Quick coding Tips: Textarea resizing in Safari/Chrome

Ever been annoyed that a Safari/Chrome user can resize a textarea on your page causing the layout to break? A simple fix is adding “resize:none” to your CSS. For example: textarea  { resize:none; } This will prevent any WebKit based … Read More

QBS UK Ltd. goes live

Lines of code

This work was done sub contracted by Turton Middleton. I was approached by Turton Middleton to do the front end coding of the site (CSS and HTML) and convert it into a fully working WordPress theme. The finished website can … Read More

Quick coding tips: Minimum height in IE6

As you may be aware the CSS property min-height unfortunately doesn’t work in IE6, however if you add the following hack after the attribute: height:auto !important; height: (the min height value); You’ll be able to get it to work, an … Read More

Quick Coding tips: Source formatting

I’ve read a lot of blog posts lately from developers commenting on the messy way Adobe Dreamweaver inserts code into a build, stating its unformatted (nested elements aren’t indented) and not as clean as it would be if the page … Read More

How I deal with IE6

Internet Explorer 6

All web developers have to take into consideration Internet Explorer 6 at some point during a build, catering for the browser requires extra development and will therefore increase the time and money spent on a project, which can deter some. … Read More

Attack of the web featured in .net magazine

.net magazine

I’m please to say that this website features in the gallery section of issue 196 of .net magazine, it’s a huge honor as I’m a regular reader of the magazine. So I would like to say thank you to Christian … Read More

Five Typekit invitations to give away!

I’m fortunate enough to come into possession of five free trials to use Typekit before it’s official launch. What is Typekit? Typekit is a new javascript based solution for using non web safe fonts on websites, you create your “kit” … Read More

Doodling on the iPhone

iPhone Coke doodle

I recently purchased the new iPhone app Autodesk SketchBook Mobile, and as I had a spare five hours on my train trip back from Bristol today I thought I’d have a play. At first found it hard to draw with … Read More

Photo retouching

Kaylie retouched version

I recently retouched a child photo of my fiancee for my future mother in law, the results are below: Original Retouched version

New camera

Snickers image 1

Just purchased a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS62 camera, loving the picture quality, thought I’d take a few pictures of Snickers my Russian hamster. Plus it isn’t a blog unless you have some pictures of your pets.