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WEBSITE DESIGN

A company's web site is often the first point of contact for any prospective customer; it is therefore a vital asset to any business or venture. Here at The Solutions Factory we believe that the design should be simple, clear and easy to read and navigate. We also believe that the design should be customer led. Your brand is unique and your website must reflect that.

The Solutions Factory develops websites on PCs using HTML, PHP, ASP and .NET. Programs used include Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Fireworks, Macromedia Flash, Adobe Photoshop, and the open source content management system Joomla. Joomla will need to be hosted on a server that has PHP, MySQL and Apache. Facilities that require pages to be generated automatically such as emails in response to contact requests are created using Active Server Pages. The site must be hosted at an Internet Service Provider who can support this.

For more insight into our website design philosophy and how design is an ongoing learning process, even for us, see our blog.

Here are some examples of the websites that we have designed over the years.

 
   

Talgoed Cottage

Talgoed Cottage is a two bedroomed holiday cottage, near Llandysul. It has the most beautiful view over the valley and is very quiet a peaceful yet not that far from beaches or castles. The website uses the open source Joomla! content management system which is easily updateable from any web browser by the client. The holiday cottage market in West Wales is very competitive and getting hits on search engines is no easy task and The Solutions Factory will be monitoring this site carefully.

www.talgoedcottage.co.uk

Talgoed Cottage

 

 
   

The Hive Football Centre

The Hive Football Centre is the leading community football centre of excellence in the London area, which boasts both artifical and natural grass football pitches for hire. The centre provides facilities for courses, venue hire and is the home of the Barnet Football Club first team. The website uses the open source Joomla! content management system which is easily updateable from any web browser by the client and also adaptable to the clients needs. As the business expands, so will the website.

www.thehivefootballcentre.com

The Hive Football Centre

 

 
   

The Pasold Research Fund

The Pasold Research Fund provides grant funding for textile students throughout the world for publishing, workshops and research. The website uses the open source Joomla! content management system and it is easily updateable from a web browser anywhere in the world.

www.pasold.co.uk

The front page of The Pasold Research Fund website.

 

 
   

Typoeth Cottage

Typoeth Cottage is a self catering holiday cottage not far from Llandysul. We used the open source Joomla! content management system to build this site so that the site owner is easily able to update the site whenever and wherever she wants to.

www.typoethcottage.co.uk

Front page of www.typoethcottage.co.uk
 
   

Honeybuns

Honeybuns is a bakery based in Dorset. They use a graphic designer who designs all of their branding, that is their packaging and stationary. Using her designs we created this website. It is very colourful and has a lot of graphics, so it was a quite a challenge to make into an efficient site. Updating is mostly done by the client using Adobe Contribute. This site also includes an e-commerce shop, for more information see our E-Commerce page .

www.honeybuns.co.uk

Front page of www.honeybuns.co.uk
 
   

Llandysul Food

A bi-lingual site promoting the local food industry in the Llandysul area.

www.llandysulfood.co.uk

www.bwydllandysul.co.uk

Screenshot of Llandysul Food web page and link

 

 
   

East Midlands Reserve Forces’ & Cadets’ Association

Public site is there to give information about the Reserve Forces and the Cadet organisations based in the East Midlands area. There is also a members site, where members login and can check their diary, get agenda’s / minutes for future meetings and generally keep up to date with the activities of the Association.

www.reserve-forces-eastmidlands.org

East Midlands Reserve Forces’ & Cadets’ Association

 

 
   

Inflatable Packers International Ltd

Based in Australia , IPI produce inflatable packers for the use in various industries from geotechnical to drilling. The site is now available in Spanish.

www.inflatable-packers.com

www.inflatable-packers.com/es

Inflatable Packers International Ltd

 

 
   

Valley Services

This company uses their site as an information site and wanted something that reflected their branding in the real world.

www.valleyservices.co.uk

Valley Services screenshot of web page and link.

 
   

Reserve Forces in Greater London
for the Greater London Reserve Forces’ & Cadets’ Association

This site has been designed to inform the public and potential recruits about the role of the Reserve Forces in Greater London and where they are located and how to join.

www.reserve-forces-london.org.uk

Reserve Forces in Greater London screenshot of webpage and link


 
   

Archaeopress

This company publishes B.A.R. - British Archaeological Reports and other. We developed an online database that can be maintained by Archaeopress and their customers can search the site to find the publication that they wish to buy oline.

www.archaeopress.com

Archaeopress website screenshot and link.

 

 
   

Llandysul and Pont Tyweli Community website

A community website, in Welsh and English. The contents covers everything from the history of the area to a business directory to an events diary.

www.llandysul-ponttyweli.co.uk

Llandysul and Pont Tyweli web screenshot and link