Web Design and Graphics

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  The importance of good photography in web design

  18th March 2010 12:00 by lisa

  As monitors get bigger and Internet connections get faster, more and more eye catching web design is thanks to striking photography. I've just found a blog post of 30 beautiful designs thanks to clever uses of - often simple - imagery.

  I've always tried to find strong photography for my… Read more

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  6 tips to great logo design

  1st March 2010 14:08 by lisa

  I've just read an interesting article on istockphoto with 6 tips for great logo design. Sometimes articles like this just state the obvious or retell you what you already know, but it's still helpful to read them and remind yourself of some fundamentals you might have forgotten along the way.

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  Sainsbury's micro-site goes live.

  19th January 2010 00:00 by lisa

  We got the go ahead this morning to lift the covers on the Sainsbury's Ashton Gate site we designed and built for them recently. The site has been under wraps whilst they populated the content using the SimpleCMS we custom built for them. The site allows Admins to add, edit… Read more

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  Creating a social networking website with Wordpress

  18th January 2010 13:34 by lisa

  We recently got asked to quote on building a social networking website (we were asked by a design agency and we're secret-subcontractors so I'm afraid I can't give examples of the site now it's done) and we gave prices for both a bespoke solution and a wordpress set up (the… Read more

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  UnwinPhotography.co.uk - new site launches

  18th January 2010 12:40 by lisa

  I built the Unwin Photography website many moons ago (before 18a was even heard of or I'd even met Tom!) and as their business has developed they've needed new things from their site - so the time had come to create a smart new design, with fresh content and lots… Read more

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  JACJoinery.co.uk goes live

  6th January 2010 11:17 by lisa

  Two working days into the near year and we're setting sites live already! JACJoinery.co.uk is a remake of the client's old site, which was built in Microsoft FrontPage. JAC used FrontPage to update their website... but when they got a new computer they were faced with having to buy more… Read more

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  New User Dashboard and features for Stuff2send.com

  12th December 2009 12:02 by lisa

  Back in September we added a permanent log-in to Stuff2send.com, so that carriers and senders could choose for the website to leave them logged in from a certain computer. And now we've just set live the follow on from this (via a redesign of the home page along the way… Read more

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  Christmas banners and a new blog for AQuarterOf.co.uk

  11th December 2009 12:25 by lisa

  As Christmas fast approaches I've been busy working with our affiliate management clients making sure their programmes are ready for the shopping season. A little while ago the AQuarterOf Christmas banners went into the Webgains and Affiliate Window interfaces, and I've now set them up a blog on our new… Read more

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  amblogs.co.uk goes live

  10th December 2009 12:22 by lisa

  We needed a new space for our affiliate management client's blogs - so we built amblogs.co.uk! It was my first experiment with Wordpress MU - and I was very impressed (as I always am with Wordpress). If you're involved with affiliate marketing and you want a blog - you might… Read more

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  Shiny new homepage for 18amail

  25th November 2009 13:14 by lisa

  Well I haven't done what I set out to do when I sat to my desk this morning! But not to worry - because instead we've got a shiny new home page for 18amail! Quite a fast turn around - designed and built since 10.30am this morning! We've done it… Read more