Rich Ambrose

Web designer & developer. Interested in the latest UX research, design ideas, CSS and PHP tricks. Just another jerk, taking pride in his work.

[Rich Ambrose @richambrose]

80% of my new clients in 2015 found me on Google. They all looked at my site first, before deciding to get in touch #designmatters

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@CMaxx134 @historyinmemes Wrong

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@Fritznkappler1 @historyrock_ Its a legend that's grown. I thought they were and so did many older people, but I was 16 at the time and there was an archive made at my school and most of my year singled out Paul Young and Alison Moyet! No accounting for taste.

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For those just starting to work from home, here's a few tips I picked up, from doing it for years https://t.co/EK4QN4fhPI

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For impact on your #website homepage have a professionally produced 360° virtual tour of a featured #garden It's less expensive than you think, Garden #design & #landscaping pros. get in touch. https://t.co/LHGUZ9iUJb

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Firewall just blocked 207 attempts to attacks my site over the last 10 minutes... from the Netherlands. I always thought they were nice people, the Dutch

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Designing websites for those with dyslexia is mainly about good, clear design. Here's a basic guide from Ambrose Designs https://t.co/IGwpYgbMQY

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Bug on WordPress 5 broke one of my sites. To fix, override the added line: content area{overflow-x:hidden;} with visible.

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@NLITSupport Hi David. I need your assistance with a site you host. Is there a phone number I can speak to you on?

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@kerppu Horrid!

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I do hate the new Gmail inbox. Feint and spread out. Bring back the old!

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For sites built on Avada framework, WordPress' new Guttenberg editor is still at pre-beta testing stage. Hold off using now (though you can deactivate it if you can't resist trying it out). #wordpress #avada #webdevelopment #webdesign

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@ 8:47pm last night, a farmer near Manchester cut cable leading to a data centre (for DC 8 St. Asaph). Websites & email still down for clients, including domains registered with https://t.co/LxwrqHY6FR

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So Firefox says https://t.co/PZCnRqS1qh is not secure....

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@HeartInternet @spearbox It gets better: "You will need to have your domain name, as well as your hosting package or server, with Heart Internet in order to purchase an SSL certificate. "!! They don't want clients

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Coiner of 'Mobile First' phrase, Luke W... https://t.co/AKXW5n3GAK

[Luke Wroblewski @LukeW]

I’m often asked “where do you get all your screenshots of old operating systems & applications?”

I maintain an archive.

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@JohnGilleese @Windows @Adobe How about using a Microshit packages! MS calculator is the only MS product I have not uninstalled since the update. Still waiting for DropBox files to be re-downloaded!

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Just updated #microsoft Windows 10. Had to reinstall Chrome and Dropbox and uninstall all the crummy MS drawing packages etc. Where do I send my invoice?

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All sorted. Back in the room.

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Hopefully this will be sorted out fast. Big customer base, big problem! https://t.co/NjBKQcqxTr

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The @WordPress.org site being down should not produce a layout-breaking raw PHP error to show up in people's WP admin screens.

Come on, guys. This is going to result in SO MANY pointless support emails, with unsatisfactory replies of, "Yeah, just like…ignore that."

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10 ‘Christmas traditions’ https://t.co/1WMFwel7wn