Hello, happy new year, and welcome to the new face of EddyB.co.uk. It’s soon to be a brand new year, and to celebrate I’ve given the site and the blog a bit of a face lift, and done some tuning behind the scenes. I thought it was about time to implement some of the features on my ‘to do’ list, and what better way to do it than to completely redesign and rebuild!

So, what’s new on the site? Well to start with, the old site was starting to feel a bit static. The static home page – albeit with a nice little bit of interactive flash – didn’t really seem fitting for an interactive designer, so I’ve livened things up a bit. The new flash showcase pulls all of it’s information from an XML file and external images, allowing me to update it a lot more easily and frequently than before. Another dynamic addition to the new home page is the ‘latest’ section, designed to keep you up to date with what’s going on all over the site. It pulls in information from twitter, from the portfolio, and from here on the blog, to give you a bit of a snapshot of what’s going on.

Delving a bit deeper into the site, the new portfolio really puts the old one to shame! With a collapsible jQuery menu keeping everything nice and organised, and a stylish jQuery gallery giving you a closer look at some of my projects.

Here on the blog, things are looking a lot more consistent than they used to, with the design from the rest of the site being fitted neatly over the always excellent WordPress back end to give a seamless and simple blog experience.

Speaking of the blog, I have a lot of ideas for things to write about in the new year, so if you’re interested in Flash and Actionscript, keep checking back for much more regular updates than ever before!