Website Design by Ben Frain.

The Mission

"The design of an attractive, useable and simple website with an emphasis on reliability, accessibility and speed."

Ethos

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 the 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

tick 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.
tick E-commerce sites - large scale, custom built, e-commerce sites built from the ground up.
tick 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.
tick 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
tick Search Engine optimisation - if you have a website and want to climb search engine rankings like Google, 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 However, be careful - many people promise miracles in this department based on outdated principles.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.

Since 2000...

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.

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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.

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