Photography Website goes Live
Just gone live, my Photography Site, with Gallery. Feel free to browse around the site, and if you would like one of your own, please feel free to contant me about the costs of setting it up.
1 June 2007
21 May 2007
Internet Explorer or Firefox?
Since I’m in the Internet Business, I spend a lot of time going through websites either for work or pleasure.
One thing that tends to crop up from time to time is that some sites don’t work as intended in all browsers. Mostly due to the way the browser handles the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Even the change from Internet Explorer 6 to 7 (which is coming into effect through Windows Auto Update) has been causing problems with some sites. (more…)
8 May 2007
Book a room at The Heathercliffe Country House Hotel
The Heathercliffe Country House Hotel and Restaurant’s New Website has gone live, Click here to visit the site.
Based in Frodsham, Cheshire, the Heathercliffe is a fine Victorian Country House set amidst its own ten acre estate of park and woodland where the character of the traditional country house has been combined with the finest cuisine and luxurious accommodation, providing a unique environment in which to relax.
30 April 2007
Automatic Online Photo Gallery using the AJAX technique!
Photography being one of my passions, I have been looking into presenting photos in an online photo gallery. As some of you will know, a simple gallery would involve a lot of pages with all the pictures which is time consuming to create and update. (more…)
18 April 2007
JPD Trainings New Online Brochure
UPDATE: The New Dynamic e-Brochure has gone live as of today.
Soon to be launched Dynamic Electronic Brochure for JPD Training Ltd’s website (more…)
Google Checkout arrives in the UK!
Google Checkout is launched in the uk. With free transaction prices untill 2008, and a low rate of 1.5% + 15p, this could give the well astablished PayPal a run for its money.
Another insentive to utilise Googles different services is that for every £1 spent on Adwords you get £10 worth of transactions free of charge, making it worth using both services if you need to.
10 April 2007
Installing Apache, mySQL, PHP and phpMyAdmin
I tend to use php scripting in my websites alot more these days, which is a server-side HTML embedded scripting language (PHP is executed on the web server, so all the user see’s is the html the programmer wants them to see). (more…)
22 March 2007
Building Communities through the Web
Recently, I have aquired some work that involves the community a lot, where input from them will be requireded. While Blogs do have the functionality to leave comments on posts, its more for news etc. I have been looking into Community Forums to fill this need. (more…)
29 January 2007
JPD Training Ltd enters eCommerce
With over 500 courses nationwide, JPD Training Ltd’s website was time consuming to update, and when problems accured they were manualy changed, this has all changed!
Using a mySQL database to hold all the course details, and specially designed pages to produce the specific courses (also stating where sold out) depending on which page the user is viewing. All this is integrated into a bespoke shopping cart facility where the user can then decide on whether to pay through an invoice or securely pay using their credit or debit card via PayPal. All this is easily maintained using specially created querries in JPD’s current database to extract the relevant information needed.
11 December 2006
Frontpage Replaced by an Expression
I have been a loyal user of Microsoft Frontpage for a few years now, Mainly for it’s ease of use between graphical and html interfaces.
Microsoft is however retiring the Frontpage series to bring us Expression. Made up of four main applications (available separately) Expression Studio comprises of:
- Expression Web: a professional design tool to create modern, standards-based sites which deliver superior quality on the Web.
- Expression Blend: a professional design tool to create engaging, Web-connected, user experiences for Windows.
- Expression Design: a professional illustration and graphic design tool that lets you build compelling elements for both Web and desktop application user interfaces.
- Expression Media: a professional asset management tool to visually catalog and organize all your digital assets for effortless retrieval and presentation.
