Articles

Plum’s Nick Nettleton writes regularly for a number of leading industry journals, including Computer Arts and .net magazine…

2005

Creative web ads
You need a strong concept and striking visuals to make your ad stand out…
Computer Arts Projects, issue 69

2004

Dealing with clients
How to secure clients… and keep hold of them
Computer Arts Projects, issue 65

CSS for designers
Learn how to use the power of CSS to control your Website in the simplest of ways!
Computer Arts Projects, issue 62

JavaScript for designers
We reveal just how easy it is to start using this powerful programming language
Computer Arts Projects, issue 62

2003

Build a webshop from scratch
An 8-part serialised feature on developing ecommerce using PHP and MySQL
.net magazine, issues 111 to 118

2002

Macromedia Contribute review
Computer Arts magazine

Macromedia Contribute preview
Computer Arts magazine

Flash Communication Server review
Computer Arts magazine, issue 77

Optimaze review
Computer Arts magazine

Fireworks MX review
Computer Arts magazine, issue 71

Designing sites that sell
Info and inspiration on using design to increase sales in online stores
Computer Arts Specials

Adobe GoLive 6 review
InternetWorks magazine

2001

Dreamweaver layouts and page design
Your Web page looks great on paper, but when you try to recreate it in Dreamweaver, the HTML won’t do what you want. Sounds familiar? Then join our whistle stop tour of wraps, cuts, boxes, bleeds and other common design niggles…
Computer Arts Specials, issue 21

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Flash dynamic menus
Navigation is the holy grail of Web design. Learn how to create an animated drop-down menu system in Flash, which you can quickly update from an external text file…
Computer Arts Specials, issue 18

Flash perspective effects
3D effects add a whole new dimension to animated design – in a creative sense as well as quite literally. But there’s no need to get bogged down in complex 3D modelling software…
Computer Arts Specials, issue 17

Cascading Style Sheets
CSS does more than rescue your Web pages from the sly truancy of HTML standards and the abominations of competing browsers. It’s the ultimate way to control the appearance and formatting of your Web pages…
Computer Arts Specials

Creating Flash games
Computer Arts Specials

Guide to ActionScript
Computer Arts Specials

Dreamweaver layout skills
Computer Arts Specials

2000

Future navigation
The way you help visitors navigate your site is essential to how long they stay and whether they come back. Is the established model up to the job?
.net magazine, issue 73

Fontastic
They’re cool, they’re free, and they’re easy to find: track down some crazy fonts and icons to give your site a better look.
.net magazine, issue 71

Jazz up your site
The future of the Web is interactive
.net magazine, issue 69