Category Archives: Web Design

Tools & Tips…

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Brian M McGarvie

Well, I’m going to try to divulge more of my development experiance to others. Starting with some ‘Tools & Tips‘. Let me know if there are any topics/questions from all forms of development PHP, Java, .NET .. and management (people … Continue reading →

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Making your website work with Internet Explorer 8 (IE8)

Posted on October 23, 2009 by Brian M McGarvie

OK probly well known by now. But if you’re site is ‘broken’ in IE8, you could try the following which tells IE8 to work liek IE7. <meta http-equiv=”X-UA-Compatible” content=”IE=7″ /> It belongs in the document’s HEAD. More importantly it needs … Continue reading →

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Search Engine Ranking via Title Tags

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Brian M McGarvie

”How do I get my website page to rank well in search engines for a certain search term?”. While there are many techniques and tactics that can contribute to how your website ranks, one of the most fundamental is through … Continue reading →

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Firefox horizontal jump between pages!

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Brian M McGarvie

For a very long time I have always been annoyed by Firefox… Have you ever witnessed the ‘horizontal jump’ cause by your content being taller then the browser size? And the effect is when you go between pages that are … Continue reading →

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Principles of Web Design

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Brian M McGarvie

When I undertake developing a website I always try to keep 3 key principles in mind; 1. Simplicity 2. Modularity 3. Balance Follow my basic guide and you’ll become a better developer/designer…

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