Web Design (CSS Layouts, Experiments & Demos)
Written & Illustrated by Matthew James Taylor
Published 12 September 2007
Updated 2 January 2022
I've been working professionally as a web developer for over 21 years and this website is where I share my best web design tips and insights.
I have a strong focus on responsive layouts and their underlying CSS and I provide lots of downloadable demos that you can play with.
Web Design Articles
How to add CSS to HTML (With Link, Embed, Import, and Inline styles)
Web design
My Web Development Skills
I don't have any formal web development qualifications but I do have over 20 years of professional experience working as a web developer.
When I started building websites in 1997 there weren't any readily available courses to attend so I didn't have a choice! We all just had to figure it out by ourselves and learn from each other online. It was a completely different vibe back then.
As the web advanced I kept up with the latest changes by implementing new technologies wherever I worked at the time. I find I learn best by doing anyway.
I experimented a lot with web design particularly on this website, and I shared my discoveries and observations by blogging.
I've been an active member of Stack Overflow for over 12 years and I often answer people's web design questions there (and ask some too).
My Web Development History
Before becoming a full-time blogger, I was employed at Nine Entertainment Co. where I work on their high-profile network sites including Nine.com.au, 9News, Wide World of Sports, 9Now, 9Honey, and many more.
In 2014, while working for Student Services Australia, I single-handedly rebuilt Flatmates.com.au from scratch. As part of the build, I designed the website architecture to maximize SEO and I implemented a responsive design for mobile users.
Flatmates quickly became the #1 share accommodation website in Australia and it was sold to realestate.com.au for $25M shortly after.
I worked as the lead developer for the CeBit Australia's website in 2010 and built their exhibition ticketing engine for their technology expo of that year.
In 2006 I was the lead developer and SEO strategist for PropertyLook (a commercial real estate website) where I helped move our traffic ranking from 3rd to 2nd place in the market. PropertyLook was sold to realestate.com.au for $9M and combined with their existing commercial real estate website.
I've also worked as a web developer for many other small and large companies including Microsoft.
Web Design Portfolio
Kidsit babysitting
I created this website to share everything I've learned while caring for my three kids over the past 12 years.
Kidsit is aimed at parents and childcarers such as babysitters and nannies or anyone who is looking after children and may benefit from some helpful parenting advice.
I teamed up with a group of the most amazing people who are experts in childcare and child health so I can be confident that the information I'm writing about is reliable and useful. It feels good to be helping people too.
Here are my most popular articles for parents:
- Parents' Guide to Babysitting
- What Age Can a Child Babysit Siblings
- Babysitter Interview Questions
- Babysitter Reference Letter Examples
- How Soon Can You Leave Your Baby With A Babysitter
And the most popular for babysitters:
- How To Babysit: The Complete Guide
- 318 Clean Jokes For Kids
- 208 Best Babysitting Activities
- How To Add Babysitting to your Resume
- Babysitting Kit of Downloadable Forms, Checklists, & Documents
- Babysitting Flyer Generator
If you have kids or know someone who does, check out Kidsit.com.
Kevin Taylor Art
I built this website for my Dad who was an extremely talented artist. He painted in oils professionally and taught private art classes for over 30 years. I'm sure I get my creativity from him.
I designed his website to advertise his art classes on the Gold Coast and also serve as an online art gallery for his artworks, and also art by his students.
The website contains 888 works by 137 artists but this is only a fraction of the work Dad helped people create over his career.
My Dad passed away in early 2018 but his website will remain online for everyone to enjoy. One of Dad's students is continuing his classes.
Check out KevinTaylorArt.com
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I've worked on many other excellent sites that are no longer online, such is the nature of today's fast-paced internet, nothing lasts forever.
I can't forget to mention my personal website (the one you're reading now). This is my longest-running site, it's been online in various forms since 1997. See my about page for the full website history.