New holding page for Organic Jam
By lisa, 25.03.10
The Organic Jam had a very funky design for the holding page of their website - and so I was excited to be asked to make it! The large, over blown background image is separate from the top layer, which gives a fluid effect when changing the size of your…
Logo tweaks for chamonixselfcatered.com
By lisa, 19.03.10
We're currently building a new wordpress-based website for Chamonix Self Catered, and so they asked if we could liven up their existing logo a bit. It was really good that they asked for this, as if you have a dated logo, the chances are your shiny new website design that…
The importance of good photography in web design
By lisa, 18.03.10
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…
6 tips to great logo design
By lisa, 1.03.10
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.…
Sainsbury's micro-site goes live.
By lisa, 19.01.10
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…
Creating a social networking website with Wordpress
By lisa, 18.01.10
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…
UnwinPhotography.co.uk - new site launches
By lisa, 18.01.10
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…
JACJoinery.co.uk goes live
By lisa, 6.01.10
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…
New User Dashboard and features for Stuff2send.com
By lisa, 12.12.09
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…