The people (word people used loosly) behind this great country of ours need a major kick up their ass, what are they thinking approving the sale and manufacture of electric shock dog collars?
Many months ago I (and many of my friends along with thousands of others) signed a petition to prevent the manufacture and sale of electric shock dog collars. Now I don`t think any sane human being would need any explanation as to why I signed the petition.
Continue reading ‘Electric shock dog collar approved by government’
As if I don`t have enough on my plate at the moment with the development of several websites on the go at the moment I have started to build a dog rescue / dog lovers website.
Continue reading ‘New dog rescue and dog lovers website on the horizon’
A month or so ago Firefox updated itself to version 2.0.0.6, as a result my firefox search bar options have been missing missing google.co.uk. I use the search bar within firefox and am returned with www.google.com results.
I trawled the Firefox website and Googled galore for an answer to this but found bob all, so this afternoon fed up of having to manually goto google.co.uk for my searches, I thought I would have a dig around.
Continue reading ‘Firefox search bar google bug fix’
Many years ago we used to size text using pixels, we knew where we were with them. Tell a web browser to set the text size at 12px, voila it was done. But then the web grew up, we realised we had to start to change the way we develop websites, accessibility and usability was key and pixel text sizing just didn`t do the job.
Continue reading ‘Set website text size using ems’
OK so the activation day arrived. I knew from previous experience that the modem/router would be a doddle to setup and install. Plug it in and voila, everything is taken care of for you thanks to the setup procedure by Sky to ensure even the most novice of users can get up and running with it.
I did mess around with the wireless settings however, I changed the password to something memorable and changed the name from sky12345 (or whatever it was). A few port forwarding changes later and that was my config done. Continue reading ‘Sky broadband my experience part 2′
More and more people are using css on their websites to position text and images, which is a good thing but please check across all web browsers!
In the past week I have come across several websites that display fine in IE but fail in standard compliant web browsers such as Firefox or Opera. One of the main problems is the ‘null content bug’. Continue reading ‘Div disappearing in Firefox?’
Do not underestimate the power of your keywords! I frequently look at my website stats to see just how people are finding their way to my websites. With this information you can see what keywords people use to find your website so can optimise your wesbite to take advantage of these. Continue reading ‘Web design Nottingham’
My current isp Tiscali have annoyed me one last time! I signed up with Tiscali 13 months ago when I moved into my nice new house as they were the cheapest and aparently one of the best broadband providers at the time. Continue reading ’sky broadband my experience’