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Latest updates for web, design and photography work

30.04.08

Red Dragon Pie album artwork for Mr See.

25.04.08

Ai logo for Cotic "Advance information" section.

11.04.08

Belle & Jermone site design and build.

01.04.08

Janet Reger Eyeware site built for Brahm client Dunelm. Client side: xhtml, css & javascript handcoded. Server side: .asp with MySQL handcoded.

01.11.07

Kiveton's Kitchen site built for Brahm client Greencore (not designed by me). Site has two different layouts dependant on window size, plus reverts to text only gracefully. Form entry validated both server and client side to protect database and support non javascript users. Client side: xhtml, css & javascript handcoded. Server side: .asp with MySQL handcoded.

02.08.07

Mini-site promoting trips to Nashville built in a day for AW@Brahm (not designed by me). Client side: xhtml, css & javascript handcoded. Server side: .asp handcoded.

15.04.07

New hand coded CMS website for Destiny Holidays, client of AW@Brahm.

26.04.07

New mood shot based Cotic homepage, with two different layouts for wide and narrow windows.

04.04.07

Singletrack issue 34 cover shot, taken in Pin Dale near Hope, Derbyshire. Rider Cy Turner, bike Cotic BFe.

31.03.07

New blog skin design for Kate Potter, pro mountainbiker.

26.03.07

Mini-site promoting Ricky Hatton fight holidays for AW@Brahm. Client side: xhtml, css & javascript handcoded. Server side: .asp handcoded. Site no longer live.

13.03.07

New product centered Cotic homepage and SEO work for improved google indexing.

19.01.07

Ad Workshop now part of Brahm as 'AW@Brahm'
Work continues, including:

  • Dunelm Optical CMS improved (now .asp/mysql). CSS layout made cross browser friendly. New ranges of glasses and sunglasses added with properly optimised images.
  • Key to America holding page build.

05.01.07

Model logos for Cotic Simple and BFe as well as new down-tube panel designs.

04.09.06

A quick summary of work carried out for Ad Workshop:

  • North America Travel Service layout cleaned up and made more cross browser friendly, plus flash and .asp/mysql changes to improve usability and database reliability.
  • Destiny holding page design and build.
  • Bentley Designs additional content and coding.

01.06.06

Orange Broadband product pages are now live, with my CSS.

01.06.06

More Roadrat photos, this time on the RoadcyclingUK website.

31.05.06

Photos of the Cotic Roadrat frame on Singletrack website.

26.05.06

As is the way with these things, at the last minute a whole separate 'mini-site' had to be put together in a single day. This is to accompany the launch of the main Orange Broadband product pages that go live on the 1st of June. Local copies of the rapidly developed mini site: with my Scalable tabs and with my Scalable shaded borders, more Scalable shaded borders.

04.04.06

Scalable drop shadow borders and ornate borders created as part of new Orange Style guide implementation.

14.03.06

Scalable tabbed navigation example created for WBO project to realise the new Orange Style Guide, whilst ensuring the navigation is accessible for all customers.

19.02.06

Here is my early stages page template for the 'Wanadoo Becomes Orange' project. My intention is to use the re-branding exercise to move the site away from in-line styled nested tables, and to address as many accessibility issues as possible without unduly impacting on the development time-scales.

14.02.06

New broadband product information pages for Wanadoo. Improvements made include: method for displaying alternate content for when flash is not installed on the viewers machine, product tables styled using shared external style sheet, javascript fixed for cross platform use.

05.02.06

New results table style for data-8. Prototype viewable here, the working version is only visible to customers of Data8 on the secure section of their site.

23.12.05

New band site for Christopher:Christopher, proving that a quick text only site can still have character.

24.11.05

New tubing sticker for the Titanium Cotic frames.

09.11.05

This photo has been nominated for 'Best Published Photo' in the Singletrack Awards 2005. Oliver Townsend of Cloud9trails has also been nominated for 'Best Article.'

07.11.05

New javascript/CSS2/xhtml make-over for ihaveasoul.co.uk. It looks best with any browser other than IE, unless of course you're already using IE7 in which it should look just as nice as it does in proper browsers.

24.10.05

New javascript/CSS2/html Cotic decal selector available to enable customers to see all possible combinations of decals and current/past frame colours.

19.10.05

The folks over at Data8, the Data Cleansing people, have been busy populating their website, and it's now live.

05.10.05

Photoshoot of Hazzard Red Cotic Soul frame. There is a sample shot on view at Flickr.

29.09.05

Photos and some page layouts for Singletrack magazine's buyers guide.

17.09.05

The new Cotic Titanium frame, Soda, gets its own teaser page and logotype.

12.09.05

Cotic flyer for distribution at London Cycle Show.

08.09.05

New website for Data8. Early version viewable here.

26.08.05

Several photos in new issue of Singletrack magazine.

25.08.05

Photo in news section of What Mountain Bike magazine.

16.08.05

Photoshoot of Planet-X cross frame. On view at Flickr.

20.07.05

More On-One snaps on the Singletrack website.

20.07.05

A few On-One snaps on the Bikemagic website.

17.06.05

Planet-X team photos for Veloriders website.

10.06.05

Cotic Soul mtb frameset photo for use on SSMM Demo Weekend website.

07.06.05

New animated Planet-X banner for Veloriders website.

06.06.05

All sorts of product photos for Planet-X website, such as; Carbon Bottle Cage and Carbon Seatpost.

03.06.05

New Logotype for AudioAnarchy hi-fi and speaker cables.

25.05.05

Planet-X advert for Cycling Weekly magazine.

18.05.05

Photoshoot for On-one 456 Inbred frameset.

17.05.05

Photoshoot and web marketing for Planet-X Stealth Special Edition time-trial frameset and Aero Seatpost.

12.05.05

Photos of Mike Ferrentino in Singletrack magazine.

22.04.05

A new Cotic project, roadrat, gets its own teaser website and logotype.

16.04.05

My daughter has just started her own site: www.Ruby.me.uk

15.04.05

New ID and design for this Spittingcat site. The old site is still available to view here.

12.04.05

I used my new 'Vanilla' template to create a new site for Tristram Owers Eventing. Using the template cut the development time down to 2 days, and ensured web standards and IE compatability issues were addressed in advance.

11.04.05

I've taken a few photos, loaded the product database and helped set up the new Blazing Saddles website. The site and logo design were done by others though.

05.04.05

New website design for London artist Polly Townsend. Created in just 3 days to full web standards for Html, CSS and Javascript. Her paintings are really worth checking out, go and have a look now.

29.03.05

New CV website design at kelvinowers.com.

16.03.05

New Galleries added to Cloud9trails.

03.03.05

New singlespeeding filthpig site on the way.

25.02.05

New Cotic animated banner for use on Singletrack website. See it here.

15.02.05

Unfinished ID and web project for Corneilla.com can be seen here.

08.02.05

New 'Big Day Out' animated banner for use on Singletrack website. See it here.

11.12.04

New look applied to Cotic website.

10.06.04

Updates to the soundadvice page, with more due over the next few weeks.

10.01.04

The company ID I created for Deliverance Software is in use on their site.

23.11.03

Fay has had a large show sign created using the logotype I created for her. See it here.

01.10.03

I've created a new website and company ID for the wedding planning service offered by Fay.

19.04.03

Check out the following sites that I've created for Mountain Biking stuff; Soulsforsale & Cloud9trails

22.02.02

The e-motion mountain biking page has gone. Another project has been started instead. More info soon.

05.12.01

Added a few links to the imagemakers page. They are real gems. Updated the soundadvice page. New downloads, new reviews and some more links.

28.10.01

The rant page is back up and running as everyone else seems to be venting their prehistoric views in public.

04.10.01

New look for the soundadvice page. Added playlists and some new reviews. The rant page is staying quiet for a while as I don't wish to upset anyone. Bite your tongue when emotions are high.