http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog Run With the Pack... The Creative Workspace of Ryan Cowles Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:01:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2010/09/2800-miles-and-almost-as-many-updates/ http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2010/09/2800-miles-and-almost-as-many-updates/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:43:03 +0000 Ryan http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/?p=1141 Jump to: Cross Country Amtrak Trip • ME & Blue Website • Photo to Canvas To say that I have been busy would be a giant understatement. And that last sentence was a lame cliche.. but I couldn’t think of a better way to put it. I have been busy with projects, as always, and [...]]]> http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2010/09/2800-miles-and-almost-as-many-updates/feed/ 38 http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2010/07/my-breakdown-of-the-web-design-process/ http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2010/07/my-breakdown-of-the-web-design-process/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:51:41 +0000 Ryan http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/?p=1039 I apologize for the lack of updates recently, but as some of you already know, I will have some big changes in my offline world coming soon. Alanna and I are moving just about 2800 miles from Western Massachusetts to Southern California in August! We are both very excited, but also very busy! I will [...]]]> http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2010/07/my-breakdown-of-the-web-design-process/feed/ 52 http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2010/03/amber-stevens-new-website-launch/ http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2010/03/amber-stevens-new-website-launch/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:28:45 +0000 Ryan http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/?p=611 As you may know, I have been working with Melissa Bergen on a new website for the multi-talented Amber Stevens.  We launched the new look this morning!  It was a fun design to work with and I am really happy with the outcome.  The homepage features a XHTML/CSS menu, which is actually comprised of CSS [...]]]> http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2010/03/amber-stevens-new-website-launch/feed/ 16 http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2009/08/whats-your-favorite-design-related-site/ http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2009/08/whats-your-favorite-design-related-site/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:34:38 +0000 Ryan http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/?p=150 Whether it’s a site you visit regularly for inspiration, CSS tricks, Scripts, Articles on Design, Tech News, Photoshop Brushes, Vectors, or your own site, leave a comment on this post with the URL. Feel free to shamelessly self promote your blog as well!]]> http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2009/08/whats-your-favorite-design-related-site/feed/ 8 http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2009/07/how-to-dynamically-generate-paypal-add-to-cart-buttons-with-php-and-mysql-part-two/ http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2009/07/how-to-dynamically-generate-paypal-add-to-cart-buttons-with-php-and-mysql-part-two/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:52:14 +0000 Ryan http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/?p=116 Last week I began a tutorial on how to Dynamically Generate PayPayl Add to Cart or Buy Now Buttons with PHP and MySQL. Now, here is the rest. Where we left off.. The last bit of code we had before was the following: echo " <table border="0" width="600"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Description</th> <th>Picture</th> <th>Price</th> </tr> "; [...]]]> http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2009/07/how-to-dynamically-generate-paypal-add-to-cart-buttons-with-php-and-mysql-part-two/feed/ 1 http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2009/07/how-to-dynamically-generate-paypal-add-to-cart-buttons-with-php-and-mysql-beginner-tutorial-part-one/ http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2009/07/how-to-dynamically-generate-paypal-add-to-cart-buttons-with-php-and-mysql-beginner-tutorial-part-one/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:11:32 +0000 Ryan http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/?p=46 Outline Introduction The Situation The Data – CSV to MySQL HTML PayPal Button MySQL Data into HTML forms using PHP Introduction Although this may seem very basic to most experienced Programmers, I thought this might help some others who were in the same situation I was. What You’ll Need Know how to create a MySQL [...]]]> http://www.metacomdesign.com/blog/2009/07/how-to-dynamically-generate-paypal-add-to-cart-buttons-with-php-and-mysql-beginner-tutorial-part-one/feed/ 10