Categorized in My Projects on March 16th, 2010
Last night I launched my new version of my personal portfolio site dev7studios. It was literally a two day redesign with a very minimal feel which I am fairly happy with. It gets to the point, which is what I want it to do.
Really the requirements for the site were fairly simple. Mainly I wanted somewhere to showcase my work and redesigning the site gave me an excuse to get rid of some old work that is no longer relevant. It also has an About page which explains the purpose of the site.
Finally I wanted to add a new section called Resources. This is an idea kindly borrowed from the guys over at orderedlist.com. Basically it’s a section of blog posts that are updated on a regular basis. This means that the resources will always be fresh and “cutting edge” so that if people come to the site to learn new stuff, it will always be up to date.
So that’s the new dev7studios site. Let me know what you think, and if you feel like you could contribute any useful resources to the site then by all means let me know.
Categorized in Web Development on March 3rd, 2010
If your like me and end up making loads of websites and website themes it is essential to have a starter framework in place to save you time and give you a head start when making new websites. The benefits of having a website framework are obvious and all good web developers will have one.
So I’ve decided to share mine with you. Please feel free to use this as a template for your own framework and let me know about anything you would add or remove.
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Categorized in Programming on February 19th, 2010
You should be able to publicly announce how your system is secured without compromising the security of your system.
Discuss.
Categorized in My Projects on February 16th, 2010
Today on MakeSomeTime I released a totally new pricing scheme where you pay $1/invoice. I felt that the old pricing scheme just wasn’t working for the site and I decided to go with something that fits more with the “keep it simple” ethic of MakeSomeTime. And to celebrate I am giving away $100 worth of MakeSomeTime credit. So head on over and check out what’s happening on MakeSomeTime.
Categorized in My Projects, Web Development on February 11th, 2010
The guys over at CodeCanyon have a competition on just now where you can win up $6000+ worth of stuff. So I thought I would have a pop and today my entry was approved. Uptime is a website uptime monitoring tool that can be used to monitor any number of sites or individual pages. If one of your sites goes down you can check it manually on the Uptime site or get alerted by email so you can check your “downed” site out.
So head on over and check out the demo. It only costs $5.
URL: http://codecanyon.net/item/uptime-website-uptime-monitoring/86651
