Web Design News

Browse our archive of web design industry news that’s regularly posted by the web design team at Creare. Don’t forget, if you have any questions, comments or contributions, you can leave them on the comments feed at the bottom of each post.

Website Design CMS using Croogo

Posted on Tue 28th Sep 2010 0

Michael Angrave takes a look at the new Croogo CMS platform which is open source, free to use and build on CakePHP. With many of the common features that you’d expect from a decent CMS and an intuative and easy to use back end is Croogo any match for Wordpress, Joomla or Drupal? Continue reading →

.CO Website Domain Names now Available

Posted on Wed 21st Jul 2010 0

.CO Domain Names are now globally available as the new alternative to overpopulated domain extensions. We take a look at the opportunities of ‘dot-co’ and if purchasing a .CO domain is worth the investment. Continue reading →

Apple launches Safari 5 Website Browser

Posted on Wed 9th Jun 2010 0

Apple have released the newest version of their Web Browser, Safari 5, which features expanded HTML5 support and the introduction of an extensions platform. Continue reading →

UK Website Design Roadshows for CS5

Posted on Mon 26th Apr 2010 0

Michael Angrave looks into the forth-coming CS5 UK Roadshows aimed at showcasing some of the latest features across each platform. Register online for your nearest city and check out the latest offerings from Adobe. Continue reading →

Recover FTP Password from your Dreamweaver Web Design

Posted on Wed 21st Apr 2010 0

James discusses a great way to recover your FTP information from a Dreamweaver site. Resulting in a decrypted password key and all the other login details. Continue reading →

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 →

Browser Usage in early 2010

Posted on Wed 17th Mar 2010 4

Michael Angrave looks into the website design hot potato that is browser usage, and its effect on the world of surfing the web. Whether you are a Firefox fanatic, a chrome crony, or blissfully unaware that you are using IE6, then this post offers some very interesting insight into where you lie when it comes to “browsal inclination”. Continue reading →