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.
Modal Group Ltd: Transport Planning and Consultancy
The website uses the open source Joomla! content management system which is easily updateable from any web browser by the client. As part of the package, the site will be made as fully optimized for search engines as possible.
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Pwerdy: Canolfan Cymunedol
a Chelfyddydau / Powerhouse: Community and Arts Centre
The Pwerdy, Pont Tyweli, restored
for use as a community and arts centre will provide
a variety of activities for
local people, ranging from arts to IT to films. There is
also opportunity of hire the building and its equipment.
The website uses the open source Joomla! content management
system which is easily updateable from any web browser
by the client. As well as designing the website The Solutions
Factory has set up the Twitter
page and the Facebook fan page. Training to use the
website, Twitter and Facebook was part of the package.
www.pwerdypowerhouse.co.uk |

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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 |

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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. We have also assisted the client in setting
up a Facebook fan page.
www.thehivefootballcentre.com |

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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 |

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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 |
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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 |
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Llandysul Food
A bi-lingual site promoting the local food industry in
the Llandysul area.
www.llandysulfood.co.uk
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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
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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 |

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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 |

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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 |
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