Closing the chapter on ExpressionEngine
May 13. 26A reflection on ExpressionEngine and the 52 add-ons I built over a decade of agency work, prompted by Ryan Masuga's LinkedIn post marking the 16th anniversary of devot:ee.
Archives / Tag: Web development
The tools of my trade
Nov 14. 13Sometimes people ask, so to save tweets here’s a quick summary:
Safari on iOS 7 beta breaks the internet
Aug 27. 13This little gem is going to become real annoying real quick. In Safari on iOS 7 clicking anywhere in the bottom 40px of the screen does not register as a...
As a one time evangelist of Flash it’s interesting to see new tools floating to the surface over the course of the past few months. As browsers become more...
I struck upon a wonderful little idea which I’ve implemented in a simple plug-in I’m writing for a project I’m currently working on.., add a...
HSBC Internet Banking Fail
Jan 14. 11A list of frustrations with HSBC's online banking system, just a month after switching from Santander.
Search stop words
Aug 10. 10While writing a simple search plug-in for ExpressionEngine I went looking for a nicely formatted array or CSV file of ‘stop words’ which I could diff my...
Email Signatures…
Dec 10. 09Email signatures are a mess, every email app handles them differently… you have to jump through hoops to set up an email signature and heaven forbid you...
dConstruct 2009
Sep 05. 09dConstruct is a 1 day conference run by Clearleft in Brighton. I’ve never had the chance to go before and hadn’t intended to this year. I’ve never really...
Automating an availability statement in PHP
Jul 16. 08We have a small statement on the Nine Four website which advises new clients as to our current availability.
Google Mail Labels. Maxlength=40.
Jul 07. 08Well after hearing from Darren that he was switching in full to using Google for business email I decided to investigate myself. Google have a fantastic...
Why choose ExpressionEngine?
Jul 03. 08The guys over at EllisLab are asking why choose ExpressionEngine? Right off the top of my head, here’s my response…
Developing for tomorrows web
Jun 25. 08More often than not I find myself building websites with the outlook of developing for ‘the here and now’, taking into account the browsers that we are...
SiteVista to become Litmus
Aug 01. 07I’m rather excited about the news that the SiteVista team have been hard at work on a big shiny update to their website and email testing tools which will...
God is in the details
May 16. 07Reflections on the importance of attention to detail in web design and development work.
SiteVista launches email testing service
Jan 11. 07> See how your email newsletters look in a wide range of different email clients, and webmail systems. For every email you send to us, you receive two...
The art of giving
Sep 26. 06For the past couple of months here at Nine Four we’ve been working on behalf of Voyage to develop an e-commerce website for one of their clients; Innova Gifts.
Oxton gives birth!
Apr 14. 06It was beautiful I’m telling you, I was there when it happened, Oxton just gave birth… to Bite Size Standards.
Customer service the right way
Apr 10. 06Well it’s a fair old time since I had such a good customer service experience that I was left visibly ‘gleaming‘. As it happens I just had one this very...
Ubuntu, Ubuntu they drink it in the congo
Mar 24. 06First impressions of Ubuntu Linux — installation notes and early thoughts on switching from Windows.
A fresh lick of paint for Pro-Bel
Mar 02. 06Another website I’ve been working on recently just went live. Pro-Bel produce control, signal distribution and innovative automation solutions for the...
Mark of the web (or why IE6 sucks)
Mar 01. 06An exploration of IE6's Mark of the Web security feature and why it causes so many headaches for web developers.
Carson Summit Podcasts
Feb 22. 06If, like me you missed the Carson Workshops Future of Web Apps Summit you’ll be glad to know that the podcasts from the event are now live, and even better…...
The Future of Web Apps Summit
Feb 16. 06A little late I know, but since I was supposed to have been attending the Carson Workshops Future of Web Apps Summit, I thought that the least I could do in...
Will you be at the Carson Summit?
Jan 16. 06Like probably every other web designer out there @media 2006 is an event that I’d love to attend, however the registration fee of £395 (+VAT) really blows...
You know you need a coffee when…
Jan 09. 06You know you need a coffee when…
Drafty
Dec 23. 05Thoughts on managing draft blog posts — the ones that never quite make it to publish.
Expression Engine goes free
Dec 19. 05Great news today for anyone who’s fancied giving the Expression Engine CMS a shot but has never been able to swallow the rather reasonable price tag....
Basecamp Themes
Nov 17. 05Just a couple of Basecamp themes I’ve put together.
Looking for ASP developers
Nov 14. 05So, things are getting pretty busy over at Nine Four and I’m on the lookout for freelance ASP (urgh!) developers for a possible upcoming project.
CSSVista Launched
Nov 08. 05A while back the lads over at salted gave us a sneak peek at CSSVista, their standalone Windows application for web developers which allows you to edit raw...
SiteVista Review
Nov 01. 05A hands-on review of SiteVista, a cross-browser testing service — impressions after getting an account.
Decisions decisions
Oct 13. 05Taking the plunge and deciding on the right CMS for a new project can be a hard choice to make. I’ve had a ton of experience using Textpattern the last...
Setting up a LAMP server, Part 1.
Jun 22. 05Step-by-step guide to setting up a Debian LAMP server, covering remote SSH administration and making the box visible on a Windows home network.
Linux virgin no more
Jun 04. 05So I’ve taken my first step. I downloaded the latest stable release of Debian (3.0r5) via BitTorrent, burnt it to CD and then completed a basic...
Linux virgin
Jun 02. 05Today I’m going to pick up a couple of old Dell PC’s from my dads workplace. What would I want with a couple of old PCs you may ask.
MXNA (2) Public Beta
Apr 11. 05Christian Cantrell and Mike Chambers are inviting all willing participants to put the new Macromedia XML News Aggregator through its paces.
Time for a new text editor
Feb 28. 05I’ve had it with Macromedia Homesite, it’s just not enough anymore, come to think of it, was it ever? I need a new text editor. The Mac has plenty of ‘nice’...
Web Developer Required… (Berkshire, UK)
Feb 25. 05Via Mirashade...
A grown up kind of green
Jun 30. 04After months of labour (not that kind) here at Mirashade we’ve finally done a soft launch of our latest baby; grownupgrren.
Web standards: Who cares anyway?
Jun 09. 04The Web Standards Project is asking you – do you use web standards? And who the heck are you anyway?
RSS feeds by category
Jun 04. 04Following a recent post by Brandon on devnulled.com I’ve decided that it would be beneficial to make category based RSS (and Atom) feeds available for my site.
What browsers do you develop for?
Jun 03. 04Every good web project specification document includes a list of target browsers and platforms. It’s something that I’ve been reviewing here at Mirashade,...