Contact details
Address: 3 Bowyer House
Vermont Road
London SW18 2AE
Telephone: +44 (0)20 31382049
E-mail: hello@shapeshed.com
3 May 2007
Apart from a huge amount of client work I've been working on a redesign of shapeshed.com. With a few things to clean up it goes into the wild today. Read more
8 May 2007
Managing colour schemes in CSS can be difficult. With a bit of PHP you can take control of colour schemes in your stylesheets. Read more
9 May 2007
Pulling in content from external providers can cause page load times to increase dramatically. Using unobtrusive ajax and caching you can keep content up to date for everyone (including those with javascript turned off) whilst minimising the impact on page load times. Read more
11 May 2007
Understanding the selection tools is a must for working with icons or illustrations. Master the basics and you will save yourself a great deal of time. Read more
14 May 2007
Front-end coding is certainly a craft and there are some amazing people doing it. When I visit a good site I often rummage around in the undergrowth to learn from the Masters. Here are ten practices I commonly see from the best coders. Read more
14 May 2007
No wizards just a solid tool that allows you to select objects based on defined criteria and make quick changes to your drawings and illustrations. Read more
21 May 2007
Often clients deliver images that are not really good enough for use on the web. Photoshop comes with some less well known features that can improve image quality drastically in a couple of clicks. Read more
22 May 2007
The final selection tool this allows you to select using a freehand shape. Very useful for intricate drawings it can be much quicker than the other selection tools. Read more
26 May 2007
A tool worth learning you can soon have the same control as you do when sketching. It is tricky to master but you can soon be up and running with a little practice. Read more
30 May 2007
Coding navigation in CSS and XHTML properly is important for both search engines and accessibility. Here's my take on how to do it, although I would be very interested to hear what others think. Read more
Address: 3 Bowyer House
Vermont Road
London SW18 2AE
Telephone: +44 (0)20 31382049
E-mail: hello@shapeshed.com
