Freelance Website design & development

Metricon Homes web design & development

The new Metricon.com.au website is live and motoring along smoothly with over 3000 daily visits currently making it Australia’s 3 most visited building website.

Out of a team of three, I was responsible for the website design and front end development (custom coding html & css from scratch using js & jquery) the site is not only optimised for greater search engine results it offers a streamlined user experience making researching new homes a breeze.

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Portfolio slideshow – selected works










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What is open source software?

Open source web software is when a programs source code is made available to the general public to use and modify for free under certain licenses. Contributions that improve the product may often be added to the core program or made available in the form of add-ons or plug-ins.

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CSS Shorthand Guide – simplify your CSS using shorthand

Writing CSS using shorthand rules not only keeps your document smaller and more efficient it can save you time on coding.

This is done by using the simplified name of the properties group, followed by the group style values which need to be applied in the correct order to work across the various browsers.

There are five properties that can be shortened (margin and padding examples are included here as one)
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Google Analytics

Google analytics gives you the ability to easily track your web site traffic, it provides basic but powerful statistics about how well you’re content and site are performing, information is presented in a clear and easy to use format.

Anyone can get a free Google tracking account for their website/s; there are three simple steps to take:

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Andrew Brook

Web designer - abrook.com
I'm an interactive web designer with over 10 years experience designing clean, elegant, modern websites with a strong usability focus and I specialise in front end web development (HTML, CSS & Flash).

I use the most up to date web trends and techniques, making sure my websites are Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) friendly, cross browser compatible and of the best quality.

My work covers all elements of the development cycle from conceptualisation to building and/or prototyping of a website, implementation, deployment and post launch support.

I'm based in Melbourne and generally provide my services off site from my own office, onsite, or both.

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