Welcome to the blog of freelance web designer Andy Bryant, publishing news and announcements on web projects I'm working on, and articles I have written on various web design-related subjects - with a focus on accessibility, web standards and good practice.
The second (and biggest) project of the summer was an online shop for vending equipment company Back 2 Business Vending Ltd. - www.back2businessvending.co.uk. This was a joint effort between myself (XHTML, CSS & blog), Codeability (online shop) and Ballyhoo Design (visual design). Continue reading ‘Back 2 Business Vending site launched’ »
I know it doesn’t look like I’ve been up to much but it’s been a busy summer working on two projects, one of which is a site for Rosie Smith of Paws Indoors, the mobile vet service. The site is now live with a set of cuddly (and one not so cuddly) animals on the homepage. Continue reading ‘Paws Indoors website launched’ »
To celebrate LessFuss Design being a year old, and because I can’t help tinkering with things, I’ve given my own site a complete revamp. This isn’t just a cosmetic touch up though. By starting a blog and learning how to use the excellent WordPress publishing platform, I’m ready to build websites that clients can look after themselves. And at a damn good price too. Continue reading ‘LessFuss re-Design’ »
After you’ve been through the upgrade to WordPress 2.6 it says to post about the experience - so here I go. It went smoothly enough for me, but left me with two questions: 1) can I upgrade easily without the fear of overwriting my themes & plugins, and 2) Aaggh! How do I turn off post revisions! Continue reading ‘Notes on a WordPress 2.6 upgrade’ »
Links that open new windows are not great for the accessibility of your site, but if you want to create the effect of opening content in a new window, you can use a javascript slideshow application. But using javascript/AJAX brings its own accessibility issues. This article explains how to make one of the best slideshow applications I’ve seen - HighSlide - more accessible for your users. Continue reading ‘HighSlide & accessibility’ »
Conditional comments, combined with some browser-specific CSS, are a great way to get your website’s design & layout working in the various versions of Internet Explorer. But be careful, browser version targeting can soon have you and your website’s layout in knots unless you know exactly which browser(s) you want to target, and what CSS hacks to use. Continue reading ‘Conditional comments for Internet Explorer’ »
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