Web Accessibility Auditor UK | Web Designer | Alan Gillies | Glasgow | Scotland

Author: Alan G

  • AWMS – Responsive website design

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    I designed a website for Glasgow based Advice and Wealth Management Solutions. The site uses a responsive design allowing fluid resizing of images and layout depending on-screen size. Try viewing it on your laptop, then switch to viewing on your Smartphone or Tablet. As you will see everything responds and adjusts to fit your device…

  • Autumn Web Design Promotion

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    This autumn I am promoting a half price deal for any new clients. I will design and build a website for your business for an extremely desirable price. I have helped launch many new Scottish companies and organisations with a new website. Here are two recent examples. Andrew Gillies from Glasgow of Argomas Ltd was pleased…

  • AA Web Solutions

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    I am a self-employed web designer and my main website is  AA Web Solutions. The site will be updated within the next few months with a new design and content. It is a few years old now and needs updating but it was one of the first of the new generation of responsive websites in the…

  • Responsive website launched

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    I have recently launched a new website for a company called ARGoMAS Limited Management Systems Consultancy. Featuring a responsive design and a dark colour scheme. I made the site from scratch using design tools Dreamweaver CC and Fireworks CS6 following several chats on the phone, email exchanges and a face to face meeting with my client. Demo…

  • Sustainable Software?

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    Adobe’s Green Credentials I have been using software developed by Adobe (previously Macromedia products) for well over a decade now. I never new until recently how committed they are to sustainable practices for the reduction of their carbon footprint.  They highlight waste reduction, energy conservation and the construction of green buildings as their main environmental commitments.…

  • World Environment Day – Foodprint

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    Reducing my FOODprint It is World Environment Day and I have been looking at more ways to create a sustainable working environment. Lunches and snacks are a large source of waste for many people. Reducing your Foodprint is a an easy way to help the environment. Made too much Bolognese? Freeze half of it for…

  • SEO – Search Engine Optimisation

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    SEO – From Google to Bing There are thousands of companies around the world who like to claim they can get you the top ranking on Google. This claim is unrealistic! Google only has room for 10 free listings on each page of their results. So if 200 companies are trying to get the top…

  • The Sustainable Web

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    Sustainable web design i am interested in the concept of creating web sites which are less harmful to the environment. The most damaging aspect of some designs is the size and amount of images on a site. Higher emissions of CO2 are produced by large image dominated sites, due to more loading and processing. If you…

  • Web Design and PC health check

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    I have decided to highlight a combined offer I am making with any new web designs that I create for my clients. Many desktop PC’s and laptops have become so slow that many people avoid them if possible and settle for their speedier but less powerful tablet or smartphone. Windows based machines can quickly become…

  • Earth Day 2014 – Tell your boss to go Green!

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    Happy Earth Day! Does this actually mean anything to the vast majority of people? Many of us will hear about Earth Day and read some Tweets and maybe a short television segment but for most people they will forget about it by tomorrow. So why not approach you boss at work and ask him if…