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# Blazer Six: Professional Websites for Small Businesses — From contractors to consultants, we’ve spent 20 years helping small businesses establish credibility online and attract more customers.


## Sitemaps
[XML Sitemap](https://www.blazersix.com/sitemap_index.xml): Includes all crawlable and indexable pages.

## Posts
- [How I Use Linked Smart Objects in Photoshop](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/use-linked-smart-objects-photoshop/): When Adobe introduced Linked Smart Objects in Photoshop it had an immediate impact on my design processby allowing me to save various reusable components in a separate file and place a linked instance of those components wherever they were needed. It sounds convoluted, but let me use an example to put it in context.
- [Speed Up Your Genesis Theme by Reducing Database Queries](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/speed-up-genesis-theme/): WordPress ships with a bunch of nifty methods to improve performance and knowing when to use one of them could cut the number of database queries on your site by over 60%.
- [2013 Recap: Another Year of Building Sites with WordPress](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/2013-recap-another-year-building-sites-with-wordpress/): When people ask how business is going, I think about how my dad -- an elevator man -- responds to the same question: "sometimes it's up, sometimes it's down." It's a lighthearted response, but a realistic perspective in running a business. If the ups outweigh the downs, something must be going right.
- [Happy Release Day, Drew Kennedy](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/happy-release-day-drew-kennedy/): Two years ago our buddy, singer-songwriter Drew Kennedy, asked us to design his new site. He had a new album and companion novel on the horizon and wanted a web presence to match. It was one of the first responsive sites we designed and helped us formulate techniques and processes we still use.
- [Work Before Inspiration](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/work-before-inspiration/): In his essay "Paint and Blood," songwriter Tom Russell writes, “Picasso said the muses will descend, but they must find you working.”
- [Introducing AudioTheme](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/introducing-audiotheme/): A few years ago, we published a popular country music blog* and part of our duties required visiting band websites every day -- back when MySpace was big and the primary online presence for many bands (we have the benefit of hindsight to see how that went). Helping artists with their websites was an idea we put a lot of thought toward at the time and eventually dismissed as too much work. One problem is their needs often far outweigh their budgets.
- [New Work: Batman News](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/new-work-batman-news/): After weeks, and sometimes months, of redesigning a website it’s always exciting to launch and watch the reaction of the audience. As exciting as the reaction is, that’s not what drives a redesign; we’re all about finding and providing solutions that address client goals. If we address those goals, then the positive reactions are all icing, which is the case with our latest project: Batman News, the most popular Batman site on the web.
- [Quick Tip: Adjusting Margins for Text Columns In Photoshop](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/quick-tip-adjusting-margins-for-text-columns-in-photoshop/): When working with columns of text across various layers in Photoshop it can become tedious adjusting each layer to create margins and gutters.
- [Wrapping Up 2012](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/wrapping-up-2012/): Happy 2013, folks! With a new year comes new plans and new goals, but we’re not quite done with 2012 -- not without mentioning a couple of clients and projects that kept us busy 'til the drop of the ball.
- [Building a Better Image Widget with the New WordPress Media Manager](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/wordpress-image-widget/): One of the goals we attempt to achieve in the work we do here at Blazer Six is to make sure our solutions are easy to use. It's not just about getting the job done and launching a website that looks good to visitors -- it's also about giving clients the ability to publish and manage their content. Poorly implemented features will lead to more support requests, frustration -- which doesn't reflect well on us or WordPress -- and at worst, it could waste valuable time and money. Quite simply, we've found that if it's not easy, then the feature most likely won't be used.
- [A WordPress Class Template Tag to Rule Them All](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/wordpress-class-template-tag/): Last week, on Twitter...
- [Abstracting Custom Post Type and Taxonomy Registration In WordPress](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/abstracting-custom-post-type-registration-in-wordpress/): Custom Post Types in WordPress are incredibly useful, but as a web developer working on a number of projects at any given time, it can be frustrating having to manually write out each and every label needed for display throughout the dashboard.
- [Thirty](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/thirty/): In the time since last writing here I experienced a watershed moment — I bought a $40 cowboy ribeye from the butcher. It was everything a $40 steak should be and more.
- [Custom Post Types Are Not Posts](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/custom-post-types-are-not-posts/): Custom post types are not posts.
- [Nauracons Icon Set Download](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/nauracons-icon-set/): We’ve been working on a WordPress theme for a few months here at Blazer Six. When completed it’ll be part of a larger project that we’ve teamed up with several other designers and developers to build. The project isn’t ready for prime time yet, but the theme is for musicians, and as such I needed several media icons that matched our design.
- [Treasure Hunting In WordPress Core](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/treasure-hunting-in-wordpress-core/): As WordPress organically evolves based on the needs of the community -- from blogging engine, to content management system, and toward an app platform -- it's become ever more important that its default behavior can be modified to suit a wide range of demands. The primary means of making customizations is through the use of hooks, which consist of actions for executing functionality at a specific point in time, and filters for modifying data passed through them. Plugins and themes take advantage of this system to extend WordPress in an unlimited number of ways.
- [Redesigning the Blazer Six Logo](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/redesigning-the-blazer-six-logo/): My niece, who will turn a year old in a month, just discovered her tongue. It’s been there the whole time; darting in and out at the sight of an approaching spoon, but it wasn’t something she was cognizant of. Her mom recently posted a picture on Facebook of her sitting in a highchair directing it at the camera. Obviously, something clicked. I don’t mention that to embarrass my niece, or her mom, but to draw a parallel to starting a business. Six years ago Brady and I ventured into self-employment after our previous employer was acquired, and for a while it felt like we were just discovering our own tongues.
- [Using WordPress As A CMS For Small Business Websites](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/using-wordpress-as-a-cms-for-small-business-websites/): Update: This is an old post and the information and ideas presented may no longer be relevant.

## Pages
- [Two Step Taqueria](https://www.blazersix.com/two-step-taqueria/): Services
- [Jacob’s Well Collective](https://www.blazersix.com/jacobs-well-collective/): Services
- [WordPress Maintenance & Support](https://www.blazersix.com/wordpress-maintenance-support/): Website Support
- [Old Henly Knife & Tool Co.](https://www.blazersix.com/work/old-henly/): Services
- [Website Project Brief](https://www.blazersix.com/website-project-brief/): Thank you for considering us for your website project! To help us understand your needs and provide an accurate proposal, please take a few minutes to fill out this questionnaire.
- [IUSA Wire](https://www.blazersix.com/work/iusa-wire/): Services
- [Saint Stanislaus](https://www.blazersix.com/work/saint-stanislaus/): Services
- [Our Lady of Fatima Elementary School](https://www.blazersix.com/work/our-lady-of-fatima-elementary-school/): Services
- [The Prentice Family Foundation](https://www.blazersix.com/work/the-prentice-family-foundation/): Services
- [LoopConf](https://www.blazersix.com/work/loopconf/): Services
- [HESolar](https://www.blazersix.com/work/hesolar/): Services
- [Mackenzie’s Sports Bar & Grille](https://www.blazersix.com/work/mackenzies-sports-bar-grille/): Website work for a restaurant located at the Haggin Oaks Golf Complex in Sacramento, CA.
- [Adios Radon](https://www.blazersix.com/work/adios-radon/): Website work for Eastern Iowa’s radon mitigation specialists.
- [Contact](https://www.blazersix.com/contact/): Drop us a note and we’ll get back to you. We don’t need all of your project details upfront, but a brief overview is nice. Some helpful things to include are budget, timeline, and goals for your project.
- [Eastside Lumber & Decking](https://www.blazersix.com/work/eastside-lumber-decking/): Services
- [Work](https://www.blazersix.com/work/): Trusted by project owners like you!
- [Services](https://www.blazersix.com/services/): Services
- [About](https://www.blazersix.com/about/): About Us
- [Professional Websites for Small Businesses](https://www.blazersix.com/): Design · Build · Support
- [LoopConf](https://www.blazersix.com/work-old/loopconf/)
- [Flagship](https://www.blazersix.com/work-old/flagship/)
- [Morton Golf Management](https://www.blazersix.com/work-old/morton-golf-management/)
- [TouchSystems](https://www.blazersix.com/work-old/touchsystems/)
- [HEsolar](https://www.blazersix.com/work-old/hesolar/)
- [WP Site Care](https://www.blazersix.com/work-old/wp-site-care/)
- [TekRevue](https://www.blazersix.com/work-old/tekrevue/)
- [Catherine Nicole](https://www.blazersix.com/work-old/catherine-nicole/)
- [Golf Ball Fitting System](https://www.blazersix.com/work-old/golf-ball-fitting-system/)
- [Batman News](https://www.blazersix.com/work-old/batman-news/)
- [BeerGram](https://www.blazersix.com/work-old/beergram/)
- [Morton Golf](https://www.blazersix.com/work-old/morton-golf/)
- [Work](https://www.blazersix.com/work-old/)
- [WordPress Code Generators](https://www.blazersix.com/wordpress-code-generators/)
- [Our Lady of Fatima](https://www.blazersix.com/work-old/our-lady-of-fatima-elementary-school/)
- [Drew Kennedy Music](https://www.blazersix.com/work-old/drew-kennedy-music/)
- [Howdy](https://www.blazersix.com/contact-old/): Have a question or just want to say hello? Fire away.
- [MyMovingChecklist](https://www.blazersix.com/work-old/mymovingchecklist/)
- [Get an Estimate](https://www.blazersix.com/estimate/): Please take a minute to answer the questions below and introduce us to your project.
- [Blog](https://www.blazersix.com/blog/)