Through my work with The Governance Partnership, I’ve been given the opportunity to produce a post – Blogosphere rules OK? – for the blog on the TGP website, which I have done. Many thanks Peter Hill and Ross Davies for the ongoing opportunity to work with TGP.
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Back in November 2007, I wrote a post about using InDesign to craft visuals for website layouts. Since that posting, I have noted that a lot of traffic coming to my blog arrives from searches for ‘building websites using InDesign’ and related topics. On the back of all that traffic, I decided to look into
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When Apple launched Safari for PC last year, I was excited to finally get to see that browser in action. As a PC user (yes, even as a graphic designer, I use PC’s; long story, that, so perhaps one for another day.) And whilst I really do enjoy using Safari (second only to Firefox), I
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Recently, I had to update the code on a website that I made several years ago. The process included, among other tasks, converting all the <b> and <i> tags to <strong> and <em>. After playing around with the it for a while, I determined that the most efficient way to find and replace the old
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Earlier this morning, back when it was still dark out and I was too tired to turn on the lights in my office, I was seated at my desk, using the stark lighting of the monitor to see the keyboard. (Sound familiar to anyone?) I was using the calculator to figure out some basic maths
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When setting up a web and email host account, properly setting the default email address will save the web administrator headaches when it comes to dealing with spam. Recently I came across a great example that reenforces the importance of this fact. On the web host account for a small conference and training centre, the
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As a way of offering smaller clients a greater range of functionality, I have begun to look into the possibilities surrounding Textpattern. An open-source content management system (CMS), Textpattern might prove itself the right solution for small businesses and charitable organisations. I plan on spending some time over the coming weeks getting my head around
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Recently, I received an email from a young designer, enquiring about whether or not producing websites using valid HTML code was worth it. This young designer had visited the recently re-designed BBC website and other leading websites, noting that they did not validate. He further noted that, when inspecting the source code, the code was
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Liam Dempsey is a marketing and design consultant. Through his business, LBDesign, he works with businesses and non-profits in the US, UK, and beyond. He loves pizza, craft beers, and time with family and good friends.