J Taylor Design Lehigh Valley Website Design

A couple years ago, we wrote an entry on using PHP to auto update the copyright year on websites built on WordPress and other PHP websites. However, if you are building a site in ExpressionEngine, it is advised to utilize EE code when possible over PHP.

Allowing a copyright year to auto update is easy to do in ExpressionEngine thanks to the current_time variable, which still functions using PHP date variables.

It is amazing how quickly the year goes by. Looking back at 2011, we can proudly say that we made a lot of new friends, worked on a lot of great projects, and continued to hone our craft to be able to provide our clients with the best products possible. Thank you for making 2011 our best year yet!

I know that we have mentioned it before, but we have some great clients here at J Taylor Design. One of those shining stars is Lucky Girl Jewelry & Gifts.

Through December, Lucky Girl is running a Pay It Forward campaign where they are giving away gifts each Friday. The cool part is that the winner cannot keep the gift for themselves, or give it as a typical gift to someone (ex: for Christmas or a birthday). The gift must be given when it is least expected.

This week we have been test driving iTunes Match, the latest service from iTunes where you have the ability to store your music collection in the iCloud for access via your iTunes ready devices. All in all it works great.

It is pretty easy to setup. Simply have all the music you would like to include in iTunes on your computer. To sign up, click the Store menu in iTunes and choose Turn On iTunes Match. Then choose Subscribe to iTunes Match.

Today we got a bill in the mail from a web listing provider noting an annual listing submission that needed to be paid. We quickly recognized that this was a bogus bill that we had never signed up for. Unfortunately, invoices like this are not all that uncommon and it becomes important to know what bills are legitimate.

Know Your Provider

Know where your website hosting and domain name(s) are purchased from. If you are familiar with whom you are supposed to be paying, you will be able to detect actual bills from the bogus ones. If you are not sure if a bill is real or not, ask your web design company.

So you are a beer connoisseur you say? Then we would love to introduce you to Abe’s Cold Beer if you have yet to meet. Located in Bethlehem, PA, Abe’s Cold Beer houses a massive selection of beers from all over the world. In fact, many customers of Abe’s come from far outside the Lehigh Valley to get access to that selection.

A few weeks ago, we were asked to answer a few questions regarding Adobe Fireworks for Fireworks Interviews. Any designer friends of ours knows that we are proud advocates for the program. It offers some nice flexibility that other programs do not.

A few weeks ago we posted an article about the Kimmy Gillow Memorial 5K Race. The event was held this past weekend and it could not have been a more perfect, beautiful day. We were excited to see so many families out to support a great cause.

We thought that we had enough reason to keep going back to visit
Hess Landscape Architects website. Each and every project featured in their portfolio is beautiful and can only lead to inspiration and ideas for your own home.

Today you are able to upgrade your iPhones and iPads to the latest operating system from Apple, iOS 5. I plugged in my iPhone 4 an hour ago to make the upgrade and ran into a small issue.

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