Web Design Advice
Both Scoble and MJR have referred to Jakob Nielson’s tips for a well designed site, which is actually presented as a list of mistakes. A lot of the stuff in here prompted me to change the layout of this site.
New Style
Have uploaded and slightly modified a new style. I wasn’t unhappy with the last one, but was concious that it was completely non-standards compliant and very graphics-heavy. The other advantage of this one is that it goes against the annoying blogging grain of only using three-quarters of the screen. Font size might be a bit … Keep reading
Browser Wars
Interesting debate on IE vs. Firefox on Palimpsest.
A Busy Weekend!
We have done loads this weekend. I was taken over with a real desire to get out into the fresh air, and fortunately we have tonnes of it around here. Here’s some photos of the places we went – more on my flickr page. On Saturday, we visited Whittington Castle, which is remarkable for being … Keep reading
CSS and Standards
I have always been a self-taught bodge job type of web designer, and nothing I have ever designed has passed the w3c validator test. So, I decided recently, just as a technical exercise, to try and create a site which was both reasonable to look at and standards compliant, using XHTML strict and a CSS … Keep reading