Recent Blog Entries
Javascript: Check/uncheck all options for checkboxes
- November 25th, 2009
- Posted by Stewart
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Here’s another really simple bit of JavaScript functionality that has a real benefit to your visitors – allowing them to check or uncheck all options in a form. This is similar to the type of functionality you’ll see in GoogleMail and Hotmail and it’s popular as it means your visitors don’t have to select each option one at a time!
JavaScript: Restrict keyboard character input
- May 27th, 2008
- Posted by Stewart
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If you want to improve your form inputs by restricting the characters the user enters, this function might come in handy. It restricts the keyboard input for a text field so that they can only enter the characters you want. Read more »
Re-introducing @font-face CSS rules
- December 17th, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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With the recent news that WebKit based browsers will soon be supporting the long awaited @font-face CSS rules, now is the time to refresh your memory on why this really is such a huge step forward for typography on the web. So how long before this becomes standard on all browsers and when can we start using it?
Javascript: Swapping select box options
- December 3rd, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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Here’s a JavaScript function that let’s you swap options from one select box to another to allow users to choose the options they want. Be careful when using this type of functionalist as it could be inaccessible to some users and can cause problems when submitting your forms. Read more »
The latest rip off of Qodo: Jeezhi Studios
- November 3rd, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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It looks like Qodo has been ripped off – yet again. This time it’s from a site called Jeezhi Studio. It’s more than obvious that it’s the Qodo design with some changes; namely the blue colour and some other additions. But the fact remains it is still my design. Read more »
Javascript: enabling and disabling form field elements
- August 17th, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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Here’s another useful function for enabling and disabling your form elements using javascript. This function can be used to disable form elements when a user has submitted a form to stop them submitting it again. Read more »
Adobe Live 2007 – London
- June 5th, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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This week I was lucky enough to attend the Adobe Live 2007: London Conference on Tuesday the 5th of June. Here’s my round-up of the exhibitions, the presentations and the brand new Creative Suite 3 products from Adobe. Read more »
Designing accessible websites: my top design tips
- May 29th, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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When trying to design an accessible, usable and SEO friendly website, here are some top tips before going to code. This guide should give you some ideas to keep mind when creating your initial concept design. By planning accessibility and usability into your design from the start you can create a web masterpiece! This article will be part 1 of 3 of ideas and suggestions when creating a website from design through to code. Read more »
Qodo ripped off – again – twice!
- May 23rd, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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So, it’s happened again. Qodo has been ripped off for the fourth time. It really is depressing that I spend so much time creating the design and template just for someone to steal and pass off as their own work. I don’t care if it’s for personal use - it’s still my work! Read more »
Javascript: check if a UK postcode is valid
- May 12th, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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Here’s two useful postcode functions; one that will help for checking if a string is in the valid format for a UK postcode; and another that formats a string into a nice postcode format. They both use regular expressions to make them fast! You could use them for client-side form validation. Read more »
Ripped off: Qodo site design stolen
- April 24th, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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Vigoo steals my design
Updated: It looks like the site has been removed after some gentle emails to the owner asking for it to be removed.
It has come to my attention that my site design has been stolen and used somewhere without my permission by a “company” called Vigoo. It’s not the first time it’s happened and it’s pretty crap that someone would have so little respect for all the hard work and effort that goes into a site that they would just rip it off and change bits to suit them. Read more »
Qodo.co.uk moves 2host
- April 3rd, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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I recently moved the qodo.co.uk site over to a new host after my dedicated server hosting contract expired. I have moved from a PIII dedicated server by Miniserve (who were bought out by 2host) to a UK based VPS/VDS from 2host.co.uk. After having moved over all the content I have been using the VDS for a few weeks now and thought I would write a brief review. Read more »
Javascript: Pop up DHTML calendar using CSS
- March 30th, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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If you are looking for a simple JavaScript calendar that uses CSS and is easy to customise, then take a look at my calendar. I have created a basic javascript calendar that can be tweaked to suit your needs that makes it easy for your users to pick a date. Read more »
Javascript: trim leading and trailing spaces
- March 29th, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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Here’s a quick function to remove leading, trailing and multiple spaces from a string using regular expression which is much faster that using loops! Read more »
Qodo featured on CSS galleries
- March 14th, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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I’m very proud to say that my new design, Qodo v2, has been featured in quite a few CSS galleries! I have always been a huge fan of the high quality work and design featured on the galleries and it’s really nice to have my work featured alongside some of the greatest current CSS designs! Read more »
Careful use of accessible JavaScript
- March 7th, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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JavaScript can really pose some difficult accessibility issues for users when not used correctly and with consideration. But there are some steps you can follow in your designs to make sure your site accessible to a larger audience. By designing with these steps in mind means you will not be ignoring the 3-6% of users* who cannot, or will not use JavaScript. Read more »
When is the right time to use PNG?
- March 1st, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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For a long time designers have had to hold off using the PNG image format on the web because of Internet Explorer’s poor support for it. So now that IE7 is publicly available and support has been added – can we use them now? What else do we need to know before using the image format that was designed for the web? Read more »
Javascript: Checking if a date is valid
- February 20th, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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Sometimes when creating a web application you need to check that a date entered by the user is actually valid! Here is a quick and easy way of checking the validity of a string to ensure that it’s in the correct format (DD/MM/YYYY) and is a real date by returning true or false. Read more »
Javascript: Select all options for a select box
- February 16th, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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Here’s a javascript function that will allow the user to select all or none of the options in a multiple select box. It is quite simple to use, first either provide the id of the select box or the actual select box object and it will do the rest. Read more »
Moving in
- February 15th, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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Tonight, I spent over five hours trying to fill the shelves of the website with content – and I haven’t even made a dent! It looks like it’s going to take quite a few weeks to gather all the work, take screenshots and finally upload it all. Phew! I’m knackered! Read more »
Hello Qodo
- February 12th, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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After a good few months of hard work I have finally finished creating the new Qodo design. I have gone for a completely different colour scheme but the layout is still reminiscent of the previous version, Qodo1. Qodo1 has gone into retirement and I don’t think you’ll be seeing him around anymore… Read more »
Change one thing
- January 12th, 2007
- Posted by Stewart
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For the past few weeks I have been designing a new theme for my site after creating a new logo. I wanted to make the design a lot more exciting and I wasn’t happy with the current design and have decided – it’s crap! So, out it goes and in the next few weeks I will finish the new design and put it online. So look out for the new design coming soon!
My first post in WordPress
- October 17th, 2006
- Posted by Stewart
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Hi, my name is Stewart Orr. I am a professional web designer & developer with over six years experience in creating all different sorts of website and multimedia applications. I finally got around to creating a proper online presence after many years of registering domain names and just letting them expire. Read more »
Hello world!
- October 1st, 2006
- Posted by Stewart
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WordPress is born on qodo.co.uk! Now let’s see how long it takes to set-up with my own theme!
