Archive: Web Development
JPEG Image Compression Degradation
January 31st, 2010
Professional photgraphers and graphic designers will be aware that .jpg or .jpeg digital photographs that are to be edited several times should first be saved into a 'lossless' file format such as .tif (TIFF), .png, or .psd. This is because JPEG is a method of lossy compression for photographic images, using an algorithm to a [...]
Running a Website
November 28th, 2009
Running a modern website is not simply a matter of creating web pages and letting the Internet do the rest [...]
@Twitter Tweet #DriVeL
September 25th, 2009
How long will it last, I wonder? What used to be interesting blogs have given themselves over to a so-called social networking phenomenon that reveals human beings [...]
WordPress Reverse Upgrade Guide
July 15th, 2008
But every few months or so the WordPress development team bring out a new version of the software and the previous one is no longer supported [...]
A Micro CMS
February 22nd, 2008
Introducing la.plume, a featherweight micro CMS written for anyone who wants to publish clean uncluttered web pages [...]
A Lightweight CMS
April 22nd, 2006
A 'back-to-basics' content management system (CMS) with a focus on simplicity and web standards compliance [...]
Fixed or Fluid?
February 19th, 2006
Should a web page be designed with a fixed width layout, or is it better for the page to be fluid [...]
Website Makeover
January 15th, 2006
At New Year I updated this website from the previous version. The content is the same and still uses WordPress but [...]
A French Connection
July 20th, 2005
A recently completed web design project is Mas La Monaque, a restored Provencal 17th century farm house [...]

