Category: Web Design
Second Wednesday – Web industry meetup
Second Wednesday, the meetup for web industry folks in Nottingham has risen from the ashes. Join us for an evening of beer and good conversation covering technology, clients and anything else that comes our way. There is nobody in charge, no entrance fee and very little in the way of direction – we just go […]
New sites for Distant Horizons | FCS Websites
Our recent launches have been like buses – none for ages and then three at once. Here are the latest two sites for Lake District outdoor pursuits company Distant Horizons – their main site and the first niche site for Three Challenges. They are both running on Expression Engine using the Multiple Site Manager module […]
New website for GoCave | FCS Websites
We have recently launched a new site for Lake District caving and mining instruction company GoCave.com. They were using a template based system that came free with their hosting package, which was letting them down in terms of design and search engine friendliness. We created a Textpattern content managed website for GoCave, with a news […]
Textpattern Gallery with Slimbox
A recent Texpattern site needed a gallery where the thumbnails could be clicked and shown using the popular Lightbox effect. I used Textpattern 4.08 and the plugins rss_thumbpop and glx_admin_image. Rss_thumbpop is used to display the thumbnails of all the images in a certain category on a Textpattern page and works well – but does […]
My workspace
I have a little room where I do my web design work, it’s just the right size to get hunkered down and wrestle with CSS. Featuring: Yamaha studio monitors 20″ iMac 15″ Macbook Pro (usually running Windows for Internet Explorer testing) Lacie USB backup and storage drives, the little one for Time Machine and the […]
Peopleperhour.com – good or bad for business?
I have recently signed up for peopleperhour.com after a colleague recommended those kind of sites to me. Having had a look around, I am not sure this kind of site is good for the client or the freelancers on there. Most of the web projects have almost no definite scope to them – for example […]