Animated gif goodness
Remember the days when websites had lot’s of little characters all wiggling around on the screen, all demanding your attention? Horrible wasn’t it. I’ve compiled a little collection of some of some of [...]
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Dollymopps Website and CD Artwork
We recently launched the website for the Isle of Wight Folk band The Dollymopps. Creative Direction by myself, the web design was done by Chris Godby, and the CD artwork was designed by [...]
Building a website – much like building a kitchen, but less messy.
Whilst having our kitchen re-fitted over the past couple of weeks (the picture above is not ours as I have already been asked!), it got me thinking about the similarities in building a [...]
Writing a detailed project specification for a website
Writing a great brief is the key to a smooth running project, for both the client and the designer / developer. In particular this is essential for larger projects that include features such [...]
Heart & Sole: Portsmouth Web Design & Development Event
Starboard Media UK is on board and supporting Heart & Sole, a new networking event that will be taking place early 2011. It’s aimed at freelancers, students and web agencies alike, for networking [...]
Fix for AddThis only sharing your home page
I came across this problem recently for the WordPress plugin for AddThis. If you try and share a link with Facebook, or any of the social sites, it will only share your home [...]
Portsmouth Freelancers Meet
If you’re a freelancer in the Portsmouth area who works in web design, web development or film production why not come along to one of our fortnightly get togethers? It’s an informal meet [...]
Creative block? Great websites for inspiration
We all get creative block sometimes – here are a few places you could use for inspiration. Either that or just get lost for hours looking at some beautiful designs. Design Meltdown www.designmeltdown.com [...]
15 Essential Web Designer Tools
Since starting out as a freelancer I’ve got to know various tools and programmes which I find make both mine, and my clients lives a lot easier. Some are essential, some are practical [...]
Hints and tips for using a Content Management System
If you’ve never used one before, and have no prior knowledge in web design, getting to grips with a content management system can seem like a daunting task. I’ve recently been writing a [...]