Freelance Web Designer
I am a freelance web designer with a passion for web standards, accessibility and usability. I have worked in the industry for over 5 years and have built and directed web sites for large corporate clients and numerous UK government departments. If you are interested in working with me, or if you would like to hire me, please get in touch.
Recent Work
- St James Securities — Front-end HTML, CSS and JavaScript with custom-built content management.
- Nkd Man — Design, client-side & Magento e-commerce integration.
Articles
March 2008
Guide to CSS Positioning
If you are unfamiliar with using CSS to control the layout of web pages, you may find it difficult to understand the different positioning and display types that can be applied to HTML elements. This article explains both concepts in an easy to understand manner, making you a CSS whiz in no time.
July 2007
Browser Compatibility: A simple guide
Web standards have given us conformity — a platform to build sites that work across a variety of different media and platforms. Unfortunately, some browsers interpret these standards differently, so here’s a few simple guidelines to minimise those problems.
June 2006, A List Apart
Prettier Accessible Forms
It can be time consuming to make web forms both pretty and accessible. This article introduces a technique to allow you to do just that, with a handful of HTML, 1 cup of CSS and a sprinkle of JavaScript.
June 2004, A List Apart
Drop-Down Menus, Horizontal Style
Multi-tiered drop-down menus can be a hassle to build and maintain — especially when they rely on big, honking chunks of JavaScript. This method presents a way to handle this common navigation element with a cleanly structured XHTML list, straightforward CSS, and only a few concessions to browser quirks.