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Site live - Blonay Business Planning

01-Apr-10 10:54

Blonay wanted their site to be powered by a Content Management System. We said yes.

Site live - iwillvolunteer

02-Mar-10 16:26

Commissioned by Essex County Council, the iwillvolunteer web site uses videos to showcase young people's volunteering experiences.

Got a big site with lots of CSS? It's time to think about splitting them up into reusable chunks of code that you can use in other projects too. We look at how effective modular CSS is and how it can transform the way you make web sites.

How to make pull-out quotes

04-Jan-10 15:47

This tutorial guides you through the basics of creating eye-catching pull-out quotes with HTML and CSS - great for giving your web site a magazine-style look!

The best shade of tea for design

14-Dec-09 09:26

A little Christmas silliness - what strength of tea (or coffee) best enables you to get creative? We give our thoughts, but do share yours too!

How to design a favicon

07-Dec-09 16:00

Ever needed to create a favicon from a full-size logo? This tutorial shows you how to do it right, from selecting the bits of the logo to strip out, and tweaking it for 16x16 clarity.

Creating circles with CSS

30-Nov-09 17:15

Most experienced web designers will know about -moz-border-radius and -webkit-border-radius. These are the magic bits of CSS that give boxes gorgeous rounded corners. But can we take it to the next level? Can we reach the next nirvana in design and create circles using just CSS?

The death of the URL?

25-Nov-09 16:27

There's a change in the wind. Fewer and fewer people are using URLs, and relying on links and search engines to get around instead. But is this a bad thing, or the start of a revolution in web browsing?

Taking control of sub and sup

25-Nov-09 11:22

Have you ever needed to include subscript or superscript type in your web page? By default the sub and sup html tags cause havoc with line heights. Here's how to fix it with CSS.

The Mac mini private development server

23-Oct-09 17:58

We wanted to set up an old Mac mini as a private web server for development purposes. This guide shows you how you can do the same, including the various problems and pitfalls we encountered along the way.

Fun with CSS rotation

18-Sep-09 15:09

Yes, you read that right. It's possible to rotate objects using just CSS! Read on to find out how it's done and see a demonstration page showing off the effects.

Site live - Pago Ltd

02-Mar-09 11:12

The new Pago web site is packed full of functionality, and sports a clean new look that combines the latest web fashions with their existing corporate identity.

Site live - Quantock Motor Services

21-Nov-08 17:10

The new web site for Quantock Motor Services, based in Somerset, is now online and sporting a simple CMS to help the client keep the site up to date.

Moving pages permanently

02-Oct-08 17:47

Web developers are actually quite spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing a suitable redirection method, though some techniques are more effective than others. Here are just a few for comparison (there are others, but this isn't intended to be an exhaustive list).