The following images are mock ups of the proposed home page landing view for a custom theme in both the desktop and mobile device layouts.
Desktop View – 1200 X 900
Mobile View – 400 X 900
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AMR 2.0 – Custom Theme Proposal
Author: Steven
Ember’s Angels
Bryan, owner of General Insurance Adjusters, is a returning client who had an idea for a non-profit company which would help fill a tremendous need. He found himself often having to turn away families who had suffered through a devastating fire, simply because they had no insurance, or the insurance they did have, offered no coverage for the event.
So he thought, why not try to connect people through a charitable website, by which individuals and organizations could donate items directly to families. Some of the simplest things we often take for granted are hard to come by when you’ve lost everything to a fire.
Bryan, owner of General Insurance Adjusters, is a returning client who had an idea for a non-profit company which would help fill a tremendous need. He found himself often having to turn away families who had suffered through a devastating fire, simply because they had no insurance, or the insurance they did have, offered no coverage for the event.
Along with a WordPress installation, theme customization, and some custom coding…I also created a brand. A logo, an icon, some business cards and mailing materials were the required images. I started, as I usually do, sketching some ideas for his logo in the old fashioned “paper and pencil” manner and the proceed to bring into fruition what follows thusly…
SECONDARY LOGO
FLATTENED ICON
BUSINESS CARD
ENVELOPE
LETTERHEAD
WANT TO HELP A FAMILY IN NEED?
American Eagle Designs
I had to make a Made in America Seal for a project I was working on, thought, “while I’m at it, why not make a couple graphics for some T’s or whatever”. Got to playing around with them and whipped these out real fast like. Of course, I already had cheater images to start with, which cut half the time off of making these two beauties, but I ain’t one to look a “Gift Eagle” in the mouth…
THESE WERE THE IMAGES I STARTED WITH
I wanted the final images in black/white/grey. So the first thing I did was strip out colors. While I was at it I fixed a few minor imperfections I noticed, then added a some borders with a grungier feel, a little splatter here and there, duplicated and resized some stars, and finally added some text…and…
THESE WERE THE IMAGES I FINISHED WITH
HERE THEY ARE WITH A BLUE/WHITE DUOTONE FILTER
You know how I like my blue…
HERE’S ONE WITH PURPLE/WHITE & ONE WITH MAROON/WHITE
Maybe not my best work but it really didn’t take too long to do these. Besides, I almost always learn something new when I spend time on images like this. Of course, I don’t recall learning anything specific on these, but either way they will be added to “the things I may never use, but spent time creating” pile.
Do you like outdoor games?
Maybe you’ll like this one…
Or, maybe you’d like one of the articles below…
Grower Gang
I watch a podcast called Slightly Offensive with Elijah Schaefer. The other day he had Alex Jones on as a guest and they, as men often do, we’re talking about their junk. At some point, one of them calls themselves a grower not a shower, and so began a community of people, who were probably dying with laughter (exactly what I was doing), claiming membership to this not so exclusive gang.
I enjoyed being a spectator to this clown show so much that I simply couldn’t resist joining in on the fun by making a few honorary images, which I sent to Elijah! Not that he’ll ever actually see them, but what else was I gonna do with them? Other than share them with you?
I know it isn’t the most hilarious thing to have ever been discussed on a podcast, but the collaboration of these two characters is what had me so amused.
The following is the result of too much time not very well spent…but boy did I have a good laugh that night.
I MADE THIS BADGE/COIN FIRST
NEXT CAME THIS ONE
AND LASTLY THIS SHIELD MATERIALIZED
A short while after sending the images of the badge/coin’s on over to Elijah, I suddenly thought…..Shield, yeah I’ll do a shield too! You’d think I had nothing better to do…but that’s what I did…tada!
Of course when I decided to post it here I just had to create a logo, which is attached to this post as the feature image and shown below with a blue/blue duotone filter applied…
UPDATE!
So, yeah I took a couple hours to create a semi-useless graphic, but — I did get a reply from Elijah! Basically he said he had just seen it and commented a simple – epic! followed by the words Grower Gang. Yeah, I know, I made it wrong… it’s funny that I had it wrong…and also makes total sense to me. So guess what I’ll probably end up doing? You got it! Fix the images to correctly reflect the word he’s actually using. The results of said corrections, should they ever appear, will appear below…
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How many peppers?
How Many Peppers?
Jimmy and Joey we’re too old friends just a couple of hillbillies doing what hillbillies do on a weekend hanging out in front of the trailer on their lawn chairs discussin’ philosophical matters…
Jimmy says, “Joey you know what I always wondered?” “What’s that Jimmy?” asks Joey.
If Peter Piper could pick a peck of pickled peppers how many pickled peppers could Peter Piper pick?
Joey says, “well I don’t know Jimmy but I sure do want to meet that Peter guy…”
Jimmy asks Joey, “Why you wanna meet him for?”
Joey says, “Cuz if he’s got a plant that grows the peppers already pickled…I want me want me one of them plants!”
Oh Can’t We Three?
Oh Can’t We Three?
The thought crossed my mind about what the interaction of these three just might be like…in poetic form. The following was the result.
Can’t See asks Can’t Speak what he sees?
Can’t Speak writes down what he can’t say.
Can’t Hear says what Can’t Speak wrote.
Can’t See hears Can’t Hear read Can’t Speaks note.
As the three slowly walk together along the way.
Thanks for reading…hope you liked it!
Set Video As Background of Page From WP Post
Example of how to embed a video as the background of a page from a post.
This is Cricket…Cricket loves to sleep in weird positions.
The short video clip playing in the background of this page is one I had of Crick-Crickety-Cricketers the Cricketiest Kitty in the Mid-West. I was trying to get a picture of her sleeping in a crazy pose half way between the window sill and the headboard.
Soooooooo…….
In my mind it was a perfect clip to test this delicious little bit of CSS TrICKERY I will be incorporating in future posts and other projects perhaps.
Here’s The Code…
First The CSS
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video#bgvid {
position: fixed;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
min-width: 100%;
min-height: 100%;
width: auto;
height: auto;
z-index: -100;
-webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
background-color: #106899;
background-size: cover;
opacity:.5;
}
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Next The HTML
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<video id="bgvid" autoplay="" muted="" loop="">
<!-- * Be sure to replace YourMovieFile.mp4 with the name of your file -->
<source src=" YourMovieFile.mp4 " type="video/mp4">
</video>
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And That's It.Easy, Simple and Clean!
Just the way I likes it…
MäMZ
Presenting Her Exc”ELLEN”ce…
EllenG.
The woman I refer to as MäMZ…
The deliverer of my earthly-birthly, EllenG has been the most loving and encouraging mother figure a person could ever ask for! Ready to help anyone she can at the drop of a hat, she has lived a life of willingness to do for others. Her gift of gab, accompanied by her great sense of humor, has earned her a strong, ever-growing circle of friends and acquaintances.
MäMZ has always been a tad bit on the wild and weird side, but absent any type of stimulant, she’s never smoked a cigarette or tried any illegal drugs! She will occasionally indulge in an alcoholic beverage, though it usually proves to be a good example, after just a drink, of why it is a good thing she never “experimented”.
After selling shoes for several years, she became a loyal employee of over 20 years with Sears at the Belden Village Mall in North Canton, OH. She was a sales associate in the Heating & Plumbing and Lawn & Garden areas. She really loved working for Sears and several of her co-workers became some really good friends, many of which have now passed on, but those that remain are still very close. She started working there right after I gave my notice to leave, I had worked there for about 8 months as a stock boy, before I left to join a traveling side-show called “The Palace of Illusions”. She never left, that is, until she had to partially retire due to a heart attack she had in September of 2009. Yeah, she actually retired from Sears, but then took a part time sales position with another store location just a couple of years later and worked there an additional 5 or 6 years.
Sometimes I am just amazed that she keeps going the way she does.
Constantly on the move helping people without cars, running errands for others, working part time, and still managing to make road trips fairly regularly. It is not uncommon to catch her taking a nap in her car somewhere, with a romance novel in her lap, her glasses pressed against her slumped-over head in some crooked manner of sorts, waiting on somebody to come out of a store, or a clinic or hospital, or some building with a parking lot.
Things EllenG Does
♦ Leaves strange things in even stranger places
♦ Collects scrap metal (anywhere she sees it)
♦ Treats her car like a taxi
♦ Eats pounds of sunflower seeds each fiscal quarter
♦ Hangs out at McDonald’s (almost every single day)
♦ Excellent, MäMZ does excellent very well.
PäPZ
Allow me to introduce…
Bubber.
This is the man I call PäPZ.
This picture was taken with one of Bubber’s 11 grandchildren on her Graduation Day, what a happy day Bubber was having that day!
Bubber has 3 other kids other than myself, and was married to the same woman (I call her MäMZ) for 40 years. In addition to this beauty standing next to him and his other grandkids, he’s been gifted with 3 great grandchildren so far, and is the kind of man who is always excited to hear there’s another baby on it’s way!
Bubber has been a single man going on 7 years now, and despite his best efforts, has yet to fully mend the whole left by my momma. The way he says it is…I’m still in love with her, but slowly but Shirley (see what I did there?) he’s been healing from the blow. Who knows what the future holds, right?
Bubber revels over company! Stop by and say HI!
The constant talker, Bubber is ready to bend anyone’s ear that’ll give him a shot, so next time you gotta little time to kill and wanna hear some good old fashioned fish-tale kinda stories, listen to some ole-timey music, and perhaps even have a cold one, you know who to see.
Things Bubber Does
♦ Watches The Weather Channel
♦ Opens and reads “Junk Mail”
♦ Orders wacky crap from magazines
♦ Dumpster dives with the best of ’em
♦ Collects Wood Pallets (and everything else)
♦ Incredible, Bubber does incredible very well.
Bubber and Butch (Bubber’s Brother) 
Bubber wasn’t happy with me… “Born To Loose” LOL
Sad News Brings A Different Kind Of Blues…
*Unfortunately, on a Sunday evening in late October of 2017 PäPZ called out my name to come give him a hand. Minutes later I was sobbing over the the sudden and sobering truth that my PäPZ had left his earthly body and closed his eyes for the last time. I feel such gratitude that I could be there for him in his moment of need, and for the time I got to spend with him over the last several years. My only regret, which is consistent throughout my lifetime, is that there were times I didn’t show him the love and respect he so rightfully deserved…
That’s One Happy Ass
