RKN Studio News & Big Ideas

Use PHP to send an Email

Sending an email through PHP is surprisingly simple and straightforward. Just remember a few simple requirements, and watch the apostrophes. Here’s the code in entirety: $message = "Hi !<br/><br/>This is my email message and a link: <a href='http://kimjoyfox.com'>KimJoyFox</a><br/><br/>Visit Kim Joy Fox for tutorials, information, etc.<br /><br/>Sincerely,<br /><br/>Me"; $to = $email; $headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "rn"; [...]

Getting a Logo Designed

At some point in your business, you’ll need to get a logo created. Hiring a designer is the first step, but here are a few tips you’ll need to know to get the most from your money. Search Logos online The first thing you’ll want to do is do your research. Look up other business’s [...]

What is it About Pinterest?

No, really. What is it about Pinterest that has (mostly) women so addicted. Even after almost a year on it, and somewhere around 30 boards, it still holds a sort of fascination that draws be back into it’s clutches almost daily. It’s not actually that useful (jokes abound even on Pinterest about that); it doesn’t [...]

Web Development Contracts: The Specifics

Contracts are one of those important but annoying necessities of being a freelancer. If you respect them, they can be your best friend; if you don’t, they can ruin you. I would recommend creating your own one-page contract for smaller clients to sign. But once you get up around $6,000 – $7,000, many clients will hire their [...]

What is Good Design?

Every Monday morning I post an image of a website and critique the design. I point out what looks good, what looks bad, and, sometimes, what I think could be changed to make it better. But what exactly makes design good? When we look at (specifically) a webpage, what makes us see it as designed [...]

Recent Work – Castillo Realty Group

CastilloRealtyGroup.com is a WordPress website for a Los Angeles, CA realtor.  It incorporates his MLS listings as well as rental properties.  RKN Studio created a custom template for the client.

Recent Work – Ronan Engineering

Ronan Engineering is a custom Joomla CMS website with a lot of functionality.  RKN Studio created a custom representative portal for the client as well as downloadable forms, catalog, etc.

Recent Work – LTC Performance

LTC Performance has come to us for both WordPress and Joomla.  For their corporate site, we wanted to use Joomla to allow us full functionality of different modules on different pages.

Recent Work – Bella Venezia

BellaVenezia.biz is a Joomla CMS website built to showcase both custom furniture as well as unique furnishings.

New Student Athlete Website – Anthony Stover

We have launched Anthony Stover’s website.  I loved working with Anthony on this one.  We are still developing pieces of it and there will be some really cool features on there soon.  Check it out HERE!