02: Design [web and print]
The design goal for every website built...
"The design of an attractive, useable and simple website with an emphasis on reliability, accessibility and speed."
Simplicity - always the key
Ask ten people what their favourite website is. Most people will give you a different answer. However, one thing all the sites will have in common is this: they will all be useable. They have to be, because the important part of any site is the information it can give you. When I build a site, foremost in my mind is that I have to make your information accessible, to get your message to your audience as quickly and clearly as possible.
To illustrate how often the simple necessities of a website are overlooked, take a look at your website and ask a few simple questions...
1. Do I know where I am in the site whilst
I browse about?
2. Do I know where I have been in the site?
3. Do I know where I can go in this site?
If you answer to any of those questions is 'no' - please get in touch. It is one thing to have a website, quite another to have a website that works for you.
Web and Video services
Video
for websites -
need high quality video for your website? Our compression service takes
existing video and film footage (e.g. MiniDV/DVD) and compresses
it down for instant high-quality playback on your site. This service
is available whether you have an existing website you want to add
video footage to or if you require a full site design incorporating
video.
Professional compression alogorithms ensure peerless
quality. Videos can be compressed and supplied in Flash
(FLV and SWF), QuickTime, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and Windows Media
(WMV) formats. Use the contact form for more inforation.
E-commerce
sites - large scale, custom built, e-commerce sites built
from the ground up.
Redesign
of sites to CSS based layout - many websites
have been built historically using table based layouts.
Whilst functional, such designs can appear dated by today's
standard. Get in touch if your site needs a lick of paint.
Actinic
shopping sites - A web-store based on the Actinic
platform is a good route to your first e-shop. It enables
a fully online store, ability to process credit cards,
accept online payments, provide digital downloads etc
Search
Engine optimisation - if you have a website
and want to climb those search engine rankings there
are a few things you can do. However, be careful - many
people promise miracles in this department based on outdated
principles. If you want good honest consultancy in this
matter, get in touch.
Building websites since 1998.
For nearly a decade I have been designing and building websites. I've been involved with portals, large scale e-commerce projects, personal websites, promotional websites. Whatever your website needs to be, chances are I have built something similar along the way.
W3C compliance.
This little logo means that the web page is validated by the World
Wide Web consortium. In turn this means that your sites' content will
display across multiple platforms. Not just different operating systems
(Linux, Mac, Wiindows etc) but mobile devices like PDA's and phones.
This ensures you will always reach the widest possible audience.
PHP/CGI/PERL
There aren't many people that like dealing with code, but it does let you do some very clever things. Forms, calendars, random images and text, contextual menus etc. If you need specific functionality for your site, get in touch.
search the site and blog...
Case study:
Set in the heart of the Staffordshire Moorlands, Broad Oak Events presented
a specific set of obstacles, goals and ultimately solutions.
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Alternatively, look at some previous sites...
broadoakevents.co.uk [2007]
venue-choice.co.uk [2005]
buyit247.com [2006]
IT
consultancy
Network topography, limiting employees internet access, data backup processes and hardware. Just some of the common problems that face small UK businesses...
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writing
work
Nationally and internationally published writing on film and video production as well as TV and film screenwriting.
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