Web Design Blog
Vivien Horder Lettings
Vivien Horder Lettings wanted a very simple website where they could list their available rental properties. The system installed includes a gallery for property images and also a Google map showing property location. They only needed a simple system, but possible extensions could include a system for searching for properties and organising properties into categories.
- 5-8 page web design
- Property Management System
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Helena Gaunt Consulting
Helena Gaunt Consulting provide seminars, workshops and conference that draw on the performing arts. Another website produced in partnership with OneFiftyNine Marketing, this is a fully featured Magazine style website which includes a blog and events calendar.
- 9-12 page web design
- Events Calendar
- Magazine Website
- Blog
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International Backpacker Card
International Backpacker Card offer a discount card usable across south east Asia. This site includes a business directory with interactive map, allowing browsers to easily search for discounts. Also incuded is a private login area for businesses to check the database of card owners.
- 12+ page web design
- Business Directory
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MyWild
MyWild.co.uk is an ecommerce website selling high quality beauty products, using natural ingredients direct from African suppliers. The design is elegant yet includes elements of Wild's trademark African fabric designs. The product pages are designed to highlight the quality of the ingredients using images with "hover over" popups.
- Ecommerce web design
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Learn To Clean
Learn to clean is a provider of cleaning training based on the Cleaning Professional Skills Suite (CPSS). They wanted a simple and fresh looking "brochure" style website that was search engine optimized.
- 3-4 page web design
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Practically Positive
Produced in partnership with the guys at OneFiftyNine Marketing, this bright and lively website features several social networking features, including twitter feed and a blog with comments and social bookmarking buttons. Each page contains a feature banner which automatically picks up images and text from the page.
- 9-12 page web design
- Magazine Website
- Blog
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The Wise Store
The Wise Store is an online shop selling phones and phone accessories. The phones are specifically designed to be easy to use for the disabled and elderly and for this reason a font resizer has been added to increase accessibility of the site. The site uses Magento ecommerce platform, which includes features such as a product comparison tool, customer reviews and order tracking.
- Ecommerce Web Design
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The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an extremely feature rich alternative to Adobe Photoshop. With a bit of effort it is possible to create some quite advanced effects. This tutorial explains how to create the effect of inset (or indented) typography using the GMP.
Chip My Car
Chip my car provide car engine performance tuning services in Yorkshire. A major feature of this site is the ability to view a large database of information of performance tuning benefits for various car makes. Also included are paypal buynow buttons, a contact form, a twitter feed and facebook integration
- 12+ page web design
- Magazine Website
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There are some real gems around when it comes to open source software. One of the best is Open Office, a completely free alternative to Microsoft Office.
Imagine my shock when all of a sudden Open Office started randomly crashing. Reinstalling didn't work - it wasn't possible to get past the registration screen. All sorts of dark thoughts ensued including the unthinkable - buying a copy of Microsoft Office! But when it comes to software, there is always a reason why things don't work. After a bit of detective work, I traced the problems back to installing Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9, which I don't use for browsing but keep for checking websites when developing.
Unbelievable as it may seem, IE9 somehow manages to prevent Open Office from working. I'm sure more conspiracy minded people would put this down as no coincidence, but I prefer to assume incompetence until proven otherwise! So, if your Open Office stops working, don't uninstall it. Just un- install IE9 and you will probably be ok.