On Saturday I spent my day working behind the scenes here at ForTheLose.org. Subtle things like managing various plugins and other not-so-subtle things like getting the site listed in the BuySellAds marketplace. I also began work on a brand new Wordpress theme design.

Odds are that it’ll happen to you eventually. If you’re any sort of authority on any sort of subject online, whether it be web design, writing, photography, or even blogging, the odds are pretty good that one day someone will steal your work whether you know about it or not. It happened to me for the first time to my knowledge about 2 months ago.

We all have a little bit of a gamer inside of us. I wasn’t until I saw Steam was accepting Paypal, but yeah, now I am. As a web designer, I tend to stop and examine elements on other websites that catch my eye or appeal to me. These are usually where I get my inspiration from.

I got to thinking yesterday as I was writing the post announcing the ForTheLose.org Giveaway Extravaganza winners. Since I was embedding a Flash video into my post, I was wondering what was the best way to do it. Embedding things is always somewhat tricky, especially if you want to keep the HTML code value.

All good web designers make sure that their web templates are cross-browser compatible. All experienced web designers know that Internet Explorer 6 is the closest thing to the devil himself on Earth. All really experienced web designers know all the tricks to get by the countless number of bugs in IE6, however, so they’re not affected by it as much.

Custom Fields are one of the most powerful features in Wordpress. Most newbies are either afraid of these mysterious input areas or just plain ol’ don’t even know they exist. In this post, my goal is to enlighten you on what exactly the Custom Fields are and provide some examples of what they can be used for.