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PORTFOLIO
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Recently Developed Site...

::Clan Addiction::
http://www.clanadn.tk

Gaming clan. An irish based Day of Defeat clan.

HTML

Below is a list of the current websites that I have designed.

How do I design sites ?

Well there have been a number of methods that I use, firstly I started off with MS Frontpage :). I used this simply learn the background of designing a site, and the HTML code that produced it.
I soon realised how much unnecessary code it used and produced, so I learnt how to hard code pages with Notepad. Now I use a combination of pure code, and Dreamweaver, which produces professional results. My designs now follow a regular pattern ....

  • Firstly I open my standard 800x600 template in to Photoshop, (download here) and create the entire design in Photoshop. I always design for 800x600 to cater for this resolution. However, nearly all my sites re-size to any resolution, which can be a really big advantage and looks good.
  • Next I slice the image up and import for final adjustments in Dreamweaver.
  • Once the overall layout gives what I am after, I can then apply style sheets (CSS) to the main content page, which sets fonts and hyperlink colours, table colours scrolls bars etc.
  • Finally after getting the look just right, I open the site in Netscape Navigator, and perform several netscape fixes that usually occur with browser compatabilities between IE and netscape. It is now when I have to rearrange everything so it conforms to Netscape standards as well as I.E.

 

PORTFOLIO OF WORK