Gareth Redfern

Web Design & Development Crafted In Preston, UK

The History of Typography

Filed under: Video and tagged with: Inspiration

​A short video which explains the history of Typography, a really fantastic way to visually see how type has progressed over time.

A Clients Guide To Using Markdown Instead Of Word

Filed under: Learning and tagged with: HTML, Markdown

Markdown is a really simple way of creating web-friendly text documents that you may ordinarily create using Microsoft Word then cut and paste into your website's CMS. With some easy to remember syntax conventions and a simple text editor you can quickly create documents which can be used to create web friendly content for your website.

What Is A CMS And Why Should You Use One

Filed under: Learning and tagged with: CMS

A Content Management System (CMS) is a tool which enables you to easily create content for your website. There is usually a secure admin area where you can log in, which provides simple tools such as a text editor and file manager for adding and maintaining your website's content.

Supercharge Your Writing Work Flow In Statamic

Filed under: Statamic

Today I had another great conversation on twitter regarding how easy it is to post articles using Statamic with a couple of other tools; mainly IA Writer, Dropbox, and then using Automator to upload to your server. That gave me some inspiration to experiment and I thought I would post my new process.