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Social media ticket stub icons Social media ticket stub icons // Essex web design

Social media ticket stub icons

My latest item uploaded the the envato market place are 7 highly detailed and original social media ticket stub icons perfect for your website's footer or promotional work. You can purchase the social media icons for a small price of only $2 and are free to use them how ever you wish.

5 PSD navigation bars 5 PSD navigation bars // Essex web design

5 PSD navigation bars

Do you like to dabble in creating your own custom website templates or work on your own website from time to time rather than paying a designer?

Modern email template for sale Modern email template for sale // Essex web design

Modern email template for sale

Are you looking to grab your customers attention with stunning - eyecatching email template? Next time you send out an email campaign why not think of Rewind and how it can help engage your product with your users. You can purchase this premium templater which comes in a variety of 8 vibrant colours for only £5.

Web design portfolio via Forrst Web design portfolio via Forrst // Essex web design

Web design portfolio via Forrst

I'v posted about my portfolio profile on dribbble where I post my latest web design work and experiments. Since being quite new to dribbble I only have a handful of web design illustrations and elements posted in my portfolio, so today I'd like to share my Forrst portfolio with you.

Web design portfolio via Dribbble Web design portfolio via Dribbble // Essex web design

Web design portfolio via Dribbble

It's been a while since I made a post about web design, and since I've been very busy working in the web design field on various projects I've not been able to update the blog as often as I'd like. So today I'm going to share some of my web design work and experiments I create especially to post on dribbble.

HTML5 cheat sheet HTML5 cheat sheet // Essex web design

HTML5 cheat sheet

With HTML5 being the big thing at the moment, and developers using the new coding standard more and more often it seems like designers and developers alike need to keep up. With any new type of coding language, or an update in this case you need to lean new tags and features and just what they do. A cheat sheet is the answer to learning new tags fast, I've come across a few good HTML5 cheat sheets but this one written by Antonio Lupetti seems to be one of the best in my opinion. Check it out, and see if helps you learn the new HTML5 tags.

Read more // 1 comments 8 September 2011 // Posted by Lee Grant
HTML5 in web design HTML5 in web design // Essex web design

HTML5 in web design

Though html5 has yet to be confirmed fully "ready" for commercial or client use, many web designers have already started to use the new html5 markup language to structure their websites and take full advantage of the latest tags and features.

Create an emblem logo in photoshop Create an emblem logo in photoshop // Essex web design

Create an emblem logo in photoshop

Round emblem logo's seem to be the "in thing" at the moment, you see them everywhere, magazines, blogs, community websites such as dribble & forrst. The reason for this? well they look pretty damn sweet for a start. I've been checking out some great designs over at Forrst and wanted to create my own emblem logo with my own spalsh of style, and why not share it with you guys.

Changing the default text selection colour Changing the default text selection colour // Essex web design

Changing the default text selection colour

Have you ever come across a website with a custom background colour used to style the content when you highlight the text? Well, you can add this little trick to your collection of "know-how" with the simplist piece of css.

Create a widget ready footer for Wordpress Create a widget ready footer for Wordpress // Essex web design

Create a widget ready footer for Wordpress

I've been working with Wordpress more recently and come across a few simple tricks and hacks which make the platform more versatile and easy to use and it's non stop impressing me, this got me thinking that  I should share something very simple with you, that will really help improve your Wordpress theme.

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Lee Grant web designer

Lee Grant

Web designer & developer
Essex, UK

My name's Lee, I'm 23 years young and a full time web designer/developer living and working in the Essex (England) area.

As you might have guessed I have an interest in the web and how it works. On my blog you'll find things like my latest work, design & coding tips and hints as well as tutorials and freebies. To keep up to date with my work you can follow me on some social design websites below or subscribe to my rss feed.

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