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This is a humble web design journal where i try and share any of the useful scraps of information i have found on the net, click here to return to the journal home.

Jun
20
I’m now a mac user!
iMac, Apple

Well this was a bit of an impulse (Well after a week of research, but it is expensive!) purchase, but I have to say I am incredibly impressed with my new 24″ iMac.  I’m very glad I took the time to go down to an Apple shop (The one on Oxford Street/Regent Street), as it […]

Apr
13
New look launched
Sites Updates, Web Design

I may have mentioned in a previous post that I was thinking of freshening up the look and feel of the site. Well I actually found the time to do this (slowly) over the last few weeks, i thought i might aswell take my time with it, as there didn’t seem to be any […]

Mar
27
Bits and pieces
Uncategorised

A few bits and pieces of work have been added to the portfolio area, simply some designs for various email campaigns, along with a microsite, which features some Mootools enhanced functionality.  I’m thinking about re-designing the look of the site at the moment, to bring it a bit more up to date, I’ll post some […]

Feb
27
Lots still missing
Sites Updates, Web Design

Just a quick update on the portfolio section, which has been modified to make the contents more accessible and a bit clearer.  There are however lots more bits and pieces still missing from this section which I will attempt to update as soon as possible

Feb
25
Beating the email bots
Web Design, Client Side Languages

Everyone must have experienced this in the past, you get a nice new fresh email account, and within a few weeks, you start getting emails through from random people about Viagra. How does this happen, you only posted it on a few choice forums, it’s not as if you signed up for the viagra […]

Feb
22
Excellent web design resources
Sites Updates, Web Design

This is a brief list of sites/resources that I have personally found useful in the past and could help save you some time, or even save your bacon if you’re over a barrel with a deadline:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com - Excellent tutorials, updated often
http://www.thinkvitamin.com - Most friday’s they have an excellent post of good new designs
http://www.cssbeauty.com - Sometimes […]

Feb
21
My resolutions, about time
Sites Updates, Web Design

Is it to late to make a new year resolution?  Who cares I’m going to make some anyway.  I’ve decided that i have been far to slack with keeping the blog up to date with helpful web design posts, and I haven’t made the most of the wonderful theming options wordpress provides.  To resolve this […]

Dec
19
Alt social networking concept
Sites Updates, Web Design

Recently I’ve been working on a joint concept with my brother based around his of creating a site to help users find alternative venues (pubs, clubs etc) in their area. I’m fairly excited about the idea as I think it’s a great one, plus it’s going to give me the opportunity to mess around […]

Sep
21
MOOdal Box testing
Mootools, Web Design, Client Side Languages

Moodal Box is a very popular technique at the moment is to load linked content without refreshing the page, very much like the lightbox technique with imagery. A script which can be used with the mootools framework is Moodalbox, all you need to do once setup is add rel=”moodalbox” to your a tag. […]

Sep
20
Magneto - Free e-commerce
Sites Updates, Web Design, Server Side Languages

This great looking project has got a lot of publicity on the net recently, and with good reason, the feature list is very exciting for an open source, free project. Blurb from the source:
Magento is a new professional open-source eCommerce solution offering unprecedented flexibility and control. With Magento, never feel trapped in your eCommerce […]