… believe it or not I’m thinking that Square One is looking a little tired and could do with a refresh so I started looking for the perfect responsive css framework. Bootstrap was the first, coincidentally a web project that was recently handed over to me was using the same framework so it was a […]
I catchup with podcasts at the gym and sometimes they have some little cheesy gems of humor, here are some favourite snippets of web design humor I’ve heard recently. How do you build a web designers sandwich? Well you start with lettuce, mayo, tomato then finish of with a slice of ham…. HTML for short! […]
Well, as you may or may not know WP Snippets til Christmas will start rolling out snippets as of the 1st of December. I asked Brad on twitter if he’d like to submit a snippet and in the true nature of open source and sharing his knowledge of WordPress he gladly agreed so, just before […]
After a recent hot drama on a well know social network about Open Source vs Proprietary software, I felt inspired to write this. The drama was about websites and content management and the key tone that came across was that there are two approaches to this – Open Source Software (OSS) or Closed Source (also known […]
Is WordPress just a blogging platform? Originally, yes! Actually it’s a very powerful publishing platform. Combined with good web design and good content it can be any type of website. Social, e-commerce, resources or a very powerful content management system. A non-public installation of WordPress could even be used as a very powerful CRM system […]
I have mixed opinions about this, should you design for mobile first or desktop? I understand the pro’s for mobile first but it’s got it’s pitfalls too in my opinion. I would be interested in your views too so please leave your comments below. So, if we decide we’re going straight in to the browser […]
Hey folks, quick WordPress security tip for users. If you run a WordPress website be careful not to use ‘admin’ as your username and Do Not use a common word as your password. Hackers can run a dictionary script and gain access to your site within seconds and that’s a bad thing! All sorts of nasty […]
Designers today are confronted with many challenges particularly those in transition between the world of print and the world of web. The skill sets between web design and print design are very different and designers considering the transition should be aware of this. Print designers will have developed skills that demand knowledge of CMYK, lithography print techniques […]
WordPress is currently the most popular publishing platform in the world with over 60 million people choosing to use it! The question is ‘why is it so popular..?’ The answer is not that difficult … because, it’s so easy to use you could teach your granny to use it! In-fact your granny could download it and […]
With more and more businesses deciding to sell online it’s really important to get your shop right. So many online shops fail because the basics are not quite right! Big brands get it right for many different reasons but, mainly because of their already well established brand recognition. That’s not to say that everyone else […]
