Category: Work

Work

Taking on the Daily CSS Images challenge

by Mary Somerville
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A few weeks ago I signed up to the Daily CSS Images challenge to give myself some motivation to learn more CSS. It’s been really good fun so far and I’ve created some I’m really proud of and learned some new techniques along the way. It’s been great fun thinking about how images can be created […]

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New job and lots to learn

by Mary Somerville

So in October of last year I started a new job working for a design agency in Glasgow. It is quite different from any other job I have been in before. I am one of 5 developers while there is 2 designers, so this is the biggest company I have worked for. My job is […]

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Looking for a new job

by Mary Somerville
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So the company I was working for, Maestro Sports, didn’t do as well as they were hoping in their first full year of business. Personally I think that was due to some poor management decicions on what it was they were selling. If you are selling a product then pick a name, price, and start […]

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Making Help Video’s and showing them

by Mary Somerville
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At work we have been developing an online application for managing football clubs. It is a big system which needed good documentation to help users get started wth it. Along with documentation I started making help video’s for users to watch. I always find it easier to explain features when showing it to someone, and […]

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PHP Support Ticket System

by Mary Somerville
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Since starting out as a web developer I have worked with a number of design agencies and am currently working for a Glasgow based agency who decided to develop their own web application. Since December I have been part of a team working on a web based football management application called the Maestro Sports System. […]

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Positive Life Therapy Website

by Mary Somerville
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The brief for this website was to produce a website which reflected the new logo branding and showcase the clients services and techniques. I designed a block layout for the home page to show the four main services provided. I also made use of striking imagery to draw the viewers attention. The client wanted to […]

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Some new sites.

by Mary Somerville
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Over the past few months I have been working on a couple of sites. Both are WordPress sites designed for very different clients. One is a site re-design and the other a new site. Depthcharge is a re-design of a html site. This new site lets the DJ’s update their upcoming gigs.       […]

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HTML to WordPress

by Mary Somerville
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A while ago, as in years, I made a quick html site for a mate of a mate. Turns out it was the most updated site I’ve ever made. The site is for some DJ’s in Glasgow who have gigs every month and wanted to post up the event details and posters. As much as […]