by Flash | Nov 23, 2011 | Bric-a-Brac, Galleries and Display
A follow-up to the Alexander’s family vacation. Well, most of the Alexanders. Zac decided he had important business to attend to in Fort Collins; seventeen years old don’t ‘cha know. Max, Jan Baby and I, Flash Buddy had a great adventure driving to Jackson Hole Wyoming. Cheap motel (49er Inn & Suites), fine dining, hiking, a cruise through Yosemite, rafting the Snake River and horseback riding; and have the pictures to prove it.
The Pictures that Prove it.
Yosemite Postcard
Jan, Max and Flash Buddy
On the road through Yosemite
Wyoming, July 2011
Photo: Flash Buddy
Kiss Your Horse and Tip Your Guide
Two hour trail ride through the Yosemite back country with Grand Teton views.
Wyoming, July 2011
Photo: Flash Buddy
Qued Up Horses
Wyoming, July 2011
Photo: Flash Buddy
Cowgirl Chelsea
Wyoming, July 2011
Photo: Flash Buddy
Cowboy Greg
Wyoming, July 2011
Photo: Flash Buddy
Heading Down the Trail with Cowboy Greg in the Lead
Wyoming, July 2011
Photo: Flash Buddy
Riding Through Wild Flowers
Wyoming, July 2011
Photo: Flash Buddy
Riding Into the Forrest
Wyoming, July 2011
Photo: Flash Buddy
River Crossing
Wyoming, July 2011
Photo: Flash Buddy
Max with Jan
Wyoming, July 2011
Photo: Flash Buddy
Max on a Rock
Wyoming, July 2011
Photo: Flash Buddy
Mad River Boat Trips
Guide Fitz takes Max, Jan Baby and Flash Buddy over some decent rapids on the Snake River.
Wyoming, July 2011
Photo: Flash Buddy
by Flash | Nov 9, 2011 | Bric-a-Brac, Galleries and Display
This is a working demo of the normal WordPress gallery implemented in the most simple way possible.
by Flash | Oct 2, 2011 | Galleries and Display
This is showing off the Awesome Flickr Gallery. Many website choose to use Flickr to manage their images This gives them the SEO advantage of having their images on a site that is extremely popular with Google (though not as popular as Picasa, ahem). Additionally, the bandwidth is handled by Flickr, instead of your own website. This keeps things humming along. Hey, isn’t this Cloud Computing?! Uh, apparently it isn’t anything new.
The Photos
Jan Baby suggested a hike near Estes Park. After spending ten minutes Googling Rocky Mountain National Park hiking trails, arming ourselves with a camera and water bottle, off we went.
As luck would have it, Saturday, October first was opening day of the Estes Park Elk Festival. We ended up enduring long lines of traffic as we crawled our way towards Estes Park. Eventually we arrived onto Colorado Highway 7, escaped the hoards of tourists and found a parking spot near the Pikes Peak trail head. After reading the signs and taking a quick tour of the pit toilets, we were on our way up the trail to the Eugenia Mine; a scant two miles away.
Awesome Flicker Gallery Plugin for WordPress
Stay Out of the Woods
Don't go into the woods today
Eugenia Mine Creek
Hiking With Jan Baby
On the Trail
Fall Colors in the Rockies
Twin Sisters Mountain view from the Pikes Peak trai lhead, near Estes Park, Colorado.
Flash and his Little Black Girlfriend
Flash Buddy with his little black girlfriend.
Photo: Jan Baby
Longs Peak Area
Arapahoe Ponds Early Fall
Sunrise on the Poudre River
Taken during the fall equinox half marathon. Location is about 6 miles down the canyon from Mishawaka.
Yea, I know, it needs some styling, which would be done by a css talented web guy such as myself, if I weren’t so lazy. I’m the plumber who won’t fix his own leaky toilet.
by Flash | Sep 12, 2011 | Galleries and Display
Thumbnail Gallery, created by Marius Donea, is one of the most configurable gallery plugins in existence. I purchased this plugin at Code Canyon and consider it money (a modest $15.00) well spent. Sure, I could have installed NextGen Gallery, added the thumb scroller plugin and had close to the same result. However, one must consider longevity. Paid for premium plugins stand a much better chance of being support/upgraded. Their authors are more likely to be available for counseling and advice and often, outright installation & configuration support.
Gallery
Roll over image for options…
[doptg id=”2″]
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by Flash | Jun 26, 2011 | Galleries and Display
While I’m on a “Madness” kick, why not Billboard Madness. Sliders are what this type of image/info display is commonly referred to. In the old days, seeing one image slide in from the left or right to replace another was too cool. Today, we have so many more options. This little gem can fit anywhere you choose to put it. Sidebars, content, templates, headers, footers…
This plugin is UDS Billboard. It cost $20.00. I’ll install and configure it for you for an additional $20.00. IMHO well worth it. Check it out at http://codecanyon.net
uBillboard Demo
[uds-billboard name=”demo-billboard”]
by Flash | Jun 14, 2011 | Galleries and Display
I recently embarked on a mission to find a way to mimic a image carousel (see below). It is a widget that advertises Amazon books. This all started when a client of mine 
decided he needed some similar eye candy on his real estate website.
The problem with the Amazon wiget was clicking (more…)
Former photographer, now WordPress aficionado and website developer - spending most days working feverishly, passionately and relentlessly from a Fort Collins, Colorado basement; occasionally accompanied by Jan Baby (the wife), Zac (eldest son), Max (humorous son) and or Molly the dog.
Lunch is at noon, quitting time depends on whether or not I'm skipping out for a drop-in or stick & puck session; hockey eh?!
Friendly to a fault, chatty and wannabe humorous, generally a helpful kinda guy. Poke Flash Buddy on Skype (flashhq) or send a message.
