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MOTLOT's new website build has been spotted on the web! Check out this yummy project, which features a custom WordPress theme.
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Recently, I felt the need to slow things down. So Patty and I decided to head up to the mountains to reflect on life for a while.
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Our JustRightCRM is built on the Laravel framework. Let’s continue our web app series by learning how to show data from different models & controllers on the same view.
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Planning to leverage the holidays to better your bottom line? Then now's the time to make sure your e-commerce site is up to the challenge.
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Imposter syndrome can set in so quickly. Here's a 4-step process for kicking that imposter to the curb—and a reminder to keep being awesome.
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Over here at Mad Cow, we're keeping our peepers on AI news to see how web development in particular is helping to lead this emerging tech.
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Our JustRightCRM is built on the Laravel framework. So let's begin our web app series with learning about Laravel's basic structure: MVC.
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JustRightCRM was an app we built just for funsies, and we also ended up learning a heck of a lot.
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Need ways to make site updates without a lot of time or moo-la? Check out these two options to update your site lickety-split.
Mad Cow Customizer is a plugin that catalogs all the hooks in WooCommerce and offers a WYSIWYG so you can easily manage the content in your online store.
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Mad Cow Web Design is now "Mad Cow Web"! Read about why we removed "Design" from our name and what that means for our awesome clients.

Domains, DNS, Hosting, Oh my!

This is in no way to be an exhaustive review of DNS, but more of a basic guideline for messing with your domain. In general, this is a scary place to mess around if you’re not super comfortable. My main piece of advice is to enlist the help of your

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I ain’t scared…. much….

Alright. I had to make a video embed shortcode for a client and figured some folks may want to peek at it and maybe use it. Basically, this allows your clients to add videos into their pages, include some padding and float, yet maintain the beauty of responsive design. Currently

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Check Yo Self!

All the SEO efforts in the world will do you no good if you fail to evaluate your results. Much like anything you strive for, losing weight, gaining muscle, learning a new skill, etc., you won’t really know if you are improving if you don’t measure it somehow. I’m not

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Phinding Phrases

  This past week I had an opportunity to chat with a client about keyword identification and research. I know this is a topic we have covered in the past, but it bears revisiting. When you are heading down the road of optimizing your site for search engines (SEO), the

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Get Your Nerd On!

Put on your thinking caps today. We’re going to get a little nerdy here in mid-summer!  We have talked, a bunch, about the “big picture” of SEO. Important steps like doing your keyword research, optimizing your site with those phrases and making sure you have dedicated landing pages for the

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Picking the Perfect Phrases (for SEO)

Here’s hoping your 4th of July was explosive!  I read, this morning, that the Fort Collins police received 200 complaints about fireworks over the weekend.  This tells me 2 things.  First, I still don’t understand why fireworks are illegal.  Yes, they can be dangerous but so is a car, motorcycle,

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