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

Author: Alan G

  • Life in the UK site

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    Just launched a new site for practicing the Life in the UK Test. It features a responsive design, ideal for viewing on all devices including mobile and tablet PC. I may do a bit more work on the mobile navigation for the site to make sure the links are finger friendly. For now though, it…

  • Life in the UK

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    We will be launching a new responsively designed site in the near future. The website will feature hundreds of practice questions for the Life in the UK test. I will describe the design process and style of the site in the near future.

  • New responsive design

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    I have just launched a new website for a new Glasgow based financial advisory company Advice and Wealth Management Solutions. The site features a dark look with distinctive photographs in a slideshow and a responsive design coded using html5 and css3. The technology I used for the design was Adobe Dreamweaver CS6 and Adobe Fireworks…

  • Phablet or Tablet and Smartphone?

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    Phablet devices are becoming increasingly popular. They are devices with a 5 – 6.9 inch screen which is larger than a Smartphone but smaller than a Tablet. I think they are too bulky for my liking but if you want just one device instead of two then I can see why more people are opting…

  • Different devices

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    Testing a new site on different devices is essential once you have established a design, colour scheme and navigation. You don’t always need to have all the various devices at your disposal as there are good emulators, although having at least a few devices such as a Smartphone, Tablet and Laptop are essential. A popular…

  • Responsive design for Aptitude test site

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    I have recently completed a new design for AptitudeOnline.com. The site was designed using mobile first principles. The CSS styles are split into 3 parts for differing screen sizes.

  • Responsive Web Design

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    I have designed a number of websites using various responsive web design techniques. They all ultimately respond to different screen sizes that users have. Responsive design is also known as fluid or liquid web design. Here is a site I finished recently for Just Done It Medals. Try to view the website on various devices…