Eric Hepperle

Eric loves to write code, play guitar, and help businesses solve challenges with code and design.

Design Journal: Designing a new logo for St. Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church (SEMBC)

/ / Art, Design, Eric's Graphic Designs, Graphic Design, Journal Notes, Spirituality

Last night I began teaching myself InkScape (again). This is the best and most well-known free and open-source alternative to Adobe Illustrator. I’ve tried to learn InkScape before, but the tutorials never seem to work, or are incomplete — not step by step for an absolute newbie — and often don’t include the very fundamental […]

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Eric's Dothan Eagle first ad: Matthews Dale Florist (2019-08-25)

First Advert Design as Graphic Artist for the Dothan Eagle

/ / Design, Employment, Eric's Graphic Designs, Graphic Design, Journal Notes

It’s official: I’m a professional GRAPHIC DESIGNER! My first newspaper advertisement I designed as the news Graphic Artist at the Dothan Eagle, in Dothan, Alabama was published on Friday, August 23, 2019. Here is a screenshot I took from the E-Edition: Date Published: 2019-08-25 Date Updated: 2022-09-06

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Quick Tip: Download Entire Playlist with YouTube-DL CLI

/ / Chronicling & Archiving, Computing, Design, Journal Notes, Programming & Coding, Quick Tips

This is just a quick tip about how to use YouTube-DL to download entire video playlists from YouTube. I find this software very useful because you never know when a playlist you’ve bookmarked is all of a sudden going to be removed. In some cases — before I discovered this software — I found hidden,

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Troubleshooting WAMPServer Won’t Start on Windows 10

/ / Computing, Design, Errors, Natural Healing, Programming & Coding, Wellness

WAMPServer doesn’t work. I launched the application from the taskbar in Windows 10, but the “W” in system tray doesn’t turn green, it just stays red. There is also an error when I hover over the W: Local server – None of 2 services running SEARCH TERMS I TRIED Here are some search terms and

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Evolus Pencil Quick Tip: How to Group Items (Especially Sketchy GUI)

/ / Computing, Design, Graphic Design, Journal Notes, Programming & Coding, Quick Tips, Tutorial

What is Evolus Pencil? Evolus Pencil (not to be confused with Apple Pencil, Pencil Sketch, or Pencil Code) is a great open source mockup and design application for Windows. It is has an easy to use drag-and-drop interface and it’s closest competitors are probably Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides, and charting applications like draw.io and LucidChart.

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Regex Tutorial: Converting Dates in Filenames With Bulk Rename Utility (Perl PCRE)

/ / Computing, Programming & Coding, Tutorial

Regular Expressions (Date Matching and Conversion) – Perl 5 and Bulk Rename Utility. I occasionally find myself modifying my digital photo naming convention, and subsequently end up having to rename a lot of photos (thousands!). The best program that I have found for renaming is called Bulk Rename Utility (BRU). BRU is lightweight, powerful, and

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WordPress Tutorial: Update Plugins, Themes, and WP Core

/ / Programming & Coding, Tutorial, Video

This WordPress administration tutorial is for self-hosted WordPress websites and is intended to teach users how to easily and quickly update plugins, themes, and WordPress core (what we mean when we say “install WordPress”). In the video I show you several ways to update plugins, themes, and one way to update core. Also, I show

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WordPress Tutorial: How to Install, Configure, and Remove Plugins

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This WordPress administration tutorial is for self-hosted WordPress websites and is intended to teach users how to install, configure, and remove WordPress plugins. Plugins are extra modules that you can add to your WordPress website to enhance functionality. WordPress core is an awesome framework for easily creating and maintaining your own website. But, core can

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WordPress Tutorial: How to Add & Remove Posts

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This WordPress administration tutorial is for self-hosted WordPress websites and is intended to teach users how to add and remove new posts. If you found this video helpful, please leave a comment below! 🙂 HAVE AN IDEA FOR A VIDEO? I love sharing my knowledge with others, and by sharinging and communicating in a loving

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