Author Archives: James Kemp

Combine and Minify your JS and CSS in Web Design

Posted on Tue 13th Apr 2010 2

James explains a very useful technique to combine, compress and cache your javascript and CSS files. It is a very easy method and will considerably decrease your file sizes. Continue reading →

Web Design CSS Tools

Posted on Tue 6th Apr 2010 1

James reveals his most used tools for CSS, offering CSS cleaners and minifiers, as well as a tool to find unwanted selectors in your CSS files. Continue reading →

Web Design: Style the Google 404 widget

Posted on Tue 30th Mar 2010 0

James gives some web design tips on styling your custom 404 page with a Google 404 Widget, and also poses some ideas for styling the widget itself. Continue reading →

Web Design Google Maps API Tutorial

Posted on Tue 23rd Mar 2010 0

James explains a technique to integrate Google maps into your website. He also explains how to use custom icons and gives access to some useful tools. Continue reading →

Web Design CSS Layered Backgrounds

Posted on Tue 16th Mar 2010 1

James describes an interesting technique for making layered CSS backgrounds. Have a look at his latest post and try it out for yourself. Continue reading →

Web Design: Styling forms with CSS

Posted on Tue 9th Mar 2010 1

James proposes a good method for styling your forms using CSS, W3C compliant code and as few elements as possible. Read this tutorial and start making some nicely laid out forms! Continue reading →

Web Design tip for Dreamweaver: Source Format

Posted on Tue 2nd Mar 2010 0

If you are tired of messy xHTML code, then have a look at this simple walk-through by James. You will learn how to easily format your xHTML code and get around some quirks that could render your code invalid. Continue reading →

CKEditor for user friendly CMS input

Posted on Wed 30th Dec 2009 1

Check out Adam’s latest blog post about CKEditor. CKeditor is a simple JavaScript extension to any form that integrates seamlessly with PHP. It is open source, free and completely customisable. Continue reading →