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Dean Leigh

@deanleigh.bsky.social

320 followers 450 following 800 posts

Web designer specialising in CMS Templates, Design Systems, Component Libraries since 1996 🏠https://deanleigh.co.uk/ 🔗http://colchesterdigital.org.uk 🏆Umbraco MVP 🐤deanleigh 🦋deanleigh 🐘deanleigh 🧵dean.leigh 📷dean.leigh ℹ️ deanleigh

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · Nov 4

Inspired by @bell.bz here is my Umbraco Community Starter Pack:
go.bsky.app/KXpHVDz

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 3h

These are my favourite type of CSS posts

Jeremy Keith @adactio.com · 5h

Journal: Simplify

Reminding myself just how much you can do with CSS these days.

🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22178

Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 2d

Timeline cleanse and I think "Þúnbossi" may be my new favourite word

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Releasing stranded baby puffins on a remote Icelandic island

Join the puffin patrol as they rescue lost pufflings on Vestmannaeyjar, off the southern coast of Iceland.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Stuart Robson @sturobson.com · 3d

Hello World

I'm nearing the end of my current contract and on the lookout for my next adventure.

I'm a Front-End Developer and Design Systems specialist, excited to dive into new projects and tackle new challenges!

Let’s make some rocking websites!

[email protected]

🙏🖤

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 5d

a man in a green elf costume is screaming and saying `` i know him ! ''

Alt: a man in a green elf costume is screaming and saying `` i know him ! ''

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 5d

1998?

Please make a selection. v

Welcome

I can create excellent Inter/Intra/Exranet
websites for you or your client, from
conception to completion, alone or as part of a
team. Please don't just take my word for it, see
for yourself by viewing my Porfolio now ..
Dean Leigh.

HOME PAGE
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

My Skills include:

· HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript.
. FrontPage, NetObjects, Dreamweaver.
. Photoshop, Bryce 3D, Xara 3D.
. UNIX, NT.

Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 6d

For my 65th birthday, I appear to have this, and it sucks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Covid cases rising with new variants 'Nimbus' and 'Stratus'

Unwell with a bad throat and temperature? You may have one of the new Covid strains circulating this autumn.

www.bbc.co.uk

Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 8d

It's that time of year again where I put down my razor and grow a beard for the next three months for a good cause www.justgiving.com/page/dean-le...

Dean Leigh - Decembeard 2025

Help Dean Leigh raise money to support Bowel Cancer UK

www.justgiving.com

Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 8d

Good morning!

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Arby @mobalti.bsky.social · 10d

I re-created Open Props shadows with the new CSS `@function`.
This spec is wild ♥️ and it solves problems we’ve been chasing in CSS for years.
Demo 👉 codepen.io/mobalti/pen/...

cc @miriam.codes @tabatkins.com @bram.us

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cameronfoxly.bsky.social @cameronfoxly.bsky.social · 13d

The public preview of Github Copilot CLI launched today, and if you install it, you'll be welcomed by little ASCII art welcome banner that I animated. Creating it ended up being great example of how vibe-coding has entered my toolbelt. Nerdy deets in 🧵...

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 13d

To meet clients requirements I had to transition from Adobe XD, which I found a joy to use, to Figma, which I found unintuitive and complex. I am keeping an eye on penpot. Regardless, I still find designing in the browser far more efficient.

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SimonCox @simoncox.com · 13d

Get your free invite here:
www.goodsignals.com/seo-office-h...

Good Signals @goodsignals.com · 13d

TOMORROW LIVE! We’ve got ⭐️ Bengü Sarıca Dinçer and ⭐️ Geoff Meakin for SEO Office Hours, alongside Simon Cox (@simoncox.com) and @MichaelChidzey, this Friday at 9:30 am (BST). To join live, head over to our website to get the invites added to your calendar 📅. Everyone’s welcome ❤️

SEO Office Panel for 26th September 2025: Bengu Sarica Dincer, Geoff (The Healthcare SEO) Meakin, Simon Cox, Michael Chidzey

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 14d

Part way through and downloaded it. This is a great talk as usual from Harry.

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Manuel Matuzović @matuzo.at · 14d

@inclusivedesign24.bsky.social is live!

inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)

A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

inclusivedesign24.org

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 15d

"You've been spending a lot of time feeding the birds in the garden this week darling?"
"Yush… yush I have… I love those birdz… they're my best freind… hic!"

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 15d

No filters, just lots of caraway seeds inside and onion seeds on the top.

Polish boule made with a 50% white flower 30% whole meal and 20% rye flour. It is cooling on a wire rack with the sun catching the edges where the loaf has split.

Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 15d

It is one of my favourite events ♥️

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Aubrey Sambor @aubreysambor.com · 16d

Hi all! 👋🏻 I’m looking for my next senior front end dev role.

I have 19+ years of experience working with a wide variety of companies and love writing accessible HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

🗒️: aubreysambor.com/resume/

Leads/reposts appreciated!

#HireMe #JobSearch #JobSeeker #OpenToWork #frontend

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 16d

Andy is unique and awesome - if you are fed up with the same old same old, this is for you.

Andy Clarke @allthatmalarkey.bsky.social · 16d

👉 "See real-world examples of expressive, narrative-driven layouts for websites and products"

2 days to go. Grab a ticket. £69

stuffandnonsense.co.uk/blog/p...

Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 16d

You should be proud @bell.bz and I think most of the FE community is proud of you and piccalil.li too.

Piccalilli - level up your front-end development skills

We are Piccalilli. A publication dedicated to providing high quality educational content to level up your front-end skills.

piccalil.li

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 17d

I think many of us have no ambition for fame and just want to help people by passing on experience. However, even that simple act feels like boasting and almost like asking to be judged. At which point it feels more like peer fear rather than imposter syndrome.

Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 17d

I even feel anxious replying "I feel seen" to your post. It feels so icky even when you have every right to show people when you have done some good work.

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Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 17d

But they've done such a great job with meetup... 🤮

Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 19d

I felt the same until they released Bases.
Now I can create custom lists and grids that I can sort and filter without additional plugins or code.
The bonus I can import them into a CMS like Umbraco or use a framework like Astro to render in HTML.

Dean Leigh @deanleigh.bsky.social · 20d

Friday shout out for the super talented Katherine Cory.
If you are looking for that small gift to put a smile on a friends or family members face head over to Peb and reg for some lovely gifts:
pebandreg.com

Peb & Reg - Cute products to celebrate little moments

Peb & Reg

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