Web Design Blog:
3rd March 2010 - Portfolio Updated
I've added my latest completed projects to my portfolio page and added a rather nice new testimonial too - click here to have a look!.
I am pleased to say that I have just taken on a couple of new pieces of work - including a complete redesign of an existing website. I am also getting more and more
enquiries from businesses who have tried using a freebie website and found that it doesn't give them the professional image they are looking for - and
and none of their customers can find it on google! If this sounds familiar and you'd like your website updating, then please give me a call or click here to contact
form.
9th Feb 2010 - reCaptcha Installation Service
Details of my reCaptcha Installation Service - to help stop that dreaded spam are now on-line.
8th Feb 2010 - HTML Email - February Newsletter sent out
A few days ago I sent out my first newsletter in the form of a HTML Email - this is a way of
making your emails really stand out from your competition. HTML emails can use your business logo, your colour scheme and fonts - in fact they
can be designed to completely match up to the design of your website and all of your other marketing materials. Within the email you can then
link straight into your website and direct your customers to your special offers. If you are interested in using HTML emails as part of a low cost marketing campaign,
then please get in touch.
29th January 2010 - Lose the Spam - use reCaptcha
Spam, as we all know is rather irritating! I am pleased to say that I have implemented reCaptcha onto the contact forms on my website this week.
ReCaptcha (Completely Automated Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart) works by checking that it is a real person submitting an enquiry - rather than a "bot" sending spam.
An added bonus is that this technology is being harnessed so that books that were written pre-computers are being digitilized using reCaptcha.
Specifically, words that cannot be digitilized automatically are placed on an image and translated as people use the reCaptcha forms on the internet.
If you are interested in getting rid of the spam you receive on a daily basis - then please get in touch using my contact form - I am
offering this service from as little as £50.
26th January 2010 - Disappearing Text - Courtesy of the rather alarming Peekaboo Bug
Peekaboo bug - rather sweet name, but that's about it. I came across this problem yesterday - it can only affect some websites viewed using the
rather out-of-date Internet Explorer 6 - but it can result in all or some of your text on your webpage being hidden! Obviously this is not good at all! Fortunately
there are a number of fixes that can be applied to your webpage code to sort it out - I added "position: relative;" to any affected floating divs and
hey presto - the hidden text re-appeared! When I create a website, I make sure that I test it on all the different versions of Internet Explorer and other browsers such as Firefox - as you
never know when you'll get caught out with a cutely named bug!
4th January 2010 - Happy New Year!
Welcome to my first blog entry! Over the festive period I have been busy updating my website - hope you like it. I added a few pages (including this blog page).
I am embracing the many networking opportunities that exist on the
internet using LinkedIn and Facebook.
I will also be offering a new service of creating mobile friendly versions of websites - as you only need to look at the number of people who browse the web on their iphones or blackberries to realise
that websites need to look great on a small mobile screen as well as a large pc or laptop. I can create a separate version of your website - so that when someone views it on their mobile device, then the website is displayed with a simpler
layout that works well on a small screen.