Web Design and Graphics

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  Pet shopping section for mypettrade.co.uk

  21st May 2009 04:37 by lisa

  Tom's just finished adding the great new features to the mypettrade.co.uk shopping section, so you can now choose from over 22,000 products for your pet shopping. Cron Jobs mean the feeds are updated from top pet retailers every night, and mypettrade can choose "featured products" for the scroller on the… Read more

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  Finishing touches to GetStuckIn.org

  21st April 2009 09:54 by lisa

  Today I've been doing the finishing touches to GetStuckIn.org - a website portal for vinvolved North Somerset, helping young people find volunteereing opportunities in the South West. The initiative is a national programme run by vinvolved, with regional organisers - in this case, Changemakers and 2qab Community Interest Company. The… Read more

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  On a screen near you...

  6th April 2009 09:08 by lisa

  We were very excited today to see one of our latest designs on BBC 2's Working Lunch. The great new website Stuff2Send.com which we've been working on since it's launch, adding new features and giving it a fresh look, was featured as part of Money Saving Monday. The feature clearly… Read more

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  Designing Cross Browser.

  20th March 2009 12:06 by lisa

  Neat, well put together code can often avoid major browser compatibility issues. But can still be the odd few problems - especially when a design calls for a certain amount of words on one line etc etc. There are some web services out there they check compatibility for you by… Read more

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  Web Design Time Breakdown

  21st October 2008 10:31 by tom

  Sometimes it's really hard to know where all the time has gone, suddenly you look up, and it's time for lunch, then before you know it, it's getting dark! This pie-chart breaking down the time spent in modern web design amused me, hehe, how true! Except it doesn't count for… Read more

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  Hunt for the Perfect CMS

  15th August 2008 05:13 by tom

  Probably the most commonly requested requirement for a website is the ability for the client to add and edit pages. It sounds such a simple requirement, but in reality it's really tricky to get the balance right between functionality, flexibility and the level of technical skills required. There are literally… Read more

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  Basic Guidelines for Developing a Mobile Friendly Website

  15th April 2008 08:14 by tom

  There are a few basic things to consider when building a site that's mobile friendly. It's all pretty common sense when you think about it, and infact I've found most of these rules simply apply as good 'general' rules anyway. I.e. Use of good quality well-formed code, css based design… Read more

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  Navigation Trends and Ideas

  2nd April 2008 04:20 by tom

  A websites navigation is one of the most important aspects in it's design. Making a site easy to navigate and intuitive to the user, while at the same time interesting and original is always something to aspire to. This article by smashing magazine gives a nice little overview of some… Read more

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  Facebook Style Image Grabber

  22nd February 2008 11:57 by tom

  I love the way Facebook works; there are so many subtly clever gizmos that just make the whole experience that little bit smoother and pleasant. One feature I particularly like is the image grabber. For those that don't know, if you enter a URL while writing a private message in… Read more

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  Resources for Web Design (tutorials, tools, code libraries, templates and more)

  7th November 2007 13:32 by tom

  Some great links to resources for design tutorials, inspiration, tools, code libraries, browser bugs, galleries, templates, articles and web forums. http://www.softwaredeveloper.com Read more