Frank MacDonald. A Professional Web Designer Based in Edinburgh, UK.

Gradients that look the same in all browsers can now be created in CSS using the code below. Great for creating interesting effects without the use of images.

A collection of seamless repeating background images for use on the web or in print. These high quality repeating backgrounds are available free of charge to be used at your leisure. I made these in the hope that people may …

Over the last week or so i have added sum new features to the site. Here is a list of what has changed:

Changed the main page of the service section.
Added new widgets to the service section and pages.
Added a portfolio …

When you have an iframe embedded on page you often don’t want the links within it to open pages inside the iframe. Here is a simple trick to force all links within an embedded iframe to open in a new …

When designing a wordpress site for clients it is often useful to remove the default widgets, also known as meta boxes, and replace them with more appropriate widgets.
Here are the names of the meta boxes (widgets) on the dashboard:

The following …

With the following code you can add custom widgets to WordPress dashboard. This is useful when creating custom dashboard widgets for your clients.
Apply the following PHP code to your wordpress themes functions.php file:

More Information can be found here:
Removing Dashboard Widgets
WordPress …

WordPress constantly release new versions. Although for obvious security concerns you should always upgrade; disabling the “Please upgrade now” message on client sites can be a good idea because the client doesn’t necessarily have to know about this, this is …

Although it doesn’t have any importance for the blog performance or usability, most clients will be very happy to see their own logo on the dashboard, instead of the classic WordPress logo.
Apply the following PHP code to your wordpress themes …

Although it doesn’t have any importance for the blog performance or usability, most clients will be very happy to see their own logo on the dashboard login page, instead of the classic WordPress logo.
Apply the following PHP code to your …

Sometimes when designing a wordpress site you need to be able to tell specific content where to appear depending on which category is being viewed. This can be achieved using an if statement combined with the in_category test.
Example:

The following report aims to compare and contrast the content of two articles – Evaluating Web Site Design and Usability 101: Introduction to usability – whilst explaining, in terms of web design, the relevant concepts discussed in each article. Furthermore, …