Web Design
Discussions on web design, css, html5 and more...
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Pure Buildings
Local building experts Pure Buildings had recently undergone a re-branding process. Deep Blue Sky helped them create an engaging new web presence.
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Browser support for HTML5 & CSS with Modernizr 1.5
We proud to announce the relaunch of the Web Designers HTML5 & CSS3 browser support checklist, now using Modernizr 1.5 for even more tests and improved accuracy.
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CSS3 & HTML5 Data available as JSON
Today we're making our browser support data available as a json feed for anyone who wants to use their data for their own purposes.
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Microsoft's IE9 breaks into HTML5 & CSS3
The Comic Sans of the web browsers looks like it might just be in for a revival.
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When can I use HTML5 & CSS3?
We've updated fmbip.com's litmus test results with real-world scores showing when you can start to use specific HTML5 & CSS3 functionality.
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Lions of Bath meet Spot the Lion
Spot - our lifesize interactive lion sculpture - was, today, introduced to his new pride and a few folk from the BBC...
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5 days left to win £10,000
You've only got until Monday to put your ideas forward for Deep Blue Sky's 2010 Web Innovation Awards.
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Instant QR Code
A bookmarklet to help you get the page you have on your browser onto your phone in a flash!
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Web Designer's Favourite - New Chrome 5
The updated fmbip.com litmus results the new Chrome 5 beta in all its HTML5 glory.
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FindMeByIP.com
Deep Blue Sky built a free web app to help our fellow web designers/developers find out the current state of browser support for HTML5/CSS3.
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£10,000 Prize Attracts Global Attention
Entries from across the world as Web Innovation Awards gathers momentum.
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Dickies Worker of the Year
Deep Blue Sky is helping Dickies, the leading workwear brand, hunt for the UK's favourite worker. Yesterday Dickies launched "UK Worker of the Year Awards 2010" to find someone worthy of the incredible prize - a Renault worth £18,000.
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First ever Tweets by 13 Top Web Designers
A complied list of the first ever Tweets by 13 of the industry's finest web designers.
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Stop Firebug autofocusing DOM changes
Simple steps for stopping Firebug from automatically highlighting DOM changes made via Javascript.
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Friday is the New Friday: Discuss
We read somewhere that the weekend actually starts on Thursday. We like to subscribe to this kind of innovative thinking so we simply stopped working on Fridays...read on to see what happened...
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SEO Experts; your robots revealed!
We've just caught Google, Yahoo and Bing's spiders in the FindMeByIP.com web... and the results are quite intriguing...
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Festivus Recruitment
Festivus is an online destination for professionals in the animation industry. Deep Blue Sky designed, built and delivered its original incarnation in 2007 and has recently undertaken a re-design of this popular site.
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Opera 10.50 & Firefox 3.6 support for HTML5 & CSS3
FindMeByIP.com has been updated to Modernizr 1.1 and now detects HTML5 and CSS3 support for Opera 10.50 and Firefox 3.6.
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Blogging for Small Businesses
Blogging is a high impact way of bringing Web 2.0 into your online marketing strategy - walk this way to find out how...
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Linking to specific point in a YouTube video
Have you ever wanted to link to a specific time in a YouTube video? I've discovered a simple clear method.
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CSS3 & HTML5 Availability
Calling all web designers - we're charting the availability of HTML5 & CSS3 in the wild and would like your help to make the data useful.
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Calling all FindMeByIP users!
FindMeByIP.com is a free service... so I hope no-one minds a shameless plug to ask some of you to sponsor me in exchange??
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Web Designers meet Firefox 3.6
We've updated our Browser Support Checklist to include the new, faster Firefox browser.
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Announcing the Web Innovation Awards
Deep Blue Sky announce the launch of the Web Innovation Awards to find the most exciting idea for the web.
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Love at first site - choosing a (web design) partner
Choosing a web partner is a difficult business; get it right and you will forge a relationship that will breed understanding and success. Love your web partner, and they’ll love you right back.
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Adobe Fireworks keyboard cursor keys broken
Recently I had an issue with Fireworks where all the keyboard keys (nudge, delete...etc) stopped working. Luckily I was able to find this simple fix.
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iStylista
iStylista.com is the ultimate personal shopping experience to be found on the web. Run by a team of professional stylists it has become THE destination for tailored clothing and fashion advice based on the personal style profile inputted by the user themselves – and Deep Blue Sky were asked to build it!
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Bryn Melyn Guesthouse
Owners of the Bryn Melyn Guest House and ex-Bath residents Heather and David Brown were frustrated that their website failed to portray the beautiful location in which their property was set.
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FindMeByIP.com has been updated!
Great news! The longer overdue updates to the browser testing service FindMeByIP.com have finally gone live. We now test support for HTML5 Forms, Web Applications and CSS3 Selectors.
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Clients from Heaven
A word of warning to any client who might speak before they think... ;-)
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The 3 golden rules of SEO
3 simple rules to making a search-engine success of your website.
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Basic principles of effective web copy - a beginners guide
Writing good web copy isn't easy and it requires skill to get it right. I've compiled a short list to send to your clients when they need basic advice on writing their own web text.
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Top 5 Apps of 2009
A quick round-up of 5 great web-applications that have rocked our world in 2009...
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Quickly find your clients' IP address and HTML5 and CSS3 browser support
FindMeByIP.com updated! Send a URL to your clients to find their IP address and check their browser support for HTML5 and CSS3 features.
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Top 10 ways for hotels to embrace social media.
Guest blogger Hayden Allen-Vercoe discusses social media in the hospitality industry and delivers 10 great tips to help hotels, spas and conference venues embrace social media and engage with their guests.
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Google Analytics Custom Variables
Google have just released some much more powerful customisable tracking for Analytics but sadly it's not available for all....
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Backwards compatible Silk Set icons with Fireworks
Do you use the Silk icon set? Frustrated with the "blue border" in IE6? PNG fixes getting you down? I'll show you how to avoid both of these using Fireworks to create a "backwards compatible" version of the Silk Set library.
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Browser support for CSS3 and HTML5
We've tested all the A-grade browsers for their CSS3 and HTML5 support using FindMeByIP.com. The results have been very interesting.
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FindMeByIP.com - our latest afternoon project
A cute little app that presents your browsers' support for advanced HTML5 and CSS3 features in an easy to read format using Modernizr.
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Express your mood with Gravatar + Gmail
Give more passion to your blog comments and express your true feelings!
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5 Reasons why every business needs to embrace social media
Social media seems to have firmly cemented its position in modern society... If you are not already using Facebook, twitter or perhaps one of the other social networks out there I bet you can name at least three people who are!
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The Problem with Opera
Opera web browsers have always been some of the most advanced around, often setting the trends and advancing the technology. Despite this I can never find a use for it on a regular basis.
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FSB Breakfast at Homeward Park
A lovely morning spent with some like minded FSB members at Homeward Park here in Bath
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Grayshott Spa, The Park and Fawsley Hall
In August 2009 we were asked by the management team of a chain of 3 hotels to complete a re-design of each of their websites. Effective cross-branding, multiple Calls to Action and online marketing support were just a few of objectives of this project we successfully met.
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Powabyke
Powabyke are the UK’s premier manufacturer of electrics bikes, a market worth £25 million in 2009. They approached us to design and develop a website that supporting their growing brand, provided a great experience for multiple audiences and would be a framework for future development with out the need for a substantial re-build.
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Dickies Workwear
When Dickies – the legendary workwear brand - decided to re-design and re-launch their flagship catalogue site they asked us to help.
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Piping into MySQL as UTF-8
Want a quick, lazy, command line way to pipe iso-8859-1 ( or any character encoding ) SQL into MySQL as UTF-8? Here's a little four-liner for you!
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iStylista 2 is coming!
iStylista - the new on-line personal shopping service is set to launch next month and boy are we excited!
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Change Dash Stroke in Fireworks CS3
I always find the "Dash" stroke to be a little odd in Fireworks. I'll show you how to customise it's appearance with Advanced options.
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Prototypify - add Prototype.js to any website dynamically
We're big fans of the Prototype JavaScript framework. I recently found it very useful to create a bookmark which allows you to dynamically add it to any web page for testing.
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Gmail New Message Shortcut
Create a Quick Launch or Start Menu shortcut for creating a new message in Gmail... without having to open Gmail itself...
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Converting RGB to CMYK in Illustrator
I often find the need to convert RGB files to CMYK (and visa versa) in Adobe Illustrator. The trouble is I always forget how to do it! Therefore I've drawn up a simple 3 step process to help.
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Envato style light and shadow text effect using Fireworks
In this tutorial I'll show you how to utilize light and shadow to create a subtle, yet effective text effect with Adobe Fireworks.
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Styling the File Input with CSS and Javascript
Files inputs spoil nice form design as no browser allows you to style them directly with CSS. Fortunately however, Shaun Inman has devised an easy solution involving backgrounds, opacity and a tiny bit of Javascript.
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Multiple File Upload
Oh, I got quite excited to see that Gmail now allows multiple upload of files - in one dialog.... but no, not without a little trick.
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The difference between PNG24 and PNG32
If you've ever used Adobe Fireworks then you'll know it's image optimiser lists "PNG32" as an image type. But what is this and why does Photoshop not provide it as an option?
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Free Function Icon Set
I'm always on the look out for high quality icon sets to use in my designs. I recently came across the Free Function Set by Liam McKay and it's brilliant.
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8/10 for iStylista
iStylista.com - the personal on-line fashion site has recently been rewarded 8/10 for SEO, usability and functionality.
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Stop drop down rendering underneath positioned elements in IE7
It seems that Internet Explorers' incorrect implementation of z-index means drop downs will appear underneath positioned (absolute, relative) elements. I'll show you a simple fix!
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BathCamp evening meetup #1 - Paul Boag and Ryan Carson
It's the first BathCamp evening meetup...an informal gathering of interesting people talking about interesting things...
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Google Talk Labs Edition
Want the GTalk Labs Edition interface without all the bugs? A quick Chrome solution for you...
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Traditional Boundaries
DeepBlueSky is proud to launch an estate and woodland management website for Surrey based business 'Traditional Boundaries'.
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Chrome Shortcuts
Chrome has some really cute shortcuts to make surfing the net a little cuter and slicker... here's a little table for you....
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Synchronising windows time
Windows won't allow you to synchronise your windows time? It's very annoying but I've found this life saving little fix which allows you to sync your windows time again.
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Some things to listen to...
Some podcast recommendations - in case there weren't enough on the web already!
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PHP Optimization
PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Invalid library (maybe not a PHP library) 'apd.so'
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Simple slide show for prototype & scriptaculous
A little slide show object for any of you that use prototype and scriptaculous.
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Windows Explorer New Folder shortcut and button
If you've ever wished MS Windows Explorer had a shortcut for Create New Folder then look no further. I have found the perfect solution.
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Google Optimization Guide
A guide to optimizing your website for Google from the horse's mouth. Some great tips for website search engine optimisation in general.
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Extracting font information from PDF files
Has a client ever sent you a PDF and you needed to know what typeface they used on the heading? I show you how to find out!
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PR Award Winner 2008
Cheddarometer has won silver at the CIPR Pride Awards 2008... woo hoo!
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