by Michael R. Brant | Sep 10, 2019 | Wordpress Development, Divi Theme
I just wrapped up a website that is my best design to date. Everything looked fine, we went live. And then all of the Youtube videos broke from their 16×9 ratio that they were on the development site to being these tall/skinny rectangular boxes.
by Michael R. Brant | Sep 8, 2019 | Chula Vista Sunrise Rotary, Service
Did you know that socks and bottled water are two of the most sought after things by homeless?
by Michael R. Brant | Mar 22, 2019 | Food
Pressure Cooker Sweet Potato Quinoa Chili A fast and simple vegetarian chili with sweet potatoes, quinoa, black beans and pinto beans. Fresh Stuff1 tbsp olive oil1 medium yellow onion (1/4-inch diced)2 mediun sweet potatoes (peeled and 1/2-inch diced (about 4 cups))2...
by Michael R. Brant | Feb 16, 2018 | Wordpress Development
One of my clients has told me several times that her logo looks pixelated. I was very frustrated because I didn’t know why it was showing up pixelated, I was exporting it as a high resolution PNG file from Illustrator. And yet it still looked pixelated. One of...
by Michael R. Brant | Feb 14, 2018 | WooCommerce, Wordpress Development
The majority of what we design these days is using the Divi Theme from Elegant Themes. Divi is the best theme on the market in a lot of ways, but sometimes its integration with Woocommerce is a little funky. Today I had a client ask me to display a product’s...
by Michael R. Brant | Feb 12, 2018 | WooCommerce, Wordpress Development
Last year I worked on an eCommerce project for a client selling a high risk product. I didn’t realize at the time that most merchant processors were unwilling to work with him. In December he finally found a merchant willing to work with him: Platinum Choice...
by Michael R. Brant | Feb 15, 2017 | Security & Privacy
5 Steps to Protect Your Data and Yourself Practical steps that you should take to keep your data private in our modern digital landscape Today, more than ever, it is essential to safeguard your personal information. This is especially true at airports and border...
by Michael R. Brant | May 29, 2013 | Personal, Philosophy
I’ve been making changes everyday in order to be happy with less. I’ve redefined what success is, what makes me happy, what I want to do in my free time. I’ve changed how I travel and how I view the world, all in the hopes of focusing on the things that matter and cutting the excess out of my life.
by Michael R. Brant | Apr 30, 2013 | Personal
As someone who has been taking college classes since 2004, it feels unreal to be graduating and leaving college. It’s a bittersweet feeling somewhere between accomplishment and sadness. The reality is that I am now an official grown up. The spaceship that I have been living on that has been orbiting earth for the last 9 years is finally landing in the real world.
by Michael R. Brant | Feb 13, 2013 | Entrepreneurship, Marketing
Having a cohesive brand image is essential in this day and time. Everyone and their brother has a small business, clothing line or record label. If you want to survive, you need to stand out. The best way to do that is to create a strong brand identity that expands to every aspect of your business.