This is the home of Chris Harvey from Paignton, S.Devon, England
Welcome to the brand new website! A lot of hours have gone into this; the first full remake of my site since I started making websites many years ago! It got the the point I could not continue with my old mess of a website so I started this from scratch with all new code. There is a lot of new content but also some of the old pages that are doing some service on the net.
On the site you will find pages about almost every aspect of my life including my business of web and graphic design, also my music and home studio, classic synths and musical gear, photography, video and multimedia production, power kites, skateboarding and surfing, computer games etc.
Why not listen to some of my music while you browse the site? Click here to open a playlist in your media player.
New website coded to web content accessibility guidelines (30/8/2006)
The site is now up to date with my web design skills. It is fully in accordance with current web standards and complies to accessibility guidelines making the site accessible to people with disabilities. Also the site will function correctly on almost any web enabled electronic device from a mobile phone to a brail reader for example. The content of the site is independent from the layout and styling; therefore I can control how these pages display in different situations. Well worth all the hard work.
All my recent clients websites are being made this way too now as this method of web design helps in many every-day areas which old methods fall down on such as printing web pages and search engine optimisation.
If you experience any problems or bugs with this website please let me know. At least half the time it has taken to make this site is due to Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser not being standards compliant, yes the most used browser in the world is most likely the worst browser in the world. I believe this is all about business strategy, while IE has these major problems and bugs we will all have to use it. Also us web designers will have to spend hours testing and finding work-arounds to IE's CSS problems and rendering bugs as IE still has the highest percentage of usage. I could go on but basically your friendly Microsoft is holding back the potential of the internet in a strategy to remain the dominant market leader.
The internet browser I recommend is Mozilla Firefox, for overall features, standards compliance, plug-in support and internet security. Over the last few years we have seen a large increase in the amount of home users using Firefox though IE still holds the far larger percentage being as it is part of the Windows package.
Ecological Initiative (24/12/2005)
I have started an ecological initiative. Firstly, I am committed to recycling everything I possibly can. Also I am making ecology a priority when choosing suppliers, products and my sources of consumables. I wish for my company to be setting an example to others. We can make a difference, and if you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem. Click here to read more...
Paignton Windfest 2003 (10/2/2006)
I have kept the Windfest page up because it is one of the only records that the event ever happened! Unfortunately, but inevitably, the event only lasted one year at Paignton for obvious weather issues etc. However that doesn't mean the event was not a success, the weekend was excellent with two days of very different weather conditions providing a variety of sports and entertainment. Click here to read more...
- Latest updates to the site: Photography / Astro