of the finest iPhone apps for web designers’ right in the palm of their hand. [...]

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How to make your WordPress site mobile-ready

How to make your WordPress site mobile-ready

Posted on September 27, 2011 in Promotions, WordPress

A quick way to create a mobile-optimized WordPress site without changing your theme Consider these findings from a Google study: 71% of smartphone users search because of an ad they’ve seen either online or offline; 82% of smartphone users notice mobile ads, 74% of smartphone shoppers make a purchase as a result of using their [...]

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WordPress for the clueless:How to build a WordPress site

Posted on September 22, 2011 in Tutorials, WordPress

What is obvious from the questions I get from clients is the lack of knowledge on some of the more technical aspects of WordPress, from dealing with domains and web hosts, to installing and managing WordPress, themes and plugins. Rather than repeating my answers over emails when somebody asks me a question about WP, I have decided to write a guide on setting up WP and direct future queries to my posts.

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bITs: How to secure your browsing activities in Facebook

Posted on September 7, 2011 in Tutorials

You can secure your Facebook browsing by turning on https, a feature which is sadly not the default at the moment. Go to your “Account Settings”, click on “Security”, and edit the “Secure Browsing” option by checking on “Browse Facebook on a secure connection (https) when possible” box.

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