Web Ramblings

So, you’ve built this super cool website. You are really pleased with it and you set it live expecting great things. But wait, the client has rung you to say that when they search for their site on google their old listings are still there but when they click through they get ‘404 Error – Page Not Found’.

What do you do? Well there are a number of things you can do. You could wait 3 – 4 weeks for the listings to drop out of Google, if you have a google webmaster account you could log in and manually... Read More ...

So we finally made it to 2010 and the noughties are at an end. I don't know what this means to all of you but to me it means its been 10 years since I graduated from university. Which successfully makes me feel very old! ~ grin!

I've already seen lots of blog posts predicting design/web trends for 2010 or telling everyone what their goals will be. I'm not going to bore you all with my new years resolutions (mostly because I don't make any as I never stick to them) and I'm not going to give you an in depth... Read More ...

Most of you will know that recently an interview with me was published on greatcreativelinks.com. I can’t begin to tell you how unbelievably flattered I was that I was even asked to be interviewed! Its one of those things where (in my case) you sit at your desk at work all day and then go home and sit at your desk some more. Creating websites because you love it, but not really thinking about whether you are any good or if anybody else is even interested in your work or opinions on... Read More ...

Facebox is a great jquery plugin for a facebook style pop up window, I use it regularly because the style is neat and suits what I need with a minimum amount of changes. But what if your website is wider than the monitor it is displayed on?

Its not something that is often a problem, most web developers will tell you that horizontal scroll bars are a major 'no'. There are always exceptions though, and I'm pleased to see more websites breaking away from standard conventions. If you have a page that you have set to 1800px wide or you have... Read More ...

So, I've had access to 'Google Wave' for a few weeks now and my initial thought is ... Its really quite cool.

At first glance it does appear to be a lot like just another chat facility with an email inbox style layout. What is nice though is that each 'Wave' can have more than two people talking in them. You create your 'Wave' which appears as a message box on the right. Then add the people you want to 'Wave'.

Each of those people see the 'Wave' in their inbox as soon as they are added and they can all participate... Read More ...