• Security

    One of the big trends in 2012 is going to be security. We’ve gone through the initial stages of getting people used to password rules and best practices. We’ve taught people not to put sensitive information in their mail boxes and to shred things they don’t want fished out of their garbage. People are even…

  • Tips for Graphic Designers Starting Out in Indianapolis

    I recently met some recent Ball State graduates at a meetup in Broad Ripple, which led me to write this post on the current state of graphic design from my perspective and how to get noticed online: Types of Design Work You Could Do Design book covers – people are self-publishing more (as ebooks and…

  • No More Stock Photography

    Recently I’ve noticed from social media experts like Jason Cobb and from Pinterest boards like No More Boring Stock Photos, there is a growing revolt against the use of stock photography. Now, I’ve used my share of stock photography in the past from sites like iStockPhoto, but now I’ve got a [quiet] goal of not…

  • Service Scheduling Online Software

    WordPress Scheduling and Online Estimators Our Noblesville carpet cleaning client wanted a way to keep track of appointments and allow clients to schedule and possibly even pay on his website. His site runs on WordPress so we looked into a WordPress plugin for a calendar that we’ve used before successfully, however it has to be updated…

  • History of Indianapolis Web Design

    Erich Stauffer originally began doing web design in Indianapolis under the name Telablue back in 2007, but in 2011 we merged the brands. Recently, while working on our new Industries pages, we ran across some snap shots of earlier Telablue designs that are near and dear to our heart that we wanted to share. A lot…

  • Instructions on How to Use WordPress

    This WordPress guide is intended to be a primer for WordPress beginners learning how to login and post a page or a post for the first time. It’s not meant to be an guide on how to use WordPress in general. How to Login to Your WordPress Website In order to edit your website using…

  • What Can SugarCRM Do for You?

    SugarCRM is a great customer relationship manager with pipeline management and email marketing capability.  The core Sugar modules are as follows: Home – The Home module provides a quick view of the relevant data and activities that you select for display. Accounts – Manage customer companies, entities, or even individuals if’s it’s a small business.  You can track a…

  • How to Find Your Top Keywords in the New Google Analytics

    If you’re like me, you had trouble originally finding where the top keywords were in the new Google Analytics dashboard. It used to be under Traffic Sources > Keywords, but now it’s under Traffic Sources > Sources > Search > Organic. Google Analytics Organic Search Keywords report shows Site Usage with Keyword, Visits, Pages/Visit, Average…

  • Visualize WordPress Categories by Post Count

    This is a cool WordPress charting tool to visualize your WordPress posts by category into an auto-updating chart. It works by querying WordPress for its posts counts and then using the Google API for creating charts to create and display an image. The JPG that is returned is actually stored on Google’s servers, but displayed…