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A Brief Look Back on How I Got Into Website Development and Digital Marketing

Josh Robert Nay

I caught the website design and digital marketing bugs in high school, when I took my very first steps into web development with an HTML coding class that I stepped out of my comfort zone to take. Over the last 18-plus years since beginning this web design and development journey, I have leveraged a wide range of modern technologies and platforms, including HTML5, PHP, WordPress/WooCommerce, Magento, and Shopify, to build dozens of websites and develop content for both businesses and individuals. Throughout this period and continuing to this day, SEO has been a major focus. My coding specialties include HTML5,

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Add Custom Widgets to the WordPress Dashboard

Josh Robert Nay

Adding widgets to your dashboard can increase the functionality of any WordPress installation. Whether you’re doing it for yourself or your clients, it can go a long way toward creating an experience that’s fully customized, spotlighting the functions you use the most. To get started simply add the following code to your WordPress child theme’s functions.php file: function add_custom_dashboard_widgets() { wp_add_dashboard_widget( ‘wpexplorer_dashboard_widget’, // Widget slug. ‘My Custom Dashboard Widget’, // Title. ‘custom_dashboard_widget_content’ // Display function. ); } add_action( ‘wp_dashboard_setup’, ‘add_custom_dashboard_widgets’ ); /** * Create the function to output the contents of your Dashboard Widget. */ function custom_dashboard_widget_content() { // Display

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Designing the Web Today: A Little Simplicity Can Go a Long Way

Josh Robert Nay

As many of you know, I have decided to pause the writing site of my career for a time to focus on the website design career. What I’ll be discussing today is how important simplicity can be in design. When it comes to web design and development, it can be tempting to opt for a flashy, colorful, and noisy website. However, one thing you quickly learn in the web design business is that a little simplicity can go a long way. Case in point, in my work for both Well Prepared and HEALTHandMED, I took the websites from a cluttered,

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