Below is a small selection of the websites which we have created. Each portfolio item will describe the brief given (if any!), the concept and main reasons, plus all technologies used. The URL of each site is also included for you to visit the site concerned.
Inverlussa Marine Services
http://inverlussa.comThis marine services company on the Isle of Mull in Argyllshire was looking to enhance its web presence to be more representative of the current services they provide, as well as provide a place to demonstrate their past experience and present capabilities.
This site uses CSS, ASP and jQuery and is best viewed in browsers OTHER than Internet Explorer (as the full CSS capabilities are not shown by Internet Explorer).
Guildford & District Group of Advanced Motorists
http://www.guildford-iam.org.ukThe Guildford & District Group of Advanced Motorists is a regional branch of the national Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). The site was updated to allow them to describe more about their group and what their goals and achievements are. The site not only acts as a first-stop for people who are looking to become advanced drivers, but also provides a portal for members of the group to obtain/share more group specific information.
This site uses CSS, ASP, SQL Server and jQuery.
fd ON HAND
http://www.fdonhand.comThis site was built for a customer who is a chartered accountant offering a different approach to financial management. It contains more graphics than a typical accountancy/financial management site.
This site uses CSS, ASP and jQuery.
Fuel Design
http://www.fullyleaded.comFuel Design is a Berkshire-based agency who specialise in designing for print, promotional items, web branding and exhibition stands.
They required a portfolio site which portrayed the graphical beauty and distinction of their products, whilst maintaining strong links to their own fully-leaded branding.
This site uses CSS, PHP, mySQL, jQuery and the Wordpress CMS engine.
Nail and Beauty Salon
http://www.nailandbeautysalon.co.ukThe Nail and Beauty Salon is a company based in Reading, Berkshire. They specialise in providing beauty treatments and personal pampering with services such as manicures, pedicures, waxing, tinting as well as a host of non-surgical treatments.
This site uses CSS, ASP and jQuery.
Befrienders Highland
http://www.befriendershighland.org.ukBefrienders Highland (BHL) is a charity based in the highlands of Scotland who specialise in providing distance or face-to-face befriending for people with mental ill-health.
This new site not only presents BHL to the world with a cleaner, easier to navigate and more intuitive interface, but it also provides a custom-built messaging system on which their volunteers and service-users can communicate safely and securely, without the need for email.
The site also gives BHL the ability to run private discussion groups and chatrooms.
The site is controlled by a custom-built Content Management System (CMS), which allows BHL staff to have full control over the content of the site as well as administering the messaging system and access to both the discussion groups and chat rooms.
This site uses CSS, ASP, SQL, jQuery and the PayPal payment mechanism.
DavePage.org.uk
http://www.davepage.org.ukDavePage.org.uk is a mini-site created for a chap who spends his time running marathons and other races entirely for other people's causes.
The site was built because one of the causes was not a registered charity and this prevented using sites which are set up entirely for that purpose.
The site allows donations to be made (via PayPal), which are then auto-updated on the donations total. In addition, the site allows for companies to sponsor Dave and the company logos and links are also displayed.
This site uses CSS, ASP, SQL, jQuery and the PayPal payment mechanism.
Northwords Now
http://www.northwordsnow.co.ukNorthwords Now is a free literary magazine circulated in Scotland.
The owners wanted a fresh approach to their web-presence in 2010, but gave little brief, preferring to leave it in our hands to come up with ideas.
The final design has been conceived using a clean, crisp layout with large text for easy reading.
There are some jQuery features in this site such as the back-issues section, which provide a useful way to display previous issues of the magazine graphically, with a nice interface to allow reading of them.
The site also contains MP3 recordings of authors reading poems.
This site uses CSS, ASP and jQuery.
Aqua Leisure Ltd
http://www.aqualeisureltd.comAqua Leisure Ltd is a company who specialise in wet-leisure products such as swimming pools, hot-tubs, in-ground spas, saunas and steam-rooms, etc.
They wanted to re-invigorate their website and contacted us.
Given their massive portfolio of fantastic photographic images of their work, we built the website to showcase these to their best extent, as well as providing useful information regarding the installation and maintenance of the kit.
This site uses CSS, ASP and jQuery.
The Classroom Bistro (Nairn)
http://www.theclassroombistro.comThe Classroom Bistro in Nairn wanted a web-presence on which they could showcase their stylish restaurant and bar. They also wanted to be able to provide up to date menus for their customers to download.
The site also contains information regarding local places to stay, links to local suppliers and producers and even local entertainment events (some of which, the Classroom even hosts).
The Classroom colours are burgundy and orange, and the site reflects this.
This site uses CSS, ASP and jQuery.
Highland Lit Salon
http://www.highlandlitsalon.comThe Highland Lit Salon is a literary group which meets once per month.
Held in an informal style, anyone interested in any literary pursuit (reading, writing, prose, poetry, etc.) can come along and listen to a talk given by guest readers (usually Highland Authors or publishers) and have a chance to ask them questions.
This fledgling site provides basic information about the location, forthcoming salons and details regarding previous salons. The organisers have plans to use the site for more, so check back soon.
This site uses CSS, ASP and jQuery.
Novel Writers
(Domain no longer exists as the group is now part of the Highland Lit Salon)http://www.novelwriters.co.uk
Novel Writers was a site created on behalf of a group of writers based in the Scottish Highlands who wanted a central repository for literary information such as writing competitions, writing resources, literary events and also to show their book reviews.
The site is fully updateable by members of that group and also has a mechanism where the members can upload a piece of writing and submit it to other chosen members of the group for review/critique. They can then return to the site and read the critique.
This site uses CSS, ASP and SQL.
Buttons Saddlery
http://www.buttonssaddlery.comButtons Saddlery is an equestrian and country clothing supplier based in Surrey.
This site was built as a full eCommerce and CMS (Content Management System) and as such, is fully updateable by the site owner.
The site has a registration facility for new customers, which even keeps track of their past and current orders, showing status changes as the order moves from processing to shipped.
This site uses CSS, ASP, jQuery, SQL and the SagePay payment gateway.
Speakeasy Advocacy
http://www.speakeasyadvocacy.org.ukSpeakeasy Advocacy is, as the name suggests, an advocacy service in Basingstoke which provides support for parents of, and children/young people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder or Asperger's Syndrome.
This site was constructed using high-contrast colours and large, easy to read lettering and is augmented throughout using an industry-standard set of pictures (from "Change Picture Bank") to communicate information for those users with learning difficulties.
Speakeasy wanted their site to be as accessible to everyone as possible. They also wanted to be able to publish their quarterly newsletters and trustees reports on the site, along with their latest news and any current employment vacancies.
This site uses CSS, ASP and images from Change Picture Bank.