Didn’t make it to post yesterday… but hey, I got a normal life too

Let’s talk about bad habits. Because I got some, and I wonder if you do too! Most of my bad habits are a result of me being a bit conservatie sometimes. It’s just that I’m stuck to certain habits and can’t seem to change them, allthough I could get benefit from it.

• I use Zend Devlopment Environment, but I never create projects. So I’m constantly browsing my drives when opening files.
• I don’t have a folder on my drive with important files and scripts in it so I can easily copy them when I need them. You don’t wanna know how many times I have downloaded jQuery…
• Sometimes I start  my browser, go to Google Analytics, check my statistics, close the browser, start the browser again, go to Google Analytics again, and check my statistics again…
• Same with checking my Hotmail. I sometimes check my mail knowing that I don’t have any…
• I use WS_FTP 95, which on certain hosting providers automatically disconnects the ftp connection after about 30 seconds of inactivity. So almost each time I want to upload a file I have to connect again.
• I haven’t installed php + mysql locally, so when I’m working on a project, with every change I do, I have to upload the modified files to see the result…
• I don’t have a file, or handy webapp which contains all my usernames and passwords like ftp, mail, mysql, etc… So when I need a certain password, I have to digg through thousands of e-mail finding the right mail containing the login and password.
• I never use Firebug
• My default page in Firefox is Google. When I start my browser and want to search, I always type www.google.com first in the address bar, regardless of the fact that Google is already open…

That’s what I can think of right now. When I think of something else I will add it to the list! I guess….

So, what about your bad habits!!

See you tomorrow!

Thomas

A couple of weeks ago I came up with the idea of starting a daily blog about webdesign and all related stuff. The idea is to post an article every day about something I’m working on, something interesting I saw or read, something I had problems with, and so on. The subject can be anything: webdesign, coding, wordpress, usability, seo, graphic design, logo design, seo, marketing, jquery… you name it!

The purpose of course is to start some interesting discussions, share some knowledge and teach eachother.

So where to start with? Let’s use this first post to tell about the proces of setting up of this blog.

The theme
The last two days I’ve been busy setting the whole thing up. Allthough I’m not very experienced in Wordpress it all went pretty smooth. I started by downloading the ‘Evening Sun’ theme from Spectacu.la. I didn’t completely match my requirements so I designed a new lay-out and integrated this with the theme. It’s not completely finished but I hope you like it so far.

Plugins
The next thing I did was installing some plugins. Google XML-sitemap generator, All-in-one-Seopack, Sociable, Tweetmeme and a Twitterwidget. I think these plugins are quite familiar to everyone who has used Wordpress before.

Google Analytics
Never forget to install Google Analytics!

RSS
I added the RSSfeed to Feedburner.

Well that’s about it. It took me about two days in total. Wordpress is an awesome tool which I can recommend to everyone who wants to set up a blog. But enough about that… Everyone knows that!

So what can you expect in the future?
As I said before I will post an article everyday about a very wide range of subjects. Could be anything! So if your interested please come back daily, submit to my RSSfeed and follow me on Twitter. I will of course tweet every new article!

Please contact me if you’re interested in writing a guest post or anything else. All is appreciated!

I really hope you will enjoy the blog! I’m going to take a beer and some sleep after that!

See you tomorrow!

Thomas