The
English Guy
Web Design

Recently I’ve had the opportunity to perform some much needed SEO work on a Joomla-based website, OilUK. This has been somewhat of an experience for me, I am more used to WordPress blogs, not Joomla. That has not been an impediment however, and the SEO work has done well.
Although there is little similarity between the [...]

Professional web designers might be asked to create online stores. This is something that is par for the course, and if you have not had the chance before, you might relish the effort.
In the past I have used integrated a javascript shopping cart which has worked, but there are limitations. For example you would have [...]

Casting your eye around for new challenges and replacements for languages that are found to be wanting, you might want to just take a look at Ruby for Rails. That being said, like many companies or developers who just don’t have the time you should think about companies that offer Ruby on Rails services.
So I [...]

The latest project that has been completed is M & P Valeting Services, a small family-run business located on Fairfield Industrial Estate in Louth. They have a wide variety of services to offer, valeting vehicles from family cars through commercial vehicles, to motorhomes and caravans, even the local fire engine.
A compact design utilising the colours [...]

This was a blog design project that was based on an interesting theme (it’s a bit obvious, of course) - facts, and fairy tales.
Facts and Fairy Tales is a two column, centred WordPress theme, with a working width of 800 pixels. The background is a single

large image (again, centred) with the title, text, and [...]

Isn’t it always the case that business follows great ideas?
But that is not always a bad thing. After all, bloggers work hard at their (our) craft, many hours researching, writing, networking, corresponding. It -is- a career these days and why shouldn’t a blogger get paid for blogging? It is no different than any other form [...]

My latest project was for a client who owns and runs the Aspiring Golfer site.
It was constructed on the WordPress platform (version 2.3) and using the Revolution theme by Brian Gardner. Obviously, there was a lot of alterations and customisation work, but the site has recently come back under the new look and he is [...]

Recently I had a bit of a problem with embedding videos in my newly-updated WordPress blog (not this one). It was WordPress 2.3 which so far has not caused any major issues that I am aware of in my own work.
The writer input all his text into the textarea, which included a reference to a [...]

Had an opportunity the other day to start looking for someone to parcel out a bit of work to, thought I would investigate other firms that might be of help. One of the places I stopped by was Visualscope Studios - they specialise in Web Design. Although they offer other services, I wanted to take [...]

After working on several projects I finally made the time to finish off a theme that I have been working on for a few weeks now. This is a straightforward two column wordpress blog theme, which has been widgetised.
It is based on a smoother look, slight curves, and a narrower use of the browser window. [...]