September 13th, 2004
Apparently I’m a Big thinker. This could suggest why it’s taking me so long to complete the new templates and design for this website. I’m getting there though! Modular code is definitely the way to tame Movable Type. Hopefully Textpattern will adopt a similar approach.
September 7th, 2004
In this guide I explain how to install the great new open-source content management system “Textpattern” onto a windows machine.
September 6th, 2004
I took a long break away from my computer. Didn’t go near a PC for nearly two weeks. Can’t say I missed the things either. Helen and I took an EasyJet up to Scotland to visit mum in her quaint little Perthshire cottage and sampled the traditional Scottish wilderness – walks and farms and nice […]
August 24th, 2004
Whilst thinking about moving away from MovableType, I need to think about how people might search this site. I could use whatever system comes with the relevant blog software (at the moment I’m using the Movable Type search. However, this does limit the search to pages on the site that are created with the blog […]
August 24th, 2004
I’m thinking of this sites redesign yet again. Whilst I’ve many ideas and techniques that’ll improve the site’s usability and accessibility by 100%, I’ve still got little time to dedicate to doing the job right.I hope to replace the current design that’s now getting on for three years old sometime soon. Watch this space.
August 23rd, 2004
This weekend we were mostly renovating the house. I decided that two months down the line I really ought to finish off that skirting board that I’d been avoiding so much. Helen wants my tools out of the house as they’re cluttering up the area under the stairs. So I got up early Saturday morning, […]
August 20th, 2004
An interesting conversation in the pub last night was the inspiration for this posting. We all know from where certain A-list celebrities hail from but what about your celebrities from Ashby De-La-Zouch, Cromer, Great Yarmouth and Donegal? OK so any Adrian Mole fans will be aware of Sue Townsend. That’s the sort of people we’re […]
August 13th, 2004
A few people reading this already know I’m a web designer. This is something you might not guess from simply looking at this site but that’s what I do during my week – design sites. I just don’t talk about it too much. It’s not that I’ve got nothing to say on the subject, I […]
August 9th, 2004
Helen and I spent the weekend in Reading visiting Matt. Since our last visit the city has undergone some massive redevelopment, specifically the Oracle shopping centre with its canal-side European-style cafés and coffee houses. These new additions really suited the hot lazy weather that beamed down on the city on Saturday. It’s weird visiting a […]
August 6th, 2004
Just finished a new website for the OU. It’s a site for staff to use to learn how to use Macromedia Contribute to edit their sites. I didn’t have a lot of time to create this and have put it together by the skin of my teeth in time for a training session I’m giving […]