We at Varick Design are happy to once again partner with a great non-profit as Redeemer Cup that is doing so much for the community.

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So how do you go about getting Feature Content Gallery to validate?

1. Go to your plugin folders (which is located in your wp-content/plugins) then go to the folder Feature Content Gallery.

2. Find the file gallery.php and open it up.

3. Go to line 11 and delete the following code. Save it and upload it back.

4. Go to the folder wp-content/plugins-Feature-Content-Gallery/css and open up the file jd.galley.css.php.

5. Go to line 19 and take the code shown and add it. Then save and upload.

6. Test that you have not broken anything and then validate.

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Recently a client wanted us to do some rounded corners and shadows for their site, so we began to discuss the issue of Internet Explorer and its limitations. Realizing  that most of his visitors will probably be using Internet Explorer, we had to come up with a solution. After looking at a few different solutions and discarding them we came upon CSS3 Pie. We think that this solution is the easiest to implement, and despite a few quirks, it works well. To see shadows and rounded corners check out our portfolio page – the content box has rounded corners and the portfolio images have shadows.

Here is how to use CSS3 Pie.

1. Download the CSS3 Pie files.
2. Unzip and find the PIE.htc and PIE.PHP files.

3. Using your ftp program upload PIE.htc and PIE.php files up to your Thesis custom file.

4. Make note of the url of the PIE.php file.

5. Then go to your custom.css file and add the CSS3 code for rounding or shadow or etc… Warning. You cannot use the long format for CSS3 you must use the short format.

6. Right after the CSS3 code add the following line and the myurl.com with your site’s url.


behavior: url(http://myurl.com/wp-content/themes/thesis_18/custom/PIE.php);

7. Check it out in IE 7-8.

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I don’t know if they still certify or what kind of test you have to take to be a certified “webmaster”. I know that whatever they did before you and I can also do now. One of the best tools for us to be able to do this is coincidently named Google Webmaster Tools. This great tool by Google helps you to get your site optimized for SEO juice, keeps an eye out for malware and attacks, and some other great features.

Since there is so much to see and learn we are going to break this up into a series. Once you master the tools you too can become certified as a Drunken Monkey Webmaster.

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1. He shared the process. In our microwave culture where everything has to be now, we often miss out on the process. The process is as important as the product. Revealing the process and not just the end product is engaging.

2. He made you feel like you could do it also. Today, what Bob did in our corporate is called “empowering” but that just means the feeling that you can do it also. Oftentimes we see great athletes or performers and admire them because of their ability, but they are not engaging. What is engaging is when someone with extraordinary skills makes you feel like you could go and do it also.

3. He taught. In the East, one of the most honored titles you can be called is “teacher”. Bob Ross was a great teacher. Not only did he make you feel like you could do it, but he actually endeavored to teach you how. We should all emulate Bob Ross and teach – pass along something knowledge. A teacher is engaging.

4. He had vision. Bob would start on his palette mixing the colors, apply a little here and there, and within 15 minutes a blob here and there became beautiful scenery. At the end of the program you could tell that from the beginning he knew where he was going. Our website, our design, our blog, our business and our life is an empty canvas. Before you mix the color and start painting on that canvas called life – make sure you have a clear vision. He had vision, and vision is engaging.

Watch him by clicking here.

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