web design

Our speciality is web design and we use the latest technologies and designs create sites that look good and perform well. Our designers have been producing web sites for over 10 years so you can rest assured that your site is in experienced hands.

The first and most important step is to sit down with you to decide on a plan of action.

• What is the purpose of your website? To provide information about your company, bring in sales leads or actually sell online?
• Do you already have photographs/artwork and text that you want to use or do you need us to write the copy and take photographs?

Don't worry, we know what questions to ask and we'll use our experience to help you decide what you need and ensure you end up with a great site that actually does what it's suppoosed to.

E-commerce Sites - Sell online

Until now a proper e-commerce site cost thousands of pounds and was out of reach for many small businesses. Many turned to ebay as an alternative but with high fees and no support it's a risky proposition to base your online business off the back of another site and be subject to their whims.

We are now able to offer slick, professional e-commerce sites with all the features your customers have come to expect from using the big name sites out there. This software can do so much we could never list it all, so here are a few highlights:

• Sell simple, customisable (eg colour, size) or bundled products
• Sell digital downloads or "virtual products" such as music files
• Stock management system including stock availability on site and backorder facility
• Multiple images per product
• Tiered pricing, discount codes and sale facilities
• Print invoices and packing slips
• Support for multiple currencies
• Support for multiple languages
• Support for multiple tax rates
• Support for multiple shipping methods
• Accept multiple payment methods, Paypal, Credit Card, Cheques, Cash on collection etc
• Customers can look up their order history and receive order status updates
• Accept gift messages per order or per item
• Allow user product reviews and wishlists
• And much more...

Attention grabbing home page that gets your message across:

Customers can filter down through your products:

Enter as much information about your product as you need:

Quick and simple checkout process to encourage users to buy:

internet technologies

Here is a brief description of some of the technology we use to produce your site.

Cascading Style Sheets

CSS seperates the content of your page from the layout instructions. Designing a web site in this manner makes it more accessible, very search engine friendly and it's easy to change the entire look of your site in future.

Flash

Flash is a technology that adds animation and a high level of interaction to web sites. It gives that "wow!" factor and while some designers produce entire websites from Flash we only use it sparingly as it isn't supported by all devices and it can be slow to load. It's also not search engine friendly so less is more!

Javascript

Javascript is used to add basic interactivity to web sites, like buttons that change when you move your mouse pointer over them. Unlike Flash javascript doesn't slow down the loading of your site. The drop down navigation menus on this site are powered by Javascript.

PHP & MySQL

PHP is a programming langauge that is often used to let web pages make use of information held in a database. Message boards, online tracking services and e-commerce sites all make use of databases. MySQL is a popular database system that is often used in conjunction with PHP. The private client area of this site is powered by PHP and MySQL.