website design Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/website-design/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:10:20 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg website design Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/website-design/ 32 32 2696646 Features of the new look website https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/04/features-of-the-new-look-website/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/04/features-of-the-new-look-website/#respond Sun, 19 Apr 2015 10:52:47 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=18963 The new look to our website is coming on well. The actual look was fairly easy to set up as I used a lovely looking Theme called Hueman that had most of the features I wanted. I have however tweaked it via a child theme to fit my needs and added a few other things....

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/04/features-of-the-new-look-website/feed/ 0 18963 Website Redesign https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/04/website-redesign/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/04/website-redesign/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2015 04:40:05 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=18851 I hope you’re liking the new look of our Simple Life of Luxury website redesign. I decided it was time for a revamp and an opportunity to make the site more responsive and therefore mobile friendly. I also wanted to make it look a little more modern, bright, cheerful and provide more emphasis on the images...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/04/website-redesign/feed/ 4 18851 Password Managers – LastPass, 1Password and iCloud Keychain https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/11/password-managers-lastpass-safari-keychain/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/11/password-managers-lastpass-safari-keychain/#respond Sat, 09 Nov 2013 09:05:15 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14979 I’m forever advising clients about online security and the importance of secure, unique passwords, but it is amazing how lax some people can be with their passwords and how blasé they are with regards to online security. The Problem with Passwords Passwords of course aren’t the ideal way of protecting our accounts online for a...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/11/password-managers-lastpass-safari-keychain/feed/ 0 14979 Web Browsers, Bricks and a Sneaky Surf Session https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/web-browsers-bricks-and-a-sneaky-surf-session/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/web-browsers-bricks-and-a-sneaky-surf-session/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 05:50:34 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13569 Another busy day yesterday and with such long days I tend to start at around 4:30am as the sunrise wakes me up. It started off with lots of computer work as I have a new website design project that I’m working on. It’s nice to get the creative juices flowing again and I’m quite enjoying...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/06/web-browsers-bricks-and-a-sneaky-surf-session/feed/ 2 13569 The Changing Face of Website Design https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/02/the-changing-face-of-website-design/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/02/the-changing-face-of-website-design/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:47:17 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=12375 Whilst adding an image to a recent news post on my Website Design website I saw a gallery of images uploaded to articles over the past few years. I was struck by the way it looked so took a screenshot of it. These are of course all little snippets of designs I have produced over...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/02/the-changing-face-of-website-design/feed/ 1 12375 The Joys of Website Design https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/02/the-joys-of-website-design/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/02/the-joys-of-website-design/#respond Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:30:38 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=7008 I don’t often write about work here as this is a personal weblog but when you’re self-employed it is sometimes hard to get away from work. It is always there, I am the business and there’s no getting away from myself, however hard I try. It is therefore always good to remind myself why I’m...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/02/the-joys-of-website-design/feed/ 0 7008 Multiple Income Streams https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/06/multiple-income-streams/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/06/multiple-income-streams/#respond Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:57:27 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=4878 One of the important things to do as a self-employed freelancer is to make sure you have multiple income streams as you just never know what is going to happen next. I don’t do too badly in that respect although it can get quite hectic now and then. As well as my main job as...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/06/multiple-income-streams/feed/ 0 4878 A satisfying bug fix. https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/03/a-satisfying-bug-fix/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/03/a-satisfying-bug-fix/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:04:21 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=4029 As any website developer will know, as well as actually building new websites and developing new features we are constantly having to fix things that go wrong. It isn’t just me, we are all the same. We write scripts and build applications just the way we think they should be, only to find bugs and...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/03/a-satisfying-bug-fix/feed/ 3 4029 Last day at Work https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/11/last-day-at-work/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/11/last-day-at-work/#respond Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:55:06 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=2943 Yesterday was my last day working at the university. I’ve been working as a website editor for a project there. The project is now ‘in limbo’ so my contract hasn’t been extended which means I’m back to being a full-time freelance website designer. I shall continue working for the project on a freelance basis for...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/11/last-day-at-work/feed/ 0 2943 A Day in the Life of a Freelance Website Designer https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/06/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-freelance-website-designer/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2009/06/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-freelance-website-designer/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:58:31 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=1740 Yep, that’s right, for my sins I’m a freelance website designer. Actually its a great job for funding my ‘Simple Life of Luxury’ as it allows me to be pretty flexible, it is also a fairly interesting job in its own way and no two days are ever the same. That said, most days do...

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