Trent Shields

      I’m working on an ecommerce site for a nursery in Grand Forks. It has been quite a challenge so far, going through all the spaghetti code and determining what everything is meant to do. Scoping out the project has been, both fun and aggravating. Should I use a framework? should I write [...]

CSS3 Please! Paul Irish and Johnathan Neal have produced a terrific page for generating rules for border radius, shadow, font-face and more. Nice easy to use interface and a div that changes to display the results. I love when someone comes up with such a usable piece of code. Thanks guys

Trent’s Notes on Design Where to start? Simply of course. Web site design should encompass an organization’s essence, professionalism and unique outlook. As a designer/developer I have to marry that expectation with the real-world considerations inherent in publishing information on the web. Since compromise is essential, I need to be very clear about it with [...]

1. Establish a Presence No matter what your business is, you can’t ignore the 400 million people who have access to the Internet and growing everyday! To be a part of that community (potential clients), you need to be on the Internet… your competitors will be. 2. Network As every smart business person knows, it’s [...]

Fall/Winter rains are here and I find myself on my couch pecking at my mac book. I find this weather helps to focus my thoughts and free my inner artist. There is a reason the Ireland has born so many great poets… Rain. This of course means that I’m redesigning my site. My current site [...]