Web Development

I am currently focusing most of my energy (and free time) on web design. I would say I am reasonably experienced when it comes to XHTML and CSS and I have just started learning PHP and MySQL. I studied IT at college where I learned about the basics of HTML, Dreamweaver and a few simple lines CSS towards the end of the course. I achieved Distinction grades in both the Web Design and the Web Management modules. Since then I have learned more basic CSS from the W3C website and I am now gradually starting to use more complex code as well as XHTML thanks to Digital_Ice of BlackParadox.

Listed below are some of the sites I have completed. I am currently working on a couple of websites for other people, as well as updating and maintaining my own.

Demonic Puppy Games - Video Games and Mod Development

This is the only site I was particularly happy with when the initial design. Despite the colours being changed twice this site has pretty much remained the same since I was first uploaded on August 7th 2007.

This website was designed for the Demonic Puppy Games development team. It features very little in the way of media but there are a few releases available to download. It also features a link to a forum which I tend to now and then. Unfortunatly there isn't much demand for it seeing as the only active members are DPGames staff.

Urbanebula.co.uk Version 1.

This was the first look for the site which I designed while still getting to grips with CSS. As i continued to learn the basics and got more experience the site gradually got more and more boring the more I looked at it. It was finally redesigned when I aquired a copy of Adobe Photoshop.

Much like the current version, the old version of the site was created as a blog / portfolio project.

Urbanebula.co.uk Version 2.

This was the 2nd incarnation of my homepage. While the design was a lot more interesting than the original, it eventually dawned on me that the pages looked cluttered. The overuse of filters and layer blending options in Photoshop was a poor attempt to cover up the tragic overcrowded pages.

It also became apparent that using .PNG image files was a very bad idea due to the size of the files and the cross-browser compatability issues.