Web design
Do you actually need a new website?
It’s very common for organisations to feel uncertain about what their website needs, or even whether it needs anything at all. Some people come to me with an existing site that feels fragile, outdated, or difficult to manage. Others don’t have a website yet and are trying to work out what is genuinely necessary, and…
Read MoreWhy I created a template website package for charities and value-led small businesses
Over the last nine years, I’ve worked with dozens of charities, community groups, and ethical small businesses to build accessible, bespoke websites. It’s work I’m proud of – supporting organisations doing good in the world and making sure their websites are clear, inclusive, and easy to manage. But over the last year or so, something’s…
Read MoreWebsites for £250? Is that too good to be true?
How does the idea of having your very own custom-designed website for just £250 sound? If you’re a charity or community group just getting started, or your current website needs an overhaul, this offer is just for you. For just £250, I will work with you to create a professionally-built WordPress website with five pages,…
Read MoreWhat it’s like to work with Jackdaw Web Design.
The brief: Turn thingumies and whatsits from a self-confessed technophobe with a vision for an inclusive and accessible website into a real thing. Sandra Coulter from Silverline Memories gives us an insight into working with Jackdaw Web Design to transform their service to be pandemic proof and a lifeline for their service users. What is…
Read MoreMaking your website work better with screen readers
My last post was all about getting text to look clear for people with visual impairments, so this time I’m going to take it one step further and talk about making your website work better with screen readers, and with virtually no technical knowledge. I should qualify that by saying that there are techy things…
Read MoreHow to make your website more legible
When it comes to website accessibility, most people’s first thought is that it means catering for visitors who use screen readers. Whilst this is true (and will be something I discuss in another post), designing for accessibility also includes designing for those with more minor visual impairments. For example: Most people are visually impaired…
Read MoreWhat Is A Parallax Website And Do You Need One?
Wikipedia definition: Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines Due to foreshortening, nearby objects show a larger parallax than farther objects when observed from different positions, so parallax…
Read MoreWhy do you need a rebrand?
A rescue mission and a rebrand lead to a happy client and a happy web designer.
Read MoreIs there a quick way to speed my site up?
Site speed ups can be very complicated and involve a lot of tweaking, but if your site is loading really slowly have a look at the filesizes of the images on your pages. A large filesize will slow your site down considerably, particularly on mobiles which have restricted bandwidth. You should be aiming for images…
Read MoreCan I change the way a single image looks on my site without affecting all the others?
Yes you can. The ‘Additional CSS’ functionality in the customizer is great if you want to change how an element, like an image, looks on the whole site. But what if you only want to change the look of a single occurrence of that element? To do this you need to know a little bit…
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