Web Design Newcastle

Web Design Newcastle - Internet Sevices

We can offer Newcastle web design expertise to existing North East businesses, new business start-ups, bands, social groups and individuals requiring design for the internet.

Web Page Design

We cater for design needs on large or small scale - please contact us with your particular design requirements.

E-Commerce and Online Shopping

Developing an internet sales outlet offers an ideal way to keep overheads down when offering goods or services. We can build you an online shop and advise about how to promote it. We are able to work with a range of payment services, such as PayPal, NoChex and WorldPay.

If you already have a shop in Newcastle, we can appraise your business and advise you how to open your doors on the web to new customers without neglecting your existing clientele.

Macromedia Flash

Macromedia / Shockwave Flash

Flash is a multimedia-based content delivery format. It may be embedded in web-pages, and may be viewed if the Flash Player software has been installed. Macromedia (the authors) claim that the technology is very well supported- with the vast majority of internet browsers being capable of viewing Flash 'movies'.

Flash is an ideal technology to use for making an impact, although Flash movies may not score well for accessibility, and may not be well indexed in search engines- so we currently recommend restricting the use of Flash to spot effects rather than basing a site around it.

We recommend Flash for web-based advertising banners and games, and can develop either for you to your requirements.

Armstrong Watson

Christmas Flash Game

Web Games Development - Viral Marketing

Viral marketing by internet is an effective, modern way to convey your brand message and engage consumers who have been saturated by traditional advertising methods.

We can build a game around your product or service and brand it with your graphics to keep you in your customers' minds and help you find further business.

We have experience in developing games with Java and Flash technologies.

Angel Liquid Records

Promotional Website

Promotional Pages

If you have a focussed message, single product or performance to promote, then a concise, targetted website may prove valuable to your strategy.

For example, if your band plays gigs around the North-East, or your theatre group intends to play in Newcastle, we can design an ongoing or single-use website to promote you.

Personal Sites - Gifts, CVs and Portfolios

A small personal website makes a unique, modern gift for someone special.

We can work with photos and text you provide to deliver on a specific date - birthday or other anniversary, wedding day, Christmas, even a marriage proposal...

Perhaps we could build an online CV to promote your skills to, and showcase your portfolio for, potential employers?

SEPTIMUS

Online MSc Course

Web Communities

Internet communities are becoming increasingly popular and can often cluster around interests and hobbies. They have also started to find uses in education and distance learning.

We can offer advice on web community development to help prevent yours from becoming stale or unpopular.

Special Web Projects

If you have an idea for an internet service, please contact us to discuss in confidence. We have experience in developing interactive, database-backed sites.

Dilemma Consultancy Ltd

Website Redevelopment and Auditing

The information contained on your website can become dated quickly and an unprofessional style can similarly look out of fashion or out of place. A thoughtless website design can be uneconomical because it is difficult to update or is off-putting for customers.

We offer homepage 'makeover and maintenance' services. If your website lacks a creative edge or clarity of message, we can help you refocus it.

We also offer to naturalise text as a useful service for non-native English speakers.

If your site is large or complicated, you might benefit from a full site audit- which will explore the structure, content and security issues and offer advice for improvement and optimisation.

Once your website has been rejuvenated, we can arrange an ongoing site maintenance role at a competitive rate.

Search Engine Optimisation

It is essential that your pages are prominently listed in the popular search engines to allow interested parties to find you or your service.

The methods by which search engines deliver their search results are mostly kept secret, necessarily- to prevent abuse. And so, our web-site developers will not make wild claims about guaranteeing placements- such claims elsewhere should be taken with scepticism.

However, we do know what search engines can and can't see, and offer to exercise accepted methods to prepare sites for search engine inclusion- removing complicated structures and highlighting any information-rich content. We can help tailor your pages to your product.

We do guarantee not resort to the 'dirty tricks' which could see your site blacklisted by the search engines.

Hosting, Email and Domain Names

There are a couple of requirements for placing your site on the web - server hosting (the disk space you rent for your website) and domain name.

We can also help with auxiliary services- acquiring hosting from trustworthy sources, setting up email addresses and purchasing domain names.

Popular domain names we can register for you include:

• .co.uk
• .com
• .net
• .org
• .info

If you'd like to relocate your existing website from a large provider (e.g. tripod, lycos), we can help you transfer and get yourself a personalised domain name.

Wiki software

Software Installations and Customisations

There are a number of standard packages available to install popular website components, such as:

• A forum - Colaborative messaging for online communities.
• Weblog ('blog') - A diary for your thoughts or a travel log.
• Wiki (online encyclopedia) - Educational or reference resource.

We can ensure that these are properly installed or customised to your needs with extra features or graphics.

PHP and MySQL

Java enabled pages

Current Technologies

We work with modern programming languages and database platforms required to create contemporary websites, including:

• HTML
• CSS
• Java
• JavaScript
• PHP
• MySQL

Not all features of popular languages enjoy universal support by internet browsing software. We have knowledge of these possible pitfalls and can help develop sites which work best for your user base- and can include enhancements for those with the technology enabled.

Macromedia Dreamweaver

Industry Standard Professional Packages

We have experience with the industry standard creative design packages:

• Macromedia (Flash, Dreamweaver, Freehand)
• Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator)

... as well as auxiliary sound and image processing software required to prepare the best internet experience.

Web Design Standards

Our pages are designed for web standards and accessibility - your visitors will get the experience you intend, and your pages will be best prepared for search listings.

Ongoing Maintenance

If you require help with site updates, we can organise on-going maintenance and development contracts to fulfil your needs.