This is the blog of web developer and designer Andy Walpole.

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A Blog in Suburban Glory: Web Design Ideas and Inspiration

The Suburban Glory Directory Has Been Launched
Thu 16th Jul 2009

Finally, I've launched the Suburban Glory niche directory for web design and SEO and which I coded myself with PHP.

Coding PHP can be engrossing – 10 hour sessions are not unheard of for me; but they can also...

Google launches Firefox addon for webmasters to test the speed of their web page
Sun 7th Jun 2009

Google has just released Page Speed, a tool for Firefox/Firebug. It lists all factors on a page that could cause unnecessary download lags for users.

Features covered include gzip compression, browser caching, usin...

Developing Websites for Mobile Phones
Wed 22nd Apr 2009

The release of Apple's iPhone has injected new enthusiasm into website design for mobile phones. Previously, the user experience for everybody was appalling. On my old(ish) Nokia, despite using the Opera Mini browser, even trying to access my email account is so frustratingly fiddly as to make it not worth th...

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