Tony Geer - Website Design and ExpressionEngine Development

So long, thanks for everything Steve

Tony Geer — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:26:04 +0000

My girlfriend, who isn’t much of a technology enthusiast, was reading the news on her laptop when she asked me “Who’s Steve Jobs?”. The name rang a bell for her, but she wasn’t sure. I hesitated a moment before I answered, knowing full well what she was about to say.

Good sunglasses are a good investment

Tony Geer — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:05:27 +0000

If you buy cheap sunglasses without good UV protection, however, your iris will open up in order to let more light in, but not filter out the UV rays. Wearing cheap sunglasses can thus be more dangerous than not wearing any at all, so make sure your sunglasses have a label that says they offer [...]

The importance of dressing well

Tony Geer — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:37:42 +0000

“Dressing well [is] good manners, inflicting yourself on the public in the same way as a piece of furniture…part of someone’s view, part of that world.” Tom Ford Half the work in dressing well is finding clothes that actually fit you.

One tweet sums up what’s wrong with the web design community

Tony Geer — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:46:16 +0000

The Boston Globe launched their new site yesterday, a forward-thinking, fully responsive design that’s surely going to be a source of inspiration for sites of all kinds going forward. They truly have raised the bar. However, one designer saw what can be construed as inconsistencies in the design or just simply someone dropping the ball [...]

Simpler URLs using a Single Template with ExpressionEngine

Tony Geer — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:21:03 +0000

I wrote an article on EE Insider about using Switchee conditionals to serve up simpler URLs and faster templates when building ExpressionEngine sites. Have a look and if you have any comments feel free to join the conversation over there.

ExpressionEngine Resources for Add-on Developers

Tony Geer — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:53:25 +0000

When we started looking into ExpressionEngine add-on development, I knew there were quite a few resources out there as I’ve browsed through and seen many great articles on the subject. However, I didn’t find one single place where all of these articles were listed, so I thought I’d create my own. I’ll continue to add [...]

What Inspires Us

Tony Geer — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:17:35 +0000

As part of a competition involving all the Ogilvy offices worldwide, we were challenged with answering the question “What inspires you?” The team at the office worked really hard over the weekend to put together our answer, and here it is:

Integrating Disqus with ExpressionEngine

Tony Geer — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:38:50 +0000

Prompted by a tweet from Leslie Camacho I thought I’d finish off writing this post. We’ve recently been building community oriented sites here at the Abovegroup Ogilvy office, and we’ve also found Disqus to be super useful to use and implement and I’ve been meaning to finish this article on how easy it is to [...]

Customizing the ExpressionEngine default system messages

Tony Geer — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:19:21 +0000

The default styling for ExpressionEngine system messages is fully functional and does its job well without being pretty. However, as you design and develop a site for a client, it’s good to pay attention to all of the details, and styling these system messages (also called User Messages) can really help to keep the look [...]

Building Websites with ExpressionEngine 2 Book Review

Tony Geer — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 02:56:04 +0000

Disclaimer: I received a free copy of Building Websites with ExpressionEngine 2 for review purposes. Building Websites with ExpressionEngine 2 describes itself as being written for users who are completely new to ExpressionEngine, and targeted at everyone from web developers to business owners who already have a basic understanding HTML and CSS and want to [...]