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From wireframes to site performance...

From the latest trends in HTML5 and CSS3 to user interface, user experience, and Drupal web development, the Coal Bucket is where we share our knowledge and experience in building great websites. Feel free to browse around, post your feedback, and maybe learn a little more about website design!

Set added content to be unpublished by default.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In some circumstances, you might wish to set any content that you add on Drupal to be unpublished by default.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 Setting it to be unpublished by default takes away the 'danger' of...read more

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

Website Design Sneak Peek- MJ Rose Homes

Apr 12, 2013
Filed Under: Website Design and Development, Graphic Design and Marketing
by: Jason Stanley

Here is a work in progress sneak peek for MJ Rose Homes- an up and coming custom home builder based in Apex, North Carolina. Thanks for dropping by!read more

Autocomplete Drupal Form Tutorial

Apr 12, 2013
Filed Under: Website Design and Development
by: Helen Vasconcelos

How does this work?An autocomplete field lets the user choose from a list of items that closely match what they're currently typing. When you have a long list of items retrieved from the Drupal database, this field might come in handy - avoiding a mile-long, hard to navigate select list.I will use...read more

What to Expect When You are Expecting… a New Website.

Mar 27, 2013
Filed Under: Latest News, Website Design and Development
by: Jason Stanley

I just got out of a meeting with my marketing team where we discussed an ongoing website project that is nearing completion. In the last week the team has had several phone calls with one of the client stakeholders of the project who has been stressed out at the prospect of the new site launching. ...read more

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