The CSS !important Specifier
One of the challenges people new to Cascading Style Sheets face is figuring out why the rule they just coded doesn’t seem to be doing anything. Once you start building more complex websites, it’s likely that several rules will apply to a single HTML tag. In some cases, all of the styles can be applied; for example, you could say that everything in your content area will be colored green, then say that your paragraphs will have size 12 font, and you’ll end up with green, size 12 text. But what happens when styles contradict? As it happens, you can (mostly) figure out which...
Read MoreMeet Our Newest Staff Member
William Springer Web Consultant Since teaching himself to program at age eight, William has never been far from computers. After completing his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science at the University of Colorado, William taught for two years before attending Colorado State University for his PhD. After a number of years in academia, William was anxious to get out and do something; he decided to pursue his long-time interest in web design and joined his wife Brit at One Ear Productions, where he is currently specializing in CSS and SEO amoung other internet...
Read MoreStand Up, Raise Awareness, Find a Cure!
Ladies make sure you take the time to be checked out and self examine yourself. Although October is Breast Cancer awareness month, you should be doing this every month. For everyone else take the time to donate to this wonderful foundation to get closer to a cure! Think of your Sisters, Mothers, Grandmothers, Aunts, Nieces, Friends! Thank...
Read MorePartnership with Wild Critter Media
One Ear Productions is proud to announce the partnership between One Ear Productions and Wild Critter Media. Like us Wild Critter Media provides the best solutions for their clients. We are excited to form this partnership as we have been working together for the past few months now testing out the waters. What makes it easy is that we have the same goals/ideas for our clients. We look forward to building a life long partnership and working on projects together. If you would like us to provide you a quote on your project please contact...
Read MoreOne Ear Productions Donates!
Every year One Ear Productions donates to a charity in various designs aspects. This year we are proud to announce that we are donating to HomeAid Colorado. HomeAid Colorado does a awesome job helping the community in giving and finding homes for a wide range of people. Every year they work with local builders to bring the best and affordable homes to those who need it most. Although One Ear Productions has been providing web work to HomeAid Colorado since 2008, we are excited to rebuild their website as they rebuild the lives of families around them.. Stay tuned for their new site...
Read MoreWordPress: Themes and Child Themes
A WordPress theme is what defines the look and feel of a site; while the WordPress CMS provides most of the functionality, the theme makes the site look good. So what is a WordPress theme anyway? A theme is simply a collection of .php and .css files that tell WordPress what content to display and how to display it. There are a huge number of themes available for free; any theme available to download from within WordPress is required to be licensed under the GPL, so you can do whatever you want with it. There are also a number of premium (read: $$$) themes available, ranging from fairly cheap...
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