Just Launched MarissaLabog.com!

April 29, 2012 | Posted By: Nahchusdivad @ 9:49 pm

Marissa Labog or “Mighty” is a super multi-talented individual. She’s an actress, dancer, and stuntwoman. She has worked on Act of Valor as a terrorist and Colombiana just to name a few. Please check out her new site at www.marissalabog.com

The site features resumes for each category as well as photos and videos. I also integrated wordpress into her site and set it up so she has more control over the content of her website.

Youth Development Program Website Launch!

November 28, 2011 | Posted By: Nahchusdivad @ 8:22 pm

Just recently launched a website for the after school program, Youth Development Program. I’ve had the pleasure of working with these folks to help inspire children with multi-media rich programs. I personally was teaching kids how to make their very own websites all about themselves utilizing iWeb on macbooks. Of course the children sites are not online, but they do get a copy to keep. Along with my web program, there is all sorts of enrichment programs from the arts, dance, video production, animations, and so much more. Check it out here at: www.ydplausd.com

Heart And Soul Design Communications Launch!

November 18, 2011 | Posted By: Nahchusdivad @ 2:34 am

I’ve recently redesigned a website for a multimedia company called Heart And Soul Design Communications. Their last design was flash-based and the company CEO wanted to stray away from that. It’s actually an early launch of the site so stay tuned to a couple more additions to the site.

Visit the site here: www.hascommunications.com

Actor Website – “Video Zone” WordPress Theme

November 18, 2011 | Posted By: Nahchusdivad @ 2:15 am

When La’Princess Jackson contacted me to set up her WordPress site, she had already chosen her theme from Fthemes.com. When I visited Fthemes, I discovered a whole bunch of very clean templates that are available. There’s not too many themes out there designed specifically for actors or entertainers, but this theme caught my eye. It’s called “Video Zone.” Check it out here at: Video Zone on Fthemes.com.

It has two menu areas which I believe you can choose from by deactivating one or keeping both. There’s a featured post area that slides images horizontally with big images. You have your social media links that you can customize as well as a sidebar widget showing recent posts, comments, and tags.

It’s simple and yet has kind of a grungy feel to it but still coming off very clean and professional.

Check out my growing collection of wordpress themes that would be suitable for Actors.

Welcome to La’Princess Jackson’s Website!

November 10, 2011 | Posted By: Nahchusdivad @ 8:35 am

Recently got to set up a wordpress site for actress La’Princess Jackson. Check it out at www.laprincessjackson.com. She found her theme at FThemes.com. Her theme had a lot to play with and we did a lot to customize her theme. Here are some of her site features.

  • Added a customized banner at the top (Designed by La’Princess)
  • Customized links on sidebar linked to her IMDB, Facebook, and YouTube.
  • Added more custom image links (Also designed by La’Princess)
  • Featured image slider to showcase her posts.
On top of that we created several pages to complete her actress site including a Bio page, Resume page, Photos, Videos, and Contact.

To find out how we can set up your wordpress site, check out my Affordable Website Packages.

Actor Website – “Silent Film” WordPress Theme

May 2, 2011 | Posted By: Nahchusdivad @ 9:05 am

Occasionally I’ll look around on the net to see if I can find some nice FREE wordpress themes that could be modified into an actor’s site. Please check out my collection here. I visited wordpress.org and did a quick search for “film” themes and happened to find this treasure. The theme is called “Silent Film” and features a nice large photo area on the homepage. That black and white image could easily be swapped out with a beautiful horizontally aligned headshot.

It’s also a very minimalistic theme which makes it look professional. Pages can be added to this to feature video reels, photo galleries, resume, and more. See it in action here. Feel free to contact me to set it up for you at dchan101@gmail.com :)

How to Manually Upgrade Your WordPress

April 13, 2011 | Posted By: Nahchusdivad @ 10:02 am

I’ve been meaning to start doing some tutorials and since I’ve become somewhat of a WordPress dork, I’ll start with manually upgrading WordPress :P . Sometimes you may find that your wordpress blog will suddenly fail to do automatic upgrades. Ack! Sooo frustrating!! I know. But don’t worry. Here’s an easy step by step way to manually upgrade your wordpress. It may seem pretty scary at first, but as long as you follow the directions, everything should be safe. First things first, always do a complete backup of your blog.

  1. Download the latest WordPress upgrade from WordPress.org.
  2. Extract it to your hard drive in a place you can remember.
  3. If you love your plugins, make sure their are compatible with the fresh install of WordPress. Do a quick Google search with the WordPress version and the plugin name.
  4. Backup your database. You can do this through your cpanel or through the WordPress databases backup plugin.
  5. Test the backup. It should look like a big text file of running together gibberish. If you don’t have that, then stop the upgrade
  6. Now backup all of your WordPress files. Backup the wp-admin, wp-content, wp-includes, and all of the files in your blog directory. You can do this through cpanel or with ftp. I like to use SmartFTP for or Cyberduck.
  7. Test the backup and make sure all the file are there especially wp-config.php and your wp-content folder.
  8. Install and activate the Maintenance Mode plugin. One note here – if you are backing up from a much older version of WordPress, skip this step. I find it can cause unnecessary problems and it’s better for your site to simply be down temporarily then to have to struggle to bring it backup later.
  9. Deactivate ALL of your plugins, except for Maintenance Mode.
  10. Logout of WordPress
  11. Now go back to FTP or your cpanel file manager.
  12. Delete the WP-Admin folder.
  13. Delete the WP-Includes.
  14. Delete all of the files in the blog directory such as wp-cron.php, wp-login.php, etc except for wp-config.php (that contains your database information). No worries if you accidentally delete it because you should have made a backup.
  15. DO NOT delete wp-content.
  16. Now you can upload the new WordPress files.
  17. Upload the wp-admin directory and then the wp-includes directory.
  18. Upload the main blog directory files such as wp-cron.php and wp-login.php. The upgrade files shouldn’t have a wp-config.php but, if it does, don’t overwrite yours.
  19. Now in your browser, go to your site http://www.yoursite.com/blog/wp-admin/upgrade.php
  20. You may be asked to login so go ahead and do so.
  21. If it was more than a .1 version upgrade, you may get a message saying your database needs to be upgraded. Click the button and upgrade.
  22. Activate and upgrade your plugins.
  23. You have upgraded your WordPress! :)

TROUBLESHOOTING:

1. Can’t login after upgrade.

Clear your cache. Clear your cookies. If you still can’t login, delete the plugins folder. You have a backup so they can easily be replaced. This is in wp-content/plugins/. If that doesn’t work, try searching the codex.

2. Main page loads but get 404 errors on all sub pages.

This may be a permalinks problem. Try deleting your .htaccess file and replace it with the backup version.