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Web Design and Development

Websites and custom weblogs, lovingly fashioned and handcoded using only the very finest (X)HTML, CSS and Javascript.

I specialise in Web Standards compliant, usable, accessible, cross-browser compatible web interfaces; designing, developing and managing sites for a diversity of clients including Insurance companies, Musicians, Architects and PR consultants.

I also develop within the Wordpress blogging and CMS platform, creating custom templates and user interfaces.

For further information regarding sites that I have designed and developed please visit: Website Portfolio » page and Wordpress Development » page. To contact me, please go to: About » page.

Custom Wordpress Blogs

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Digby Fairweather »

Digby became a fulltime jazzman in l977 after twelve years as a qualified librarian in Southend-on-Sea. From l973 he worked his way up as a part-timer through established bands including Hugh Rainey, Eggy Ley, Eric Silk, Keith Nichols …

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Digby Dog Blog »

Hello fellow bloggers, my name is Digby and I am a remarkably intelligent and good looking collie cross aka ‘The Best Dog In The World’.

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Stinker Stanshall »

Way back in 2002, Captain M. Stanshall, aka Stinker, was a regular contributor to the letters’ page of a local Leigh-on-Sea rag. Week after week he would grapple with the thorny issues of the day in his celebrated series of correspondence with the Leigh Times.

Is Your Website Legal?

Accessibility and How it Affects You »

As the owner of a website, you now have a legal obligation - following the implementation of section 21 of the Disability Discrimination Act - to make reasonable adjustments to ensure blind and partially sighted people can access your service.

The Truth Behind Search Engine Optimisation

Incurably Semantic »

Semantic markup and search engine optimisation: there’s much nonsense talked about search engine optimisation (SEO), largely relating to the out of date over-use of META tags.