Building websites using website builders | June 25th 2013

In this article we will be looking at website builders and why they are so popular and some considerations when choosing them. We also compare 5 website building providers.

What is a website builder? 
These are services that are geared to designing websites online using a set of pre designed templates, tools and features with the aim of getting your website published in a few short minutes, no coding experience required.  

Why are they so popular?
 Website builders have boomed over the years because everyone wants to get a website published and in many cases do no have the confidence or experience to do it themselves. Also, many people may not want to hire a professional company or designer solely because of the costs involved. They them turn to website builders which are tipped to take out a lot of the hard work such as designing a layout and coding, and you simply put in the information you want. 

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StageOne Christian Drama Cooperative Website | 24th June 2013

We have updated the StageOne Christian Drama Cooperative website for this week with drama workshops. This week StageOne have there AGM. The new calender is due to be published shortley.

http://stageone.org.uk/

Our Lady & St Werburgh Website | 24th June 2013

We have updated the Our Lady & St Werburgh parish church website for this week. We have published the parish newsletter, updated the forthcoming events and the parish priest's column. We have also distributed the weekly email newsletter using Mail Chimp which is proving most useful. New site goes online on 8th July.

http://ourladyandstwerburgh.co.uk/

Building websites using fluid grid layouts in Dreamweaver CS6 | June 18th 2013

In this article we examine how to start building a website using fluid grid layouts in Dreamweaver CS6. We look briefly at what fluid grid layouts are and provide a step by step guide in getting started followed by some observations.

Fluid layouts provide an easier solution to designing for multiple screens which has been a difficult and time-consuming task. In this technique, percentages are used as relative measurements of width rather than fixed measurements. This allows your website more malleability and fluidity compared to layouts with fixed widths.

Designers need not worry about type of device or its size or screen width, because the website through its design will adapt and react to the size of the device used to view a website.

The new Fluid Grid feature in Dreamweaver gives designers a visual way to control page layout for multiple screen sizes as well as automatically integrating cross-browser consistency through the use of HTML5 boilerplate and the respond.js library.

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Our Lady & St Werburgh Website | 17th June 2013

We have updated the Our Lady & St Werburgh parish church website for this week. We have published the parish newsletter, updated the parish priest's column. We have also distributed the weekly email newsletter using a new distrubtion system call Mail Chimp.

http://www.ourladyandstwerburgh.co.uk/

StageOne Christian Drama Cooperative Website | 17th June 2013

We have updated the StageOne Christian Drama Cooperative website for this week with drama workshops. This week StageOne have a puppetry workshop followed by a sketch acting workshop.

http://stageone.org.uk/

Building Mobile Websites - Challenges and Approaches | June 12th 2012

In this article we look at some of the main challenges that designers face in mobile design and three approaches use to designing mobile websites. We also look at how web design software can help accomplish this task and make it easier.

Remember that a mobile website is similar to any standard website. These have HTML pages, text content, data, images and video, just like any other website you see on a desktop or laptop computer. They are that are accessed using Wi-Fi, 3G or 4G networks.

Mobile websites differ from the websites designed for the typical desktop by being designed specifically for the smaller handheld display and touch-screen interface found on the tablet computer and mobile phone devices.

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StageOne Christian Drama Cooperative Website | 10th June 2013

We have updated the StageOne Christian Drama Cooperative website for this week with drama workshops.This week StageOne have Core Skills and Ad Libbing.

http://stageone.org.uk/

Our Lady & St Werburgh Website | 10th June 2013

We have updated the Our Lady & St Werburgh parish church website for this week. We have published the parish newsletter, updated the parish priest's column. We have also distributed the weekly email newsletter. The new website design is ready to go online and await approval.

http://www.ourladyandstwerburgh.co.uk/

StageOne Christian Drama Cooperative Website | 3rd June 2013

We have updated the StageOne Christian Drama Cooperative website for this week with drama workshops.

http://stageone.org.uk/

Our Lady & St Werburgh Website | 3rd June 2013

We have updated the Our Lady & St Werburgh parish church website for this week. We have published the parish newsletter, updated the parish priest's column. We have also distributed the weekly email newsletter. The new website design is ready to go online plus a new email newsletter layout.

http://www.ourladyandstwerburgh.co.uk/

Responsive Web Design - What is it all about? | June 3rd April

In this article we define what responsive is all about. We look at some of the newly introduced concepts and examine the features of HTML 5 Boilerplate.

 This is a web design approach that is aimed at crafting websites so that an optimal viewing experience is provided. This is easy reading, navigation and usability with minimum use of resizing, panning, and scrolling across a wide range of devices, i.e. desktop computer monitors, to tablet computers, to mobile smart phones.

A website designed according to this approach will adapt its layout to the viewing environment. New websites will typically use some of the following concepts including fluid layouts or proportion-based grids, flexible images, and CSS3 media queries.

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