Q: What do you get when you cross a lazy web designer with Google search? A: A Genesis child theme overflowing with options for near drag'n'drop visual theme styling. I'm guessing you're lazy too or you wouldn't have made the same search I did. I build a lot of Genesis child themes. Some I design around existing child themes and others I build around the default Genesis theme. Many of the features and changes I make to child themes are the same: Setting the body background color Setting a body background image Changing menu colors Making the page narrower or … [Read more...]
Why, Oh Why, Are So Many Linux Users Twats to Newcomers?
The biggest lie in Linux is that it's hard to learn. That lie's perpetuated by Linux users who can't be bothered to provide full, well explained solutions to the difficulties had by new Linux users. The number of times I've visited a forum to answer a few support queries and seen other Linux users refuse to help newbies install software because they think the newbie should use a pure Linux program or the seasoned users refuse to provide alternate solutions to software and hardware issues than those a newbie has already tried because the veterans think any other solution is not the standard way … [Read more...]