Displaying full screen with an HDMI cable and ATI Graphics cards

By Alex Taylor | Published January 3, 2012

I recently had two of my monitors die on the same day, and as a replacement I bought a new Samsung Syncmaster S23A350H monitor to gain back some of the desktop real estate that I had lost. While generally happy …→ Continue reading

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Detecting the :hover css selector style in jQuery/javascript

By Alex Taylor | Published May 4, 2011

A while ago I wrote a plugin for jquery that makes links fade between nicely when a user hovers over them (see here), rather than suddenly changing from one colour to the next. Although the plugin allowed you to set …→ Continue reading

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Crash Internet Explorer 9 in one line of Javascript!

By Alex Taylor | Published April 8, 2011

UPDATE: It appears that this bug has been fixed. This no longer crashes Internet Explorer 9. As I’m sure you are all aware, Internet Explorer 9 was released a  couple of weeks ago, and last week I had the pleasure …→ Continue reading

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AVG Antivirus 2011 corrupting web pages with injection of script avg_ls_dom.js

By Alex Taylor | Published October 12, 2010

For years I have been a fan of the free edition of AVG Antivirus. It has reliably kept my computers healthy and virus free for years. I have recommended it to family and friends, and have been entirely happy with …→ Continue reading

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Nice link colour fades using jQuery

By Alex Taylor | Published June 21, 2010
As I’m sure you know, it’s very easy to set a different colour for a link when a user hovers over it using the :hover pseudo class – it’s used pretty much everywhere. However, wouldn’t it be nice if instead …→ Continue reading
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Add your business to Bing Local Listing maps in the UK.

By Alex Taylor | Published May 24, 2010

When you search for a service in a specific location (for example restaurant in Edinburgh) on Google or Bing, you will often see a map of the area with local listings. It essential to appear on these listings if you …→ Continue reading

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Create a Apple OSX style dock with jQuery using the Resize on Approach plugin

By Alex Taylor | Published May 21, 2010

Sometimes it’s the little things that make the difference in user interfaces. A seemingly minor change can have a massive effect on the look and feel. It is easy in jQuery to make an object expand in size on hover: …→ Continue reading

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Adding your blog or RSS feed to a facebook fan page.

By Alex Taylor | Published May 17, 2010

UPDATE: This method no longer works. I will post a new method soon It can be a complete pain keeping up with every social media website. Facebook, Buzz, Twitter – it’s a miracle if I get any work done at …→ Continue reading

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jQuery Image preloader with callback

By Alex Taylor | Published May 11, 2010

When using jQuery I find that I often want to wait for an image to be fully loaded before I perform an action. For example, I quite often find myself producing a slide show with only a few images in …→ Continue reading

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How to quickly touch up a portrait photograph in Photoshop

By Romano Carneletto | Published May 9, 2010

Unsurprisingly as a designer I come across a large amount of photographs. The quality of photographs I receive from clients varies dramatically, from the hi spec fashion shoot shots which are pieces of artwork in their own right, to holiday …→ Continue reading

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Welcome to our new Blog!

By Alex Taylor | Published May 6, 2010

Welcome to our new blog. We’ll be updating it with useful information, new and tutorials about all aspects of website design. Enjoy the read!

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