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Samuel Page's Home Page

INTRO

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Welcome to the home page of Samuel Page...

I built this website for a number of reasons, but primarily as a 'digital playground' to experiment with new and emerging technologies. The content will be changing frequently over the next few days, but hang in there and I will one day standardise many of the pages.

If you're interested in any of the technology I am using, click the 'Resource[s]' tab below for a full reference.

RESOURCE

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Below is a list of all of the technology used on this site and links to various 'hacks' and fixes I have used to make sure the site is cross-browser compatible and conforms to W3C standards.

Verticle Scrollbars in FireFox

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How to force a verticle scroll bar in Firefox without effecting Internet Explorer or other broswers (useful with verticle animation effects):

http://freizl.blogspot.com/2008/01/force-vertical-scroll-bar-in-firefox.html

html {overflow-y:scroll;}

jQuery for JavaScript

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The JavaScript files behind the animation effects on this site:

http://jquery.com/

jQuery Lightbox Plugin (balupton edition)

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Lightboxes are a way to display a image on the same page elegantly. Find out more here:

http://www.balupton.com/sandbox/jquery_lightbox/

Packing JavaScript

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http://www.jslint.com/ that will make it comply with all the browsers and javascript packers and then you can pack it with: http://dean.edwards.name/packer/

Removing Image Padding / Margin in IE6

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img { display:block;}

Source: http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum83/8013.htm

IMAGES

[Testing]
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I'm currently developing the image application for this site.

Samuel Page in Vietnam A child in Vietnam with a Lilly on his head. A child in Vietnam wearing a Lilly and a Casio watch.

Latest

[News]
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Some snippets of the latest news from my life.

Number 1 on Google UK with simple SEO Techniques

[07/04/2008]
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samuelpage.co.uk number 1 on Google UK

It just goes to show, ensuring the careful use of H1s, H2s and H3s as well as a little attention to body copy and the good old meta description tag can land you 1st place on Google relatively easily!

Base One wins B2B Agency of the Year

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Base One win B2B agency of the year

Base One (my employer) wins B2B Agency of the year at the B2B Marketing Awards.

More information and photos: http://www.baseoneinteractive.co.uk/default.asp?docId=13410

Charities

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Some of the charities that I support (and you should too).

NSPCC

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NSPCC. Cruelty to Children must stop. FULL STOP

Join thousands of people who believe they can help end cruelty to children. It takes less than 5 minutes and you could help make a difference.

More information visit: http://www.nspcc.org.uk/