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Mobile Friendly Contact Details

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Kat

Have you ever visited a website on your phone and tried to call a phone number, but because of the formatting it doesn't work? In this tutorial I will show you have to make your contact details mobile phone friendly including the address, phone number and email.

Using CSS3 Special Effects for Menus

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Kat

CSS3 comes with a range of transition, transformation and animation properties that you can use to enhance your website and introduce animation without using Flash or JavaScript. There are also some nice design enhancements like text-shadows and border-radius. In this tutorial I'll demonstrate how to use these techniques to enhance a menu.

Speeding up WordPress

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Kat

One of the great things about WordPress is all of the wonderful plugins available. The downside of adding all these plugins to your site is that your often loading your plugin JavaScript and CSS files in the header when they are not being used. Some may only be used once in your sight and others only in certain sections. In this post I've got some tips on cleaning out unnecessary header calls in your WordPress header.

Best Plugins for WordPress Setup

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Kat

When building a WordPress site there are thousands of great plugins to use that will enhance the end users experience. But what about plugins that will make your life easier when developing the website, before it’s even gone live to the world.

How to send an HTML email

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Kat

So you’ve had an HTML email newsletter designed or perhaps there is a web page you want to send by email. In this tutorial I will explain how to send a web page in an email in Microsoft Outlook and Apple OSX Mail.

Custom fonts in websites

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Kat

One of the most exciting developments over the last couple of years for web design has been the ability to include custom font choices. We can finally spice up designs without having to create images out of text. But what are the pros & cons of web font technologies and where do we still need to advance.