March, 2009Archive for

Google Scary View

Continental Market, Harrogate Town Centre, 10am – 5pm

Have you checked out Google’s big brother view?  Damn scary stuff – hope you weren’t undressing when their camera car was passing. They’ve got street views of 25 major towns so far, including Leeds. Just go to Google maps and zoom in – then zoom in a bit more. Or test it out below. Thought I’d take a trip down memory lane and check out my time in London. The…

New dawn? Internet Explorer 8 released

You may not be aware of this but web developers hate Internet Explorer 1/2/3/4/5/6/7. No, hate is too weak a word. Despise, revile and abominate would be more appropriate. Why developers hate IE… When a designer builds a website he or she expects it to look the same no matter which browser it is viewed in. To this end there is a set of browser compliance standards. Firefox, Safari, Chrome…

Web Content Management System Showdown

Interesting story at CMSwire.com. In an Iron Chef-like match-up, a team of developers from Drupal, Joomla! and WordPress had 100 hours to build a website based on a specific list of specifications and design.pdf. Then representatives of each team got to meet face to face to show off their hard work during the South by Southwest Interactive festival in a session called “The Ultimate Showdown of Content Management System Destiny.”

In Rust we trust…

Now this brings me to the monstrosity that is my new website. Let’s be honest it’s a tadge overpowering ;-) It’s based on a great theme by FTL WordPress Themes which I discovered at Smashing Magazine called ‘Color paper’. I’ve oxidised it into the present scrap yard you see before you. Reading FTL’s website I’m left somewhat confused. They offer a great selection of top themes all which are free,…

What happened after what happened next…

I’m not a code-head. Maybe there are a certain proportion of my brain cells dedicated to code but I try to ignore them. I mean come on, how many people understand this: More to the point – how many people want to understand it?

What happened next…

Hello people. Recently a client asked me if I did WordPress sites. Now here’s the rub – it’s been a long time since I’d ventured into the crazy world of blogging. The last time I looked at WordPress I opted for Blogger. Back then the interface looked daunting – and I wouldn’t want to daunt my clients. OK I confess – I was daunted too. But more important than that…