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Power speech by Nick Vujicic
December 16, 2010
Ask any web designer how much time they spend on their computer and it will always be a “stupid” amount of time and during that time we happen to link hop from site to site just taking a break or a bit of chill out time.
The amount of non web related material I come across that I feel is worthy of a mention for whatever reason I have now decided to have a corner of my blog for just such articles and my first one I found is a real inspiration it is a power speech from an Australian Nick Vujicic a power speaker born with no limbs.
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A quick look at HTML5
December 16, 2010
HTML5 is the next major revision of the HTML standard, currently under development. In particular, HTML5 adds many new syntax features. These include <video>, <audio> and <canvas> elements as well as integration of SVG content, which are designed to improve the inclusion and handling of multimedia and graphic content on the web without recourse to proprietary plugins and their APIs.
Other new elements such as <section>, <article>, <header> and <nav> are designed to improve the semantic richness of documents. Other elements have been removed. New attributes have also been introduced.
Below are a couple sites showing off HTML5 the will work in the latest Firefox browser.
Blob sallad a neat little moving ball that multiplies.
Magnetic This is a pretty smart feature.
HTML5 Drum Kit this is pretty awsome.
Sadly not all browsers support HTML5 yet “boo to IE” 
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New project launch “Creative web design”
December 14, 2010
Here at Smart web design we felt that 2 is better than 1 so we decided to release another web design site. We are very proud it has been featured in one of our favourite CSS gallerys One page love this time aimed for people who feel a certain extra attention to detail is needed a “break the mould” kind of thing so what better then to call our new site Creative web design. Any thoughts and feedback would be greatly appreciated!
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New project launch “Herrisons fitness retreat”
December 14, 2010
Smart web design are proud to launch or latest project for Herrison’s fitness retreats they offer weekend health breaks in beautiful parts of the country visit there site at Weight loss boot camps
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Creating a “back to top” link on your page using CSS and HTML
December 14, 2010I wanted to share a quick and simple tutorial with you which allows the user to have a quick means of getting back to the top of your web page without having to scroll of course this is very handy when the page is very large.
Firstly we will start with the HTML we need to give the main body tag an “ID”
<body id=”top”>
Ok for the next piece of HTML we will need to create the link itself this can be placed above the closing body tag
</body>
<div id=”top-link”><a href=”#top”>back to top</a></div>
Ok so that is the link sorted now just to place it where it needs to be we will do this using CSS:
#top-link a {
text-transform:uppercase;
-webkit-border-radius:5px;
-khtml-border-radius:5px;
-moz-border-radius:5px;border-radius:5px;
background:#F3F3F3;
position:fixed;display:block;
padding:3px;
bottom:5px;
right:5px;
color:#666;
text-decoration:none;
font-size:11px;
border:1px solid #CCC}
* html body #top-link {display:none}
And there you have it the link can be positioned where ever suits your design simply by editing the CSS file you download the source file here.
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Why choose a Freelance website designer?
December 14, 2010I have been a freelance web designer for over 2 years now and the one thing I feel benefits the client the most is the one to one aspect of it, it’s little old me and just me so from the start to the end there is only one person to deal with.
I always make sure I do not bite off more than I can chew I know what jobs I can and can’t do I love to push and challenge myself but never at the expense of a client.
There is also the fact 98% of freelance web designers will be a lot cheaper than the web design agencies as there overheads are far less no staff fee’s or office space rental etc.
I am not saying this to shoot down web design agencies because most of them are excellent at what they do I myself have worked for 2 web design agencies and I have to say they are both top class firms who I highly rate and the work they produce is superb. They like most have a highly skilled team who are experts in their own field.
It would be rude not to give them a mention as with their knowledge and kindness have helped me greatly as a freelance website designer the first I worked for is MINTTWIST They are based in Finchley central the second is SCORE COMMUNICATIONS A web design firm based in New Barnet.
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Welcome to Smart Web Design’s Blog first of all what is a blog?
December 14, 2010Blogs are usually (but not always) written by one person and are updated pretty regularly. Blogs are often (but not always) written on a particular topic – there are blogs on virtually any topic you can think of. From photography, to spirituality, to recipes, to personal diaries to hobbies – blogging has as many applications and varieties as you can imagine. Whole blog communities have sprung up around some of these topics putting people into contact with each other in relationships where they can learn, share ideas, make friends with and even do business with people with similar interests from around the world.
All blogs are grouped into archives depending on the relevant subject I plan my blog to contain useful information on web design and web development and whatever else I see fit include cause that’s the beauty of blogging it is ever changing.
Another neat feature is it allows readers to comment on your articles and give their input on what you have to say.
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