Monthly Archives: August 2011

Top WordPress Plugins – My vote


As you may or may not know, I love WordPress. I’ve been actively developing with it for over 4 years, and have seen it progress from a simplistic blogging tool to the awesome fully-fledged Content Management System that it is … Continue reading

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WAY Group Intranet


From the test site, please ignore the content

I recently installed the custom intranet developed for WAY Group based on WordPress. The intranet was well planned by WAY Group, and had to offer the following : Meeting room calendars Holiday availability calendars Training guide Glossary of terms used … Continue reading

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Bridging Loan Directory


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This was another project with the brilliant Tony Sanchez of Clara Capital. The brief was to develop a platform for comparing bridging finance providers in a more consumer friendly way. We worked together to develop this site, coupled with a … Continue reading

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Are you an Apple or a Blackberry? – Mobile Device Survey


Both myself and the chaps at threesixty services llp were trying to work out how popular each smartphone and tablet provider was in the Financial Services industry. Personally, i’m an iPhone / iPad type of person but I know people … Continue reading

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Mac OS X Lion – Stable as the FTSE100!


Following on from my original post about OS X Lion, i’m still having an insane number of problems with my main work machine. So much so, i’m giving myself three options : Try and work through the problems (hoping that … Continue reading

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The IFP Conference – The hit-list


So, i’m going to be making our way to the IFP Conference this year and will hopefully finally meet a lot of the folk I talk to on Twitter. I want to make sure I meet everyone I can, and … Continue reading

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AT8 Group Website Redesign


Final Site Design

Recently I launched the new and improved website for the chaps at AT8 Group. They approached me back in April with a view to redesign and launch their website. Their current site at the time had been in place for … Continue reading

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Simple PHP twitter feed with caching


Been using this on a number of projects of late. Hopefully you’ll find this useful! http://app.kodery.com/s/268   For a demo, look at how the twitter feed appears here (footer) Or the code : <?php $twitter_name = ‘cssgareth’; $number_of_tweets = 2; … Continue reading

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They almost had it…


Ah! Salesman. They’re a unique breed. Always over-friendly, smiley and will bend over backwards to help prise money out of your wallet. Some are cheap, tacky and smell oddly of camomile tea, whereas others are more geniune in their approach … Continue reading

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