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Welcome to the Coalmarch blog

Sounding off and general observations…

Welcome to the Coalmarch blog, where we write about website design, programming, Drupal, Adobe Photoshop, how not to get run over by a downtown Raleigh bus, and much, much more.

Thanks for stopping by, feel free to share your opinion if you are feeling adventurous!

Set added content to be unpublished by default.

Apr 25, 2013
Filed Under: Website Design and Development
by: Helen Vasconcelos

In some circumstances, you might wish to set any content that you add on Drupal to be unpublished by default. This is especially useful if you wish to review it some other time or if the content needs to be reviewed by someone else. Setting it to be unpublished by default takes away the 'danger' of...read more

Mobile Search and Google Adwords Campaigns

Apr 22, 2013
Filed Under: Online Marketing
by: Rachel Pratt

More people are using mobile devices than ever before. Mobile traffic is expected to outpace desktop traffic by 2014. Google Adwords is becoming a part of this change by displaying campaigns across multiple devices whether or not that option is selected. Under Adwords “enhanced campaigns”...read more

Designing on my Terms

Apr 19, 2013
Filed Under: Website Design and Development, Just for Fun, Graphic Design and Marketing
by: Jason Stanley

What happens when you let a designer off the chain?Every once in a while I get an itch that I can't help but scratching. It could be a major brand that I see tons of potential in, like a Stanley Steemer home page refresh from a couple years ago or a local barber shop that I walk by every day....read more

Lunch and Learn: Community Learning at Coalmarch

Apr 19, 2013
Filed Under: Just for Fun
by: Carolyn Frazier

At Coalmarch, Friday afternoons mean giving our clients some breathing room and focusing inwardly on ourselves. You might take that to mean Coalmarch yoga, and although we do participate in office stretching from time to time, I’m talking about focusing on Coalmarch marketing, cleaning the office,...read more

Designers of the Future & the AIGA Raleigh Student Portfolio Review

Apr 17, 2013
Filed Under: Graphic Design and Marketing
by: Todd Robert

On April 6, I volunteered to be a reviewer at the AIGA Raleigh Student Portfolio Review hosted by Centerline Digital. I had never been a part of something like it before and I was very pleased at the event’s organization and the overall quality of work coming out of North Carolina’s universities...read more

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