The BBC have a serious online presence which probably costs them a fortune to maintain every year.None of the Irish political parties have an online presence that comes anywhere near it (and you wouldn't really expect them to either... )But when an Irish political party blatantly rips off the BBC's design and thinks they can get away with it, what kind of message does that … [Read more...] about Irish Political Party Plagiarise BBC But Think They’re Cool
Web Design
Captcha Gone Mad
While I can fully understand and appreciate people using captcha on web submission forms to stop spam / robots, I really don't get why anyone would make a captcha so complicated that it is unusable.The IIA Netvisionary nomination form has this "lovely" captcha on it:I saw that and my eyes glazed over.Sorry guys, but there is no way that I'm even going to attempt to make sense … [Read more...] about Captcha Gone Mad
Cross Browser Testing Makes Sense
Trying to get sites to display identically across multiple browsers and multiple operating systems is awkward. This site probably doesn't display particularly well on all browsers, but I'm not a professional web designer / developer, so you'll have to excuse me. It's also not a corporate / business website trying to sell products or services to the public.Screenclick, however, … [Read more...] about Cross Browser Testing Makes Sense
Rebuilding A Damaged Community Progress Report
A few days ago I mentioned the issues I was facing with the mess that was the UK Webmaster forum I'd taken over.Rome wasn't built in a day, as the saying goes, so I wasn't expecting immediate results. However a pleasant surprise is always a good thing, so I was delighted to see how quickly some of the issues were getting resolved.The most obvious area that needed attention was … [Read more...] about Rebuilding A Damaged Community Progress Report
Coolsites.ie Finally Live
I have an annoying habit of grabbing domain names on whim and then promptly forgetting why I bought them.Coolsites.ie was one of those domain names that I grabbed a few months ago, as I knew instinctively that I would find a good use for it, I just wasn't 100% sure what...Months later I came across a very tasty MT template called "Mid Century", which has been released … [Read more...] about Coolsites.ie Finally Live