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CSS
6Jan
Previously I ranted a little about how some web experts complain when we give opposing opinions about new CSS advances and how it’s not so easy to convince clients to our way of thinking. Although I’m not pushing websites with the latest advances I have started to adopt a few touches such as border radius and box shadow.
Luckily I’ve yet to have client remark on why their website doesn’t match up in all browsers but I have thought how such a conversation might go. And also how I might convince them to use the techniques with a better argument than simply ‘websites don’t have to look the same in every browser’.
Continue reading “A conversation”
8Dec
Recently I received an email asking how I achieved one of the effects I have used on my website, so rather than be evil and keep it to myself, or just reply to the one person I thought I’d make use of this blog I have and use it to publish the answer. The crux of the question was:
I was wondering if you would be willing to share your techniques for getting the LastFM list to display INSIDE the CD frame.
I actually use the effect a few times though the website, as well as the last.fm feed on my about page it is also used for the Flickr feed, email avatar previews and recently for the portfolio list items.
Continue reading “Listener question – PNG Overlays”
15Feb
Something that I’ve always hated in some of the website’s I build is the lack of visual interest in the internal pages of a website. These pages tend to follow a standard layout with a long trail of visually boring content running down the page. To solve this problem I’ve started using Photoshop more to create composite images of the internal pages of a website to ensure they have more visual interest than what would occur when styling the internal of a site based predominantly on the style of the home page.
The problem this created is that with more unique layouts and styles from page to page I would have to write more CSS for more id’s and classes. That was until I started using page specific body id’s.
Continue reading “Page specific design made easy with body id’s”
9Feb
As freelance projects go I thought building a website for my Mother would be fairly easy, with most decisions easily signed off because my Mother is less likely to disagree with my choices than a normal client. Although this is true it puts a weight on your shoulders to ensure you make the correct decisions to start with. These days I’m confident of my design skills so knew I could design something beautiful but I also had to make sure it suited its target audience and subject matter.
When looking at sites that ranked for Book Keeping many were directory sites or corporate looking sites with heavy use of straight lines and white backgrounds as you’d expect for that industry. However with a much reduced amount of content than these sites I needed to take a different approach.
Continue reading “Portfolio Website: hazelrichmond.co.uk”