Tom Walters

Author: Tom

  • SSBB

    SSBB

    Stockport Schools’ Brass Bands (SSBB) was in dire need of a new site – a vibrant group of young and old who come together to create fantastic music, they wanted to be well represented on the web. As well as having a powerful desktop site a mobile version that mirrored all the functionality was also…

  • AWDemolition

    AWDemolition

    AWDemolition wanted a good-looking site to provide potential clients with a great impression of the company, and an easy mode by which to contact them. The brief was simple: create a good-looking and simple site, which the client can update at the drop of a hat.

  • Pass data from modal view back to parent in the iOS SDK

    I recently came across a problem using the newest version of XCode (4.4), in which we can use the fantastic Storyboards feature. The question was simple – how do I present a modal view, ask the user for some data, and then return that to the parent view? In the past it was a pretty…

  • Implement the WordPress Geolocation Plugin

    For a while now WordPress has had apps across the mobile spectrum, and a great feature of these is geolocation – great, but who wants to know where I’m blogging from right? Well recently I had to build a blog for someone travelling around the world, and it quickly became apparent that using the data…

  • iTalkPirate

    iTalkPirate

    Every day hundreds, if not thousands of normal folk from around the world struggle to communicate with the pirate population, and with such a complex language most fail to ever understand what they’re trying to say. So there was only one solution – build an app to translate English, into Pirate English!

  • Quick Update

    So I just thought I better update the ol’ blog – not posted since 2011 – yikes! I’m still here, and I’ve not given up on it! 🙂 I’m busy working on a large-scale project at the moment, so I’ve been consumed with work, but I will be posting a bunch of stuff relating to…

  • Create a dynamic Twitter-search feed

    For years the ancient (and some would say instinctive) art of tweeting was restricted to the avian species of the sky, but recently a service has come about that allows us humans to partake in the practise. You might have heard of this little company, they call themselves Twitter, and have provided an extensive API…

  • RWPhysio

    RWPhysio

    RWPhysio is a new business in the Cheadle area that serves to help those affected by sports-injuries and other problems associated with movement and mobility problems. To inform people about the business the company came to me to produce a sleek website and various print media.

  • Tank Maintenance NW

    Tank Maintenance NW

    Local business Tank Maintenance North West wanted to launch itself into the industry with a professional marketing strategy and good-looking website. For that, they came to me to ask for a simple website that would properly convey their friendly and passionate business.

  • Create a bullet-proof contact form

    Note: This article has been marked for a quality review and will soon be updated. Contact pages are usually one of the basic building blocks of any website, and while many simple feature an email address for spam bots to pick up and use, or even a handy ‘mailto’ link, the best ones feature a…