A selection of designs showcasing the work and style of an Australian web designer

Which is extremely outdated sorry

Recipe For Success

This TextPattern site was designed in collaboration with John Oxton to offer a rich informative presence for the Cotswolds based catering business. The Recipe For Success website not only has useful features like live searching, syndication; it also offers amazing catering recipes.

Green Marinée

A WordPress theme entered into Alex King's 2005 WordPress 1.5 competition. Green Marinée received an honorable mention.

BrettPro WordPress theme

This WordPress template was kept simple so the client could maintain and update the site. Supports multi-level categories. Amazing icons provided by Mark James

Nicholl's Brasseries

Whether it is a quick lunch with your friends or a pint of our finest beer, The World of Nicholl's is the place to be. A clean, simple design for the Nicholl's Brasseries site.

House of Bricks

A customised WordPress design featuring a unique cartoon style theme. Go check out House of Bricks and say hi to the guys.

CSS Zen Garden entry #39

In 2003 my entry; Erratic Blue got accepted into the CSS Zen Garden at place #39, it also was the first Australian design showcased in the garden. In 2005 Dave Shea and Molly Holzschlag released a book; The Zen of CSS, my name made it into the book.

Series of 9 free CSS menu designs

I created a set of free menu designs built using CSS for anyone to use. They are simple CSS two image rollovers using a html list. Free to download and modify them and use them in your work.

Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg was to receive a re-design in February 2004. This design uses full accesskey support, and CSS rollovers for the navigation. You can read my design process for this design here.

RemotePass

This colourful icon suite was designed for a remote access application that helps control computers remotely around the globe with an easy to use interface. This 20+ icon set is used throughout the application with easy to understand iconography.

Greyscale icon set

A set of forty free icons which can be used for application toolbars, content management systems, web applications, anything you want.

Prepme.com

Designed and developed for prepme.com to provide a modern fresh look while bringing the backend to the compliant and accessible era. CSS/XHTML design.

Oppenheimergroup

Official CSS/XHTML template provided to offer a leaner, faster and more flexible site. Presentation controlled by the style sheet enables global site changes by the site owner.

Dimension 4

Using a soothing blue colour set, designed and developed a simple, clean site for the Dimension 4 hosting company.

Mac Edition

As part of Version 2, MacEdition was to receive a re-design in June 2004. I decided to use a liquid base for my design so MacEdition's content could flow without any fixed issues. The colours used were from the old version and the style was much the same to keep confusion at a minimum.

Human Condition

A WordPress theme entered into Alex King's 2004 WordPress 1.2 competition. Human Condition came third place.
Please note this theme only works with WordPress 1.2

e-lusion version 4

The version before this was quite colourful, maybe a little too colourful to keep around for as long as I did. You can also find more site designs in this older portfolio.

Dogs Life

Photographs of Bonnie & Holly Beagle By Geoff Main

If you like Beagles, you'll love my Dad's book on the life of two family beagles, Bonnie & Holly

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