Writings and notes on all things related to website building. Finding the best resources for website designers and developers.

Welcome to the web design wall, a place for my thoughts about being a website designer, developer and builder. But also a site for other website creators to contribute, to get resources and help; and hopefully help me too! The aim is to find where are the best code examples, easy to follow advice and design tips, and to become an easy best-use resource for website designers and builders.

Free sound effects libraries for your website

Following the last post on SoundManager JavaScript API for playing sounds on your site, I should have resourced and included at least one place to find interesting free sounds. Loads of possibilities when you Google ‘free mp3 sound effects’ etc, but many are poor or try to hook you into paying.
I don’t mind paying when [...]

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Using SoundManager – full JavaScript API to play sounds on your site

Found this great set of free JavaScript libraries called SoundManager  with full documentation to implement a huge range of sound possibilities on a website. Mouseovers, onClicks the whole gammut of event handlers to allow seemless integration of sound on your site without using Flash directly.
It is called SoundManager and I haven’t had time to fully [...]

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Converting video to flash using ‘Snosh’

If I’m not designing, then I’m usually working in code, databases, sql or just php and html to meet. My experience of Adobe Flash is just a little exposure, and if you’re playing above board, you need to know that you want to splash out when investing in the full on version.
And then a simple [...]

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Building my first Wordpress site

For the first post  it seems a good place to start is to write about building a Wordpress site.
I have taken a little longer than the famous 5-minute installation. Personally I don’t believe these sort of claims to begin with so I was prepared for a little work to get my site beginning to look a [...]

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