Author Archives: Stephen Nomura

Stephen Nomura

Stephen is a communications designer trained in technical writing and visual design. He studied at Iowa State University and spent time in Japan at Kansai Gaidai University and Aoyama Gakuin University. When not at his computer, he enjoys running, biking, shooting guns, and horticulture.

Critique: Meetup.com – User Homepage

Proposed Edits

This is the page users see after they’ve signed in to the site. Here’s what I’m seeing. Interests List – this is taking up way too much space. After I set my interests, I don’t need to see them anymore. This is wasting prime real estate.PROPOSED SOLUTION: Shrink, hide, conceal, but don’t remove. Recommended Groups [...]

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Interviewed by Erika about being Gluten-Free

Hi all, this post is a total departure from my usual coding and web development posts. For those that don’t know, I don’t eat foods containing gluten. Gluten is found in wheat, rye, and barley. This means nothing containing wheat flour… which is pretty much all bread and noodles. I’m also not supposed to drink [...]

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WordPress: Remove ‘Favorite Actions’ from Admin Header

I’ve been doing some admin UI customizations for the Arty Apt project lately. Here’s how to remove the ‘Favorite Actions’ item from WordPress’ admin header. Drop this snippet in functions.php and you’re done! /** * Remove ‘Favorite Actions’ from Admin Header */ function remove_admin_fav_actions(){ return array(); } add_filter(’favorite_actions’,'remove_admin_fav_actions’);

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Northern Pine Longboards: Storefront Added

northern pine storefront

I finally finished adding a shopping cart to the Northern Pine site. It’s basically my first ecommerce site (drag-n-drop paypal buttons don’t count). Holy crap, what a headache, but it’s done. The site uses PHPurchase to handle the Paypal API, my own modified version of Custom Post Types UI and Verve Meta Boxes for back-end [...]

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ArtyApt: First Draft

Arty Apt - First Draft - Landing Page Image

Just finished the first draft of the new ArtyApt website. While the branding is pretty much the same, the core code has been completely overhauled. The new site is a good 20 times easier for admins to manage and images should load a hell of a lot faster. Phase 2 is hooking it into the [...]

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CSS Trick: Layout Engine classes in Thematic

Solve browser compatibility problems using layout engine css classes. This code is specific to the Thematic WordPress Theme. However, it is easily modified to work with any setup. Steps Add code to functions.php Edit style.css

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Portfolio Section Added

Added a portfolio section to my site. Check it out!

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Rhetoric: Work Every Angle with the Rhetorical Situation

Save time, be more persuasive, and boost the readability of your communication work. This brainstorming framework is the starting point for all my communication work. It applies to all forms of communication, both written and visual. Best of all, it’s fill-in-the-blank easy.

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Fixed: Blogroll Links Favicons plugin not showing default favicon

Blogroll Links Favicons v1.6.2 has a bug that prevents using a default favicon for sites that don’t have their own. Luckily, it’s a one-line fix. The Fix The problem is line 29. This is wrong: 28 29 30 if($cached_favicons[$bookmark_url] == ‘empty’){ $favicon = ”; $cache_update[$bookmark_url] = ‘empty’; This is right: 28 29 30 if($cached_favicons[$bookmark_url] == [...]

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Applescript: Customizable iPhoto Export

This script exports image batches out of iPhoto and prepares them for uploading to the internet. It uses Applescript to interface with applications and shell scripts to do the heavy lifting. If you need help with installation or setup, leave a comment; I’d be glad to help. Also, I apologize for the lack of line [...]

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