Some Early Summer Adventures

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Gliffen Designs

This is my 3rd year in Jackson Hole and I get so excited for summer time because I know that morel season is just a brief but rewarding time. They pop out of the brush among the Cottonwoods. I feel like a little kid running around looking for these delicious treasures. Two summers ago, we had cooler after cooler full of morels, but this season only a handful. We are hoping to find more this weekend.. I will report back.

South Park Feeding Grounds

I found a morel mushroom!

Sadie loves any excuse to run around with us in the woods. She also loves the unending smells, not to mention the wildlife carcasses laying around.

Morel Recipe: Fresh Artichoke Risotto w/ Morel Mushrooms

There are so many things you can make with morels, here’s a recipe that I held on to that looks amazing!

Spring.. where are you?

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Gliffen Designs

I miss warmer days, don’t you?

Slide Lake

Hike to Phelps Lake

Inspiration Point in Yellowstone National Park

Chance Meetings: Networking with Entrepreneurs

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Gliffen Designs

Last night at The Rose, gathered several entrepreneurs in our community and others from all corners of the country to meet and greet each other. Silicon Couloir (previously known as Table 14) hosts these “Chance Meetings” which are monthly gathering of the region’s entrepreneurs, sharing thoughts about their opportunities and challenges. Along with “2 Minute Drills,” a series of two minute talks about local entrepreneurial efforts. Silicon Couloir supports and connects dedicated entrepreneurs. Their events and resources strengthen the entrepreneurial community.

During the “2 Minute Drills” Trilipiderm, EveryArtist, JH Marketplace and Mountain Roots highlighted themselves and what challenges they have faces so far. It’s refreshing to hear new ideas emerging into new businesses in Jackson. It’s important as a business in Jackson Hole to maintain our connection to our community.

A friend of mine that came with me to the gathering (who happens to be a Jackson Hole native) told me that she wanted to join me because even though she’s from here, she doesn’t feel as if she’s connected with the community. She went away to college and came back to live here to make a life for herself. I personally find it incredibly rewarding to network with others in the area, it gives me a sense of belonging. I have been in Jackson now for nearly 2 years and I feel like I am exactly where I need to be. The people are so welcoming and supportive of one another, no wonder I feel so at home. I am not an entrepreneur but I am a supporter of Gliffen Designs (of course) and a supporter of all businesses in the Jackson Hole area. Our role is pretty prevalent to our clients and I take pride in helping better their brand and help their business succeed.

Photo Cred. @SiliconCouloir

Creating rounded image corners using CSS3

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Gliffen Designs

Border Radius was a concept released with CSS3 that allows you to create rounded corners on objects without the use of the traditional background images. Previously if you wanted to create a box that looks like this:

You would need to create a series of images that would be placed on the various corners which would make it look curved. But not anymore. Now this can be accomplished as easy as this:

.ob{
    -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
    -moz-border-radius: 10px;
    border-radius: 10px;
    
    /* these properties are just so that you can see the box*/
    background-color:#999;
    width:300px;
    height:100px;
}

But it doesn’t stop there. You can even attach these properties to an image. You can create this effect:

using this code:

img{
    -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 200px;
    -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 200px;
    -moz-border-radius-topleft: 200px;
    -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 200px;
    border-top-left-radius: 200px;
    border-bottom-right-radius: 200px;;
}

Your Website and SEO

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Gliffen Designs

Websites have evolved quite a lot over the years in functionality and in overall structure. They can fulfill a need for you and your business to not only provide relevant information to your customers but in some cases your website is your business.

Here are some tips on how your website can be all that it can be!

Site Navigation
Your site navigation plays a tremendous role in its overall SEO authority. Steer clear of navigation structures that make it difficult for search engines to crawl, like Flash or JavaScript. Stick with XHTML and CSS (or if you must use images for the navigation, but sure to use ALT tags). Shallower websites are more in favor than websites that have great “depth,” which typically requires lengthy strings of clicks to see every page on your website.

Backlinks
Shallow navigation structures improve your website’s usability, making is easier on your visitors to find what they came for. Making your website more accessible improves your bounce rate and may improve overall average time on the site, which play a further role in SEO rankings.

Websites with depth can benefit from internal backlinking:
- External backlinks – links that point to your website from entirely seperate sites
- Internal backlinks – connections between individual pages within your website

Benefits of Internal backlinks between pages or blog posts:
- Decrease the number of clicks required to access each page of your website
- Internal links offer keyword-rich
- Internal links improve user experience on your website

When you add to new page or blog post, take a moment to think if the readers may be interested in other topics you have covered elsewhere on your website. If this opportunity arises, create internal links within your content that point to these other website pages.

URL Structure
The URL structure of your website plays a very important role on how your site is being “seen” by search engines.

Our URL structure looks something like this:
http://gliffen.com/mobile-website-design.php

- Search engines will look at something like this and because “mobile website design” is being separated by dashes, these keywords will be recognized as separate phrases and because target keywords are being used throughout, it should provide for relevant visitation.

When developing a WordPress site for example, we use the Permalink area to be sure that we use the “post name” option. This helps ensure your website qualifies for full consideration by the search engines.

Original article: SEO 101: How Your Website’s Structure Affects its SEO

Spread Holiday Cheer

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Gliffen Designs

Whether you want to send your season greetings to your loyal customers or to your friends and family, we can help! Send us your unique artwork by Friday, Dec. 7th to get your order in just in time for the Holidays. We are happy to layout your greeting and your photo(s) especially for you** or we can work with your press ready art too.

See the rates below on either 4″x6″ Folded Greeting Cards or 4″x6″ Flat Cards in various quantities in a heavy card stork with matching envelopes. Prices start as low as $0.24 per card. E-mail us at: aj@gliffen.com with your greeting card requests and any questions you may have.

Product	Quantity	Price	Price per Card
4″x6″ Folded Greeting Cards 4/4 w/ A6 envelopes on 10 or 14pt card stock	50	$135.29	$2.71
	100	$194.53	$1.95
	150	$243.27	$1.62
	200	$292.43	$1.46
	250	$323.68	$1.29
	500	$349.75	$0.70
	1000	$413.67	$0.41

4″x6″ Flat Cards 4/4 w/ A6 envelopes on 10 or 14pt card stock	50	$67.22	$1.34
	100	$93.14	$0.93
	150	$114.80	$0.77
	200	$136.41	$0.68
	250	$171.86	$0.69
	500	$194.68	$0.39
	1000	$242.52	$0.24

** Additional design costs apply.

All American Wood Register

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Gliffen Designs

All American Wood Register offers premium quality wood products — heating and air registers and vent covers. They have various products in over 60 species of wood to best match your home. They have been an industry leader for the past 40 years with exceptional customer service where personalized attention has become a thing of the past for most of their competitors.

Explore All American Wood Register’s website: http://allamericanwood.com and see how they can help improve your home.

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Our First Snow

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Jackson Hole’s first snow in the valley — and it’s starting to stick!

Is it Winter Yet?

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Gliffen Designs

The days are shorter, the weather is getting chiller.. is it winter yet?

Well, it’s getting there, this week alone has a cold front pushing through.. high of 52 degress. All I got to say is, bring it on!

It’s exciting thinking about when the mountains are filled in with snow, cozy winter nights, getting out to enjoy powder days at the resort and in the backcountry. I have only had one winter here so far and I’m pretty pumped for another.