Posts in the Web Design category

• CSS attribute selectors - clever styling

  06 November 2006 by Clive Walker

  I am reading CSS Mastery [the book] [the website] by Andy Budd at the moment. After reading the first chapters and a few other pages, I have already come across an interesting CSS usage that I should have been more aware of.

• Website needed for family or friends?

  31 October 2006 by Clive Walker

  A diet of freebie websites doesn’t pay the bills

  I sometimes get asked to create websites for family and friends. This can be a difficult area for any web developer/designer because, whilst you would often like to help, it’s sometimes not practical because of other work commitments. At the same time, these projects are often unpaid and a diet of freebie websites may be great for a portfolio page – but it doesn’t pay the bills!

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• CSS example layouts

  24 October 2006 by Clive Walker

  Dynamic Drive has usually published JavaScript and 'dynamic HTML' script examples. In particular, it has some well-tested cross-browser examples of image slideshow effects.

• Website accessibility - a client asks!

  13 October 2006 by Clive Walker

  I talk to potential clients every month and I usually illustrate specific website aspects by giving a quick ‘guided tour’ of recent websites that CVW Web Design has developed. Nothing new in that.

• Get your own Web 2.0 logo

  03 September 2006 by Clive Walker

  There are many websites that are associated with 'Web 2.0' – and quite a few of them¹ use a reflective text logo. Well, now you can get your own with the Web 2.0 Logo Creator.

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• Beginning CSS Web Development

  23 August 2006 by Clive Walker

  There’s a new CSS book published in a few weeks. Beginning CSS Web Development is written by Simon Collison.

• Create a web design inspiration portfolio

  21 August 2006 by Clive Walker

  I keep a lot of websites in my mind as sources of ideas and inspiration but I thought it would be useful to have a visual representation of these. So, I have created a photoset on Flickr containing screenshots of some of my favourite websites.

• Are websites more difficult today?

  24 January 2006 by Clive Walker

  At the start of the Internet era (~1996), web designers charged lots of money for websites. Some businesses made a success of their website and some did not. Hey, it was all new. Therefore, prices were high and websites were perceived as difficult/technical.

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• Don't make me think! Common sense web usability

  22 December 2005 by Clive Walker

  Don't make me think. It's a great title for a book – and the contents are good as well. Some simple but fundamental guidelines about website usability written in an easy-to-read style.

• Website design choices can be crucial

  08 November 2005 by Clive Walker

  What makes a website work? How do I increase sales through my website? These are questions that all business website owners are interested in.