Greeting visitors, thanks for stopping by. I’m happy to announce the cobbler has a shiny new pair of shoes! It’s been quite awhile in the making, it was always on the bottom of the to-do list, and though it’s not perfect, our new website is now open to public view. The old site was serviceable, but needed a facelift and content shift. It wasn’t mobile responsive (gasp!). We’ve fixed that, removed much of the clutter and now focus the message on what we do best, build beautiful, smart, client websites sites using WordPress.

On blogging

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Missing hipster ipsum

When this site was in development it included a lot of placeholder text. Copy blocks to indicate where content would go. But it wasn’t the old standby “Lorem ipsum”, we used only the finest artisanal filler text, “Hipster Ipsum”. Here’s a sample:

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We couldn’t stop laughing. More can be found here.

Designers have long used “greeked text” to indicate copy placement and style in their layouts. In the mid-eighties Aldus Corp. (makers of desktop publishing software, PageMaker) created “Lorem ipsum”, and the text file has been used by graphic designers ever since. It starts…

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat… and so on

The classic lorem ipsum serves it’s purpose well, it’s neutral and creates minimal distraction (unlike the hilarious hipster version) and since a spell checker generally catches lorem ipsum there’s less chance of it ending up in your final product (now that’s embarrassing). But if you’re bored with the same old, same old now there are many alternatives. Meet the many other ipsums here. Enjoy!