ValidWebs Web Development

Big web agencies screw people over too!

Jeff Behnke — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 01:09:38 +0000

I get this client call a lot! To much! Client: So I had my website built for $#x,xxx.00 and I am not happy with it at all. Yes, the x’s are zeros and the # is a number usually from 4 – 9. Me: What’s the address/url? Client: http://mymessedupsite.com Me: Well it looks like they … Continued

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The Real Web Developer

Jeff Behnke — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 17:10:02 +0000

Back when I was in construction building residential homes we had builders that we called “Weekend Warriors”. Everyone with a hammer thinks they can build a home. Not saying they did not know what they were doing, but they were doing it in a fashion that gave them a work around the legalities of construction. … Continued

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Web Development Projects

Jeff Behnke — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 09:00:18 +0000

ValidWebs has a large amount of projects going at all times. It may not be obvious because as most web deveolopment companies we also have private repos besides GitHub. Our GitHub alone has 56 public repositories. But, I will give you a peak at our private stats also. We have our own repo server that … Continued

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VVV DashBoard for Varying Vagrant Vagrants

Jeff Behnke — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 22:52:33 +0000

VVV Dashboard is one of the Open Source projects that I started and work on quite a bit lately. It has changed from a simple UI for VVV to a full on developement tool. The following feature list should show you just that. Extensive Feature List List hosts in VVV Debug On/Off for WP sites … Continued

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Cyber Monday WebDev Services Special

Jeff Behnke — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:26:53 +0000

Since we have an open spot to take on one more project before years end, we are offering a special discount for Cyber Monday. We will offer a 50% discount on our rate for any projects we accept from the time of this post until Tommorrow at midnight central time. Keep in mind that you … Continued

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Find WordPress Plugin and Theme Bottlenecks

Jeff Behnke — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:03:15 +0000

WP BenchmrkII is a tool that I made for profiling, benchmarking and development. It has many key features that can significantly help with these tasks.This tool is in development itself, but I use it almost daily for my work. Its an invaluable tool and helps me greatly in my day to day WordPress work. Read … Continued

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Add blog link to admin nav

Jeff Behnke — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:10:48 +0000

WP Static Pages and Sites Link With the newer versions of WordPress the admin nav bar is great. But when you have a static page site for home and blog, then the site link always brings you to the home page, when most of the time you want the blog page. This snippet will add … Continued

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WordPress Benchmark Dev Tool

Jeff Behnke — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:56:44 +0000

WP BenchmrkII is a tool that I made for profiling, benchmarking and development. It has many key features that can significantly help with these tasks.This tool is in development itself, but I use it almost daily for my work. Its very powerful and helps me greatly in my day 2 day WordPress work. Features Database … Continued

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WordPress Theme Development Controversies

Jeff Behnke — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:19:45 +0000

WordPress Theme Development Controversies and what some say can be not only wrong but hurt your site and its performance. Just to name a few… Don’t add custom stuff that should be a plugin. Clearly separate all of the src resource files. Minimal Admin Options While these controversies are opinions, here are some reasons why … Continued

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Useful Linux Terminal Commands and Utils

Jeff Behnke — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:37:39 +0000

Linux terminal is a powerful tool that most Windows users do not use or know until they are forced to. Case in point, about 2 years ago now I installed Ubuntu on my notebook and a year ago on my workstation. The biggest reason is that mentioned in the first line of this post. The … Continued

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