Brief

Bristol Hannover Council required a new look and modern functionality. Together with two easily updateable blog streams to cover their news and projects I’ve provided a gallery they can use to publish a visual log of their activities. We have a few neat touches such as a Flickr stream from the Hannover group.

Features

• Interactivity via Blog, Bios and Galleries.
• Events Calendar function.
• Identity work; the BHC logo:

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The link between Bristol and Hannover is one of the oldest twinnings between Britain and Germany! Set up in 1947, the Council has been facilitating exchanges of citizens every year, holds cultural and social events, welcomes and assists groups visiting Bristol from Hannover.

Brief

Doctor Chocolate is a popular function band who required a facelift and new functionality for their website. As well as embedded players for samples of their tunes they have galleries

Features

• Interactivity via Blog, Bios and Galleries.
• Audio and video samples of the band.
• Mailing list management.

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Doctor Chocolate are one of the South Wests premier function bands. We play only the very best of soul, rock and party cover hits from the 1960′s to present day chart numbers. When Doctor Chocolate play the audience can be confident of a fully professional performance with a top of the range PA system, lighting setup and nine musicians who are enthusiastic and enthralling to watch. With lots of audience participation your guests will not want to leave the dance floor.

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BAFHS is a popular local family history society, their website is well used but could use a modern look and more easily managed content production. To this end I used the Joomla! framework to provide an approachable system to manage all their content. We also took this opportunity to convert their public databases so they were searchable and provide other features for the automation of content production.

Features

• Several searchable databases.
• Events Calendar.
• Mailing list management.
• Blog and article style updates available to client.

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Formed in 1975, the Bristol & Avon Family History Society aims to provide contacts between members by regular meetings and through a quarterly Journal to assist members with problems encountered during research work. The Society also works to promote and encourage the public study of family history, genealogy and associated interests.

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Tugela Tides is a fascinating development opportunity on the east coast of South Africa. The client required a brochure style site extolling the virtues of this land and serving as a point of contact for interested parties.

Features:

• Automated translation of English language content – see Afrikaans screenshot!
• A gallery and panoramic photo solution.
• Google maps integration.
• Client editable pages.

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The area around the Tugela mouth is magnificent. With rolling hills, breathtaking scenery, an amazing historic winding river and the Indian Ocean with its waves and stunning beauty. This planet does not get much more beautiful than this corner of South Africa. With the perfect balance of accessibility and remoteness. The beauty of this place is staggering and the potential only limited by the viewers imagination.

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Tim John is a talented Bristol based photographer who needed showcase websites for both his portrait and professional wedding portfolios.

Features

• Gallery function with automatic thumbnail creation and slideshow.
• Gallery view automatically resizes to browser size.
• Client can manage gallery and copy.
• Sister site at timjohn.co.uk
• I also provided some identity work:

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My name is Tim John, I was educated at Clifton College Bristol. I obtained a BA (Hons) degree at The University of Westminster in Film, Video and Photographic Arts. I then went on to be a photographic assistant helping top photographers in advertising and fashion for over ten years. I am now a photographer in my own right, taking contemporary, stylish and imaginative portraits of people from all walks of life, from Tony Blair to Naomi Campbell in locations from The Sahara Desert to The House of Commons.

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Leanne is a fully insured pet care professional providing dog walking and pet sitting services to all of Bristol’s dogs, cats and small pets. I crafted a whimsical site that I hope reflects the energy and enthusiasm she has for her work.

Features

• Provision of hosting and email services.
• Pages for service details and a Contact form
• Identity work based on her own design on her pet taxi.

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Pets come in all sizes, shapes and colours, all with their own unique characters. This is why it is important to offer a unique service tailored for you and your pet, whether you need me early in the morning, late at night or even Christmas.

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Wynne Davies property management needed a portal for their luxury Notting Hill, London studio flats. As well as showcasing their short let apartments, Studioflat.co.uk integrates a secure online booking system where visitors can browse available dates and make instant bookings.

The site was created with SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) in mind and has first page google results for competitive searches like short let london and london studio flat.

After creating studioflat.co.uk, Wynne Davies required a spruced up version of their own homepage in support of their other property management activities and this sister site can be seen at wynnedavies.com.

Features

• Search Engine Optimised site for traffic from google.
• Online Booking engine with secure payment.
• Flash navigation.
• Embedded gallery.

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When your stay is too long or your budget too tight to make a hotel a viable option, if you’re looking for accomodation in the best parts of London, try our short let studio flats.