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An optimum WordPress migration workflow

get_dave — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:46:15 +0000

Up until quite recently I’ve always had a problem with migrating my WordPress installs from one environment to another. I don’t think I’ve been alone in this. There seem to be a lot of people out there experiencing the same issues and so I’m going to share my new workflow in the hope that it [...]

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Moving on…

get_dave — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:38:37 +0000

This all comes a bit late but I thought I’d announce that (as of June 2012) I’ve now moved on from my role as Senior Designer at Deep Blue Sky to take up a new role as Technical Lead and Frontend Developer at leading digital agency Burfield Creative. I had 3 great years at Deep [...]

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Two recent articles on .net magazine online

get_dave — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:29:33 +0000

The start of the year saw me make a series of resolutions. One of these was to contribute to the online blogs and magazines. It’s now nearly April and so far I have published 2 articles for netmag online: Create a whirling timer with HTML5 canvas and Prototype.js JavaScript debugging for beginners It’s been good [...]

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Syncing Audio Books from iTunes to iPhone or iPod

get_dave — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:02:20 +0000

Recently I’ve started getting into Audiobooks, specifically the Ricky Gervais “Guide to…” series which I’ve only just discovered. Having purchased several books from iTunes I was understandably eager to listen to them on my way to and from work. As usual I sync’d my iPhone with iTunes and headed out the door confident that my [...]

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New website on it’s way

get_dave — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:07:36 +0000

Next week I shall be launching the new improved version of AheadCreative. I’ve got lots of interesting blog articles up my sleeve and I’ll be posting on: Design CSS WordPress Productivity …and much more. The first few posts will be a series on “The Definitive Guide to setting up a portfolio with WP 2.8″. Check [...]

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Removing unwanted button padding in Firefox

get_dave — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:51:02 +0000

Recently I came across a issue with the <button> element in Firefox. It seems that if you have the following code: <button><span>Text</span></button> ..and then apply CSS styles to set padding to zero for both the elements Firefox will automatically insert padding on the button. This is impossible to remove with standard CSS. However there is [...]

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New website launched!

get_dave — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:02:14 +0000

I’m (finally!) pleased to announce the launch of the all new aheadcreative.co.uk – my personal web design blog and portfolio. It’s been a difficult task. Having just spent 8 hours at a computer at work, the last thing you want to do it to jump straight back on another computer but I managed it. I’ve [...]

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