the life of a web developer » Site Updates http://gavtaylor.co.uk/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:30:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Site update in progress http://gavtaylor.co.uk/blog/site-update-in-progress http://gavtaylor.co.uk/blog/site-update-in-progress#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:30:26 +0000 Gavin http://gavtaylor.co.uk/blog/?p=612 I’m currently in the process of updating my site design and rather impatiently decided to put it live even though its not quite finished. This does mean section of the site aren’t going to be styled properly, especially the blog as it hacks into my main site for resources and CSS styles.

Please bear with me while I get it all sorted.

Thanks.

]]> http://gavtaylor.co.uk/blog/site-update-in-progress/feed 0 What happened to the design? http://gavtaylor.co.uk/blog/what-happened-to-the-design http://gavtaylor.co.uk/blog/what-happened-to-the-design#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:12:53 +0000 Gavin http://gavtaylor.co.uk/blog/?p=356 Today, one or two of you may notice the site looks a little different. That’s because the style sheets for both my site and the blog have been removed for one international day (that’s about 48 hours to you and me) to celebrate CSS Naked Day.

Every year, website developers across the world remove their style-sheets and show off their <body> to help promote web standards. Its a great opportunity to double check and show people that your website is written for and accessible to all.

To know more about why styles are disabled on this website visit the Annual CSS Naked Day website for more information.

]]> http://gavtaylor.co.uk/blog/what-happened-to-the-design/feed 0 where am I?… http://gavtaylor.co.uk/blog/where-am-i http://gavtaylor.co.uk/blog/where-am-i#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:03:05 +0000 Gavin http://gavtaylor.co.uk/blog/?p=320 No Im not lost, I was logged into my Google Web master tools this morning and saw that my number one search query on google that returned my site has changed to ‘Gavin Taylor’. So I decided to see where I am on various searches, then this time next year I can search again and see how I’ve faired.

Screenshot of gavtaylor.co.uk top queries

google.co.uk
search term search type search position
gavin web unknown (page 50+)
gavin uk page 43, position 5
gavin taylor web page 1, position 3
gavin taylor uk page 1, position 2
gav taylor web/uk page 1, position 1
php developer web/uk unknown (page 50+)
php developer manchester web page 3, position 9
php developer manchester uk page 4, position 1

not bad results there really, not much to done on searches for my name, going to focus on php developer I think

bing.com
search term search type search position
gavin web unknown (page 50+)
gavin uk unknown (page 50+)
gavin taylor web page 1, position 3
gavin taylor uk page 1, position 2
gav taylor web page 1, position 4
gav taylor uk page 1, position 2
php developer web/uk unknown (page 50+)
php developer manchester web page 2, position 8
php developer manchester uk page 8, position 9

interestingly on the web search for ‘gav taylor’, my twitter feed came top.
again searches for my name do quite well, confirms I need to improve seo for ‘php developer’

Will be interesting to see where I end up for these searches in Feb 2011

]]> http://gavtaylor.co.uk/blog/where-am-i/feed 0 Hello world! http://gavtaylor.co.uk/blog/hello-world http://gavtaylor.co.uk/blog/hello-world#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:25:29 +0000 Gavin http://blog.gavtaylor.co.uk/?p=1 Well I finally decided to take that next step and write a blog.

Mainly so I can keep people updated as to whats happening in gavs world and also so i can keep a note of thats happening….( im starting to forget things in my old age…)

Its probably not going to be updated a lot as i dont really have time to sit here and write a diary so im going to aim for an update once a week, highlighting the main things that have happened or i found interesting.

As with any blog, i must add a few shameless plugs

That will do for now, I could add a huge list but i cant be bothered.

I have just added a default template for now, i will add a site design to the list of things to do, but for now this one will suffice. As you can see its a blank canvas, I will be updating and adding content when I get time, there’s no rush as your probably the first person to read this and the next reader wont be for another week and then again it will propably be you leah… :-)

Well its just gone 7am so that means its time to stop playing on the pc and get ready for work.

UKFast…. here I come…….     damn another shameless plug…. ;-)

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