Author Archives: Michael Scannell

About Michael Scannell

Michael is the Web Costa Blanca webmaster. He has worked on many Web sites, both large and small, in Spain and the UK.

Two new Web sites

In late October and early November I completed work on 2 new Web sites. I added them to my portfolio a week or so ago. This is my first chance to mention them on my blog. The first site completed—completed … Continue reading

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Your Web site: you want it good, or you want it Tuesday?

“You can have your Web site good/cheap/fast. Pick any two.” It’s such a cliché. And yet, still true. If you want it good and fast, you have to pay. Over the odds. Most of my clients have limited budgets. They … Continue reading

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Web forms (3): ‘sex’ or ‘gender’?

This is my third post on Web forms. All Web designers and Web developers have to work with forms. I am not so much offering tips and techniques (though I have done). Rather, I am trying to get designers and … Continue reading

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A barbershop Web site

At the beginning of this month I completed work on another Web site, for the Costa Barber Singers, who provide the Costa Blanca with wonderful barbershop music. I am really proud of this Web site. I spent a lot of … Continue reading

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Web forms (2): getting dates

If you have ever designed a Web form, you will almost certainly have asked your website visitor to give you her or his name. I wrote about that in my previous post on Web form design. Almost as common is … Continue reading

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A new Web site for British and Irish punters

My personal Web design portfolio is growing steadily. In January I completed work on a Web site for an Irishman who had been sharing his football tips with friends for years (winning many rounds of drinks for his successes) and … Continue reading

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Web forms: getting names

If you have ever designed a form for the Web, the chances are that your form design will have included a form field (or form fields) to get your Web visitor’s name. I filled in a Web form like this … Continue reading

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Web Costa Blanca Facebook page

I’ve been on Facebook personally for a year or so. Now I’ve also created a page for Web Costa Blanca. When setting it up, I discovered that Facebook had already set up a page itself, probably by following a link … Continue reading

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Another property Web site

If by some chance you followed the final link in my post of 10th March, you will have found yourself at a completely different Web site, bearing no resemblance to the one I described. That’s because it was a property … Continue reading

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Colours and names in CSS style sheets

One of the easiest things to do in a CSS style sheet is to assign colours to elements. You have just 2 properties to play with, background colour and colour (in style sheets, of course, both properties have to be … Continue reading

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