Coming from a mainly PC background I rarely had any problems setting up a local version of a WordPress install through XAMPP, however, doing the same on a Mac seems far more problematic. The problem comes when trying to auto-update my local WordPress install along...
Like many web designers, I like the ease and the simplicity of CSS and have been very much of the thought; “if it ain’t broke, don’t go making it complicated”. That is until recently where I’ve found myself repeatedly writing 5 lots of vendor prefixes...
This handy code snippet hooks into WordPress’s image_downsize function and removes the hardcoded img attributes width & height, allowing images to scale with responsive websites: In your functions.php file… /** * This is a modification of image_downsize() function in wp-includes/media.php * we will remove all...
Before venturing off to travel around the United States recently, I was asked to create a website for Stocktips.com – a group of young industry professionals looking to provide a fresh prospective on investing in stocks. Stocktips were looking for a clean, professional and engaging...
The website I have designed and developed for MoreVibrant Homes has now left the safety of the dock and is sailing out valiantly into the internety-sea. The website has been in development on and off for a few months while the client finalised copy, sourced...
Recently I decided I would free up some time to work on a little experimental website I’d been thinking of called Qwota. The concept behind Qwota is to provide a method of collecting and displaying people’s favourite and most inspiring ‘one-liners’, whether that be a...
Recently I was lucky enough to be contacted by .Net Magazine and asked to redesign one of their reader’s websites for their Makeover feature… I chose to redesign the website for a small independent record label based in San Francisco called D-Fault Records, and wrote...
After recently completing the design and build work for The Threepenny Editor, I’ve now put the website live on the internets. The Threepenny Editor specializes in editing fiction and literary nonfiction. We provide copyediting, manuscript critiques, developmental editing, and mentorship. If you plan to self-publish,...
Today, I’ve put the website I designed and built for Paperhouse Lettings live for the interweb’s perusal. Paperhouse Lettings is an online letting agency that uses its website to reach potential landlords and tenants and PayPal to recover service fees, so if you’re looking to...
To celebrate – if that’s the right word, hopefully it will be – the beta release of IE9… One of my favourite designers, Brooklyn’s Jason Santa Maria helped put together a pretty little thing called Lost Worlds’ Fairs, celebrating the latest web-design technologies and giving...
The website I’ve designed and built for AlbinoMosquito is now live and ready to great you with a big smiley face. AlbinoMosquito™ are a leading force in providing creative visual solutions to everything from music videos to gigs to corporate events. Their background: Albino Mosquito...
Hello all. I’ve been on something of a nostalgia trip of late and at the weekend I decided that it was time… for my music / film / tv reviewing-ness website Your Opinion, Sir? to get a fresh lick of xhtml / css / wordpress-y...
