I am a website designer, XHTML/CSS coder (cup of tea maker*) and follower of Web Standards. Have a look at my work or read my blog
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This is the portfolio site of Scottish graphic designer Greig Anderson. It runs on Indexhibit which is a very popular CMS among graphic designers and photographers. I’ve seen a lot of these Indexhibit portfolios but this one is definitely one of the better ones.
No, the exclamation mark is not due to a mild form of hysteria or anything, I am actually happy and relieved to have finished my portfolio site as I have to say, the hardest and fussiest web design client I’ve ever worked for is myself.
I decided to go for a simple and refined design for my portfolio site. My priority is to showcase my work as strongly as possible so I made the portfolio items more prominent than the design itself. As a key part of the site is a blog, I decided to use WordPress as a CMS.
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This was a personal project to showcase some of my photography in a photoblog/gallery format. I also wanted to take this opportunity to experiment with JavaScript and find out how I could extend the functionality of WordPress. Launch Site
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JavaScript slider On the index page, I used Niall Doherty’s slider. This allowed me to use [...]
I don’t usually do design contests as I kind of agree with the arguements that this sort of thing threatens to devalue design, but I had nothing else on at the time so I thought I’d give one of the competitions on 99designs a bash. Naturally I chose the competition with the largest prize money [...]
Whatabout2night.com is a social network and nightlife guide based in Ireland. The site is popular among clubbers in Irish towns and cities and gets updated regularly with fresh content. However, the visual style of the site was uninspiring and the layout caused confusion. The site owner wanted a fresh new look and a more intuitive [...]
I came across CSS ZenGarden when I was new to web design. Seeing the submissions had me realise the extent a static HTML document can be customized using a single style sheet. I spent a lot of time experimenting, but came out with a finished design which I submitted. The design features a vector graphic [...]
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