Category Archives: Web design

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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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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Website design rule 9: put Web page elements in expected places

This is the ninth in a series of rules for website design, which I began writing in June 2008. I have so far covered basic topics such as website size, website backgrounds, website colours (including link colours), website layout, and—in … Continue reading

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