Multi Level WordPress Menu

WordPress is an excellent CMS and I have used it on most of the projects that I have worked on recently.  The one thing however that can be a little tricky is multi-level page menus, when you have got several levels of parent/sub pages.  Whilst working on a large project recently I have come across a pretty good way of getting round this problem. I was working on a site that required a multi-level page navigation system.  This primarily meant that when viewing a page the... 

Creating an Avatar in Fireworks

Today I spent much of the day teaching about using Vector tools in Adobe Fireworks CS3 (yes we are out of date a little!).  My aim was to create an avatar character to represent you as a person, or perhaps what you would call a caricature using Fireworks, to express the benefits of using the vector tools rather than relying on bitmap tools all the time.  This post is to tell you how I got on! Inspriation I started out looking for inspiration, as I am sure all designers... 

Clean Coding

I have been coding websites now since late 2004, and I have learnt a lot in the time that I have been doing this.  In fact every day you learn things that you didn’t know, and a long the way I have learnt so much from others.  However the one thing that no one passed on to me was the importance of clean coding.  This is something that I had to learn for myself.  So what do I mean by clean coding and how does it help when creating a website? Many beginners often... 

Apple iPad – My Thoughts

Finally last week Steve Jobs, Apple CEO announced the launch of Apple’s brand new product, the Apple iPad.  Rumours have been developing for months now on the Internet and now that the product has finally been revealed is it a good as all the hype built it up to be or should we be disappointed?  Well a little of both maybe, so lets have a look. My first disappointment was that it was exactly the product that everyone had been suggesting with the rumours.  Therefore...