URL: www.candlebox.co.uk
Candlebox is a site, funnily enough about Candles. The site’s goal is to be a hub of information on anything to do with candles. Candlebox has an online directory as well as having video how to guides. The Candlebox site also incorporates a WordPress Blog which allows the user to generate content, thus providing more of a web presence in terms of rich and current content.
URL: www.libbydrew.co.uk
A friend of mine required a website for her mother for a christmas present. The website was to showcase Libby Drew’s latest artwork in an online gallery.
The design was to be simple and clean with clear call to actions. The site also has a backend system that powers the gallery allowing the end user to upload images which are dynamically resized to create thumbnails as to speed up loading times. The site also uses SWiK javascript picture viewer that allows the images to appear full size when they are clicked in a rather funky way.
I love it, it’s just what I wanted. The colours work well and I love the gallery image viewer
URL: www.cbsrecruit.co.uk
CBS is an independent agency with our original Directors working directly with there clients, offering a personal and experienced service that has helped us retain many long standing relationships.
CBS continually strive to supply quality customer care, coupled with a reliable service that they develop with their clients and they find that we develop very honest, quality long-term partnerships.
URL: www.enltd.co.uk
Entertainment News Limited is the company that owns Showbiz Spy. As a part of their ongoing growth and expansion they required a simple static site with a news blog that was to be there company site.
The site was a basic design with the feature being a banner across the top breaking up the content and navigation. The result is a simple to use website that delivers its message clearly.
I love the web and as a programmer I always look for tools or scripts to help me improve my skills. You can find hundreds of things out there you have just got to look hard enough.
So this is how this site as born, basically anything I find be it Games, Tools, Design Graphics, Icons anything that is free I will list it. Its really my way of giving back what people have given me.
URL: www.afhockey.co.uk
After the success of FHC reunited I was asked by another hockey club if I could rebuild (style) their current website. Being in the hockey world it is hard to find a decent club website so I decided to spend a bit of time building a simple design that would be easy on the eye.
The bones of this website is a backend system that allows all of the club captains to add Fixtures, Results and Match Reports. An entire new backend system was born based on their original site but with added features like the ability to add all your seasons fixtures at once rather than a pain staking one at a time. The backend powers 90% of the site and relies on the Captains to keep it updated.
I also integrated a WordPress Blog allowing Captains to add team news or even club news. This allowed a bigger web presence and potential higher Google Rating on terms such as Hockey or England Hockey.
This is a personal project and I intend on extending it to allow Player profiles, leading goal scorers etc.
URL: www.predatoractionsports.co.uk
Predator Action Sports is a clothing brand that has strong ties with the Kite Surfing world so creating a web presence in such a niche market was important for them. Essentailly they are all about Kite Surfing but want to add an online shop on later to sell all of their clothing line.
I got this job through a friend and it was probably the first job that I have ever got where I did not have to design anything. The client had purchased a web template from a company like Template Monster but had bought it in a Flash Format.
I hate Flash and am one of those people that think you should never ever build a site in Flash (Well not unless the monies right anyway). Anyhow I had to do some screen grabs and convert it into a CSS based website. The transition was quite painless and the end result was near on perfect with the original design.
The client also required a simple message board with an ability to moderate any Spam or rude comments so I built a backend system with the ability to add plugins to it in the future. The client was very happy with the service I provided and said
I love the fact you are honest and dedicated!
Qualities I love in suppliers, and just for that I will definitely be recommending you to others!
It should also be said that this is a work in progress and will be extended on in the future.
When I was 14 I was over weight and rather unfit. A good friend of mine introduced me to the game of hockey and I have been playing ever since.
I play in goal and was a part of something special through 96, 97 and 98 when we won three back to back championships against tough opposition. The fact that we looked like a bunch of amateurs turning up in jeans against teams wearing all sponsored team tracksuits never fazed us infact we relished the opportunity to play these teams and laugh as we stuff them 11-0.
The team disbanded and merged with another club and once University kicked in everyone left and came back playing for different clubs. It has only been recently that we have all decided to get back together in the off season and play other teams.
This site was built to keep in touch chart our progress and just to relive the good old days.
After my recent blog posts have mostly been taken up by my obvious addiction to Forza Custom paint jobs I thought I’d best dedicate a blog primarily for it So I launched Forza Spray Shop.
The main goal of this site is to create tips and advice for people looking to apply there own touch to the various cars you can acquire throughout Forza Motorsport 2. Such has been the requests and comps for custom jobs that sites are popping up all over the place, allowing users to commison a design for use with there online leagues its getting crazy.
I would have to say that the online community being built up is huge and you can expect this game to dominate the online console driving genre for a long time so thats why I have builtit.
Well after various tweaks and learning about WordPress the Showbiz spy site is finished and live. Some further tweaking may still need to be done but for now the site has had a new CSS theme written and they love it.
This site is now sexy and fits the style of the logo really well. We also like the way you have added the adverts so they don’t detract from the content.
Adam Nutburn – Showbiz Spy
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