Category Archives: Web design
Web design and web development
123Reg’s MX records with your own custom nameservers
I recently had to set emails up for a client through 123Reg and had no luck finding 123Reg’s MX records if you wanted to use your own, custom nameservers. For consistency across our hosting clients, I wanted to point the … Continue reading
Review of jQuery for Designers Beginner’s Guide book by Natalie MacLees
jQuery has become – rightly or wrongly – the defacto JavaScript library for web designers and developers these days, so I jumped at a chance to review the jQuery for Designers Beginner’s Guide book by Natalie MacLees. The book is … Continue reading
Is Newcastle upon Tyne in Scotland?
Is Newcastle upon Tyne in Scotland? Is Durham in Scotland? A lot of tourists and southerners seem to ask these as the train pulls through the station. And now the answer is available in one easy to read website: isnewcastleupontyneinscotland.co.uk.
Inkscape article in .net magazine issue 231
I’ve been fortunate enough to have an article (and, more importantly, my photo) published in the current .net magazine, issue 231. Entitled Escaping Photoshop, it’s a call to action for web designers to look beyond Photoshop and broaden the range … Continue reading
July 2012: MediaWiki, Magento and fresh concrete
We are somehow the majority of the way through July, and have already broken that mental promise I made to myself to update this site more often. I’ve been working on a few Magento projects recently (portfolio pieces to come, … Continue reading