Robots.txt (Robots File) Explained – Web design Tutorial

In this week’s web design video blog, Nick and I explain the purpose of a robots.txt file and also share the common Robot Exclusion Standards. Continue reading

Web Design & Development with Google Chrome

In this week’s video blog Nick and I share our preference for developing website with Google Chrome. In the video we also check out our favourite 3 extensions for Chrome including Firebug Lite, Web Developer and PageRank. Continue reading

E-Commerce Web Design – Moving Forward

In this weeks video tutorial, Rob and Adam talk about Magento and XCommerce following their recent trip to Meet-Magento UK. Continue reading

SEO friendly downtime with a 503 – Web Design Tutorial

In this week’s video tutorial, James shares best practice for a 503 temporary holding page that won’t effect your SEO listings. Continue reading

CSS3 Linear Gradients that even work on IE6

In this week’s web design video, James takes a quick look at CSS Linear Gradients that work on all browsers including IE6. Continue reading

Sociable web design with AddThis’ new widget

After a brief Social Sharing Button history lesson, Creare’s Nick and James demonstrate the awesome social sharing widget from AddThis. Continue reading

Meet Magento UK – eCommerce conference for web designers

In this week’s web design video blog, Creare’s Nick and James talk about the future of Magento, and the upcoming conference – Meet Magento UK. Continue reading

Modernizr for web design with CSS3 & HTML5

In this week’s video we take a look at Modernizr – the Open Source JavaScript library that helps designers take advantage of new features in HTML5 and CSS3. Continue reading

Faster Web Design load speeds with Yahoo! Smush.it

In this week’s video we take a look at how Yahoo!’s Smush.It software can optimise image file sizes without effecting their appearance or quality. Continue reading

What’s the difference between a Web Designer and a Developer?

In this week’s web design video blog, Nick and James give their opinions on the difference between web designers and a web developers. Continue reading