Portfolio

Gold Acoustics - Feb 2009

The product this site markets are the finest quality loudspeakers money can buy so the site needed to reflect this at a glance. A nifty slider interface, some manipulated images and a bespoke soundtrack create a luxury feel to the site.

Music produced by Lloyd Crosswell - www.vnote.co.uk

Elements
HTML, CSS, JSC Slider Interface, PHP, Flash™ and SEO.

Link
Visit the Website : www.goldacoustics.com

ARAM Store - Feb 2009

The initial release of this site is now up and running. Full integrated ecommerce will follow along with a lengthy promotional campaign.

The Arams have been importing designer furniture to London for the past 40 years. Now the new online portal will offer this service to the world. The quality speaks for itself.

Elements
HTML, CSS, Integrated 3rd Party Ecommerce and CMS system.

Link
Visit the Website : www.aram.co.uk

Writers Direct - Jan 2009

This was a personal project for myself and a small group of dedicated experts, developers and creatives. The function of the site is to offer world class writers a marketing platform on the web from which to launch thier careers or harness existing traffic for established authors. Throw in a promotional campaign and an audio/visual Flash™ book trailer and your on the way to a best-seller.

Elements
HTML, CSS, JSC Slider Interface, PHP, Flash™ Animated Trailer and SEO.

Link
Visit the Website : www.writersdirect.net

Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company - Dec '08

Award winning Contemporary Dance Company SJDC wanted a complete overhaul of the existing site to include a showcase of thier high quality video trailers and details of various educational projects they are involved with. I was equiped with some fantastic quality images and video for the design which speaks for itself in terms of the quality of SJDC's productions.

Elements
HTML, CSS, JSC, PHP, Flash™, Embedded Video and SEO.

Link
Visit the Website : www.shobanajeyasingh.co.uk

Niki Cartwright Ltd - Dec 2008

A fairly simple site to give web presence to an established and reputable consultancy company.

The key here was to offer a concise overview of the company and re-inforce the companies slick branding to the user.

Elements
HTML, CSS and SEO.

Link
Visit the Website : www.nikicartwright.co.uk

Protec Technical - Nov 2008

Full front end styling and animated elements all supllied by myself. Backend jobs database supplied and installed by www.springcode.com.

The front page styling here was based on a brochure I did for the company and needed to include various keywords in a stylish manner in order to rival other agency sites in the same field.

Elements
HTML, CSS, JSC, Integrated Job Search and SEO.

Link
Visit the Website : www.protectechnical.co.uk

Leyreloup - Oct 2008

"Catherine Leyreloup's painting is an impassioned response to the natural world." Inspired by the art that it contains I came up with this nifty little interface with accordion menus and light box integration, the idea was to focus full attention on the art to make navigation as simple as possible. "A joy to use" was the final verdict from Catherine.

Elements
HTML, CSS, JSC, Lightbox, Accordion Menu and SEO.

Link
Visit the Website : www.leyreloup.com

Dairymac - Oct 2008

Dairymac Limited is a sales and marketing business specializing in selecting and developing innovative animal health products and selling them through the leading distribution channels in Europe. The website needed to display the full product catalogue but needed to be as simple to navigate as possible. I used multi layered menus and a tabbed browsing interface to enhance the user experience.

Elements
HTML, CSS, JSC, Dynamic Drop Menu, Tabbed Browser Interface and SEO.

Link
Visit the Website : www.dairymac.com

Sharpe's Peril - Oct 2008

Sharpe's Peril is the latest film due for release in the Sharpe series starring Sean Bean. The new film required a new mini site to bolt on to the site I already built for the other 15 films. The mini site also included a Flash™ video of the trailer, this was rendered to a very high quality to offer fans an alternative to the poor quality versions on community sites.

Elements
HTML, CSS, Slimbox Gallery and Flash™.

Link
Visit the Website : www.sharpefilm.com/peril/

Big Tree Productions - Sep 2008

Big Tree Productions is a new independent television company recently set up by Simon Wright, former president of Working Title Television. Initially this job just required a holding page and simple animation. However plans are now in development for a much larger media rich site ... watch this space!

Elements
HTML, CSS and Flash™.

Link
Visit the Website : www.bigtreeproductions.co.uk

Driftaway Beauty - Aug 2008

This site was constructed using Windows Live as a base. The Windows content management suite made the design challenging and restricted but with a bit of high quality stock I was able to put a decent front end on the site. A simple ecommerce system was also required, this came in the form of a PayPal™ cart.

Elements
HTML, PayPal™ Cart and Graphics.

Link
Visit the Website : www.driftawaybeauty.co.uk

New Theatre Royal V3.1 - Jul 2008

In the last 3 years this site has grown from an 8 page baby with around 50 visitors a week to a 157 page site that now attracts around 6,000 visitors a week. I feature this site again as once again it has been upgraded to support internal site search and the layout has been extended in width.

Elements
HTML, CSS, PHP, java script, CSS Drop menus, Flash™ detector, Flash™ slide shows, SEO, mailing list feature, internal site search.

Link
Visit the Website : www.newtheatreroyal.com

Temporary Temples - Jun 2008

Home of Steve Alexander (World Renown Aerial Photographer) and Karen Alexander (Author). They have been producing the Crop Circle Yearbook for 10 years now which is the most concise photographic and written record of UK crop circles available.

Elements
HTML, CSS, java script, PHP, ecommerce integration, search engine optimisation and Flash Animation.

Link
Visit the Website : www.temporarytemples.co.uk

Bristol Musical Youth Productions - May 2008

Custom templates built to order. Young and vibrant was the design brief with an animated header and full homepage layout.

Elements
HTML, CSS, java script, PHP and Flash Animation.

Credits
Design, programming and scripting of templates by myself.

Link
Visit the Website : www.bmyp.com

Thought 4 Today - May 2008

This was a clean and simple feeder page for a database of daily inspirational comments. Clean, simple and ... inspirational!

Elements
HTML, CSS, java script, Search Engine optimised.

Credits
Design and layout by myself and copywrite, and SEO by Mel Croucher.

Link
Visit the Website : www.thought4today.info

Solent Peoples Theatre V3 - Apr 2008

I've been developing this site for 2 years now and have just finished the latest update. This includes a css trick to create a curved inside margin for the text so the content would better fit this constructivist style layout. The update also included a full overhaul of the home page and menu system.

Elements
HTML, CSS, PHP, java script, Flash detector, Flash animated header, Search Engine optimised, send-to-friend feature and mailing list feature.

Link
Visit the Website : www.solentpeoplestheatre.com

The Summer Crop Circle Lectures - Feb 2008

The annual Crop Circle lectures have been growing in popularity with every passing year. The site needed to provide information about the annual weekend event for potential new visitors, detail events and speakers for those who have booked and also provide a booking service for those wishing to order online.

Elements
HTML, CSS, PHP, PayPal Cart, search engine optimised.

Link
Visit the Website : www.summerlectures.co.uk

Kwei Quartey - Feb 2008

Kwei's book 'Wife of the Gods' needed a web presence and a Flash™ animated trailer. His enthusiasm for the project have led to a great deal of time being spent on perfecting the content and layout. Consiquently this has become one of my favourite projects since starting out.

Credits
Design, programming, scripting and Flash by myself. Structure, content, imagery and search optimisation by Mel Croucher. Trailer audio by Lloyd Crosswell

Link
Visit the Website : www.kweiquartey.com

Tuscan Dream Homes - Jan 2008

Rolling hills, panoramic views and high class living were the key design elements for this Tuscan real estate site. The web site includes details on bespoke house designs as well as offering a self maintained database of properties for sale in the local area. Design for this site also included the company Logo and branding.

Elements
HTML, CSS, search engine optimised.

Link
Visit the Website : Ceased Trading

Authentics Ltd - Dec 2007

Authentics were looking to upgrade their existing online shop. We integrated our custom design with 3rd party ecommerce software and then trained them to run the store.

Elements
HTML, CSS, Flash, Ecommerce, Data Base, CMS, search engine optimised.

Credits
Design and programming by myself. Content and SEO by Mel Croucher.

Link
Visit the Website : www.authentics.info

Hampshire Counselling Service - Dec 2007

A simple templated site to promote Maureen Fyffe's counselling service in Cosham, UK. A further example of a simple professional design achieved on a tight budget. Design for this site also included the company Logo and branding.

Elements
HTML, CSS, search engine optimised.

Link
Visit the Website : www.hampshirecounsellingservice.co.uk

ATM Protection - Oct 2007

This specialist company creates and markets innovative security devices for ATM machines and cash transit. The site plan included an interactive Flash™ panoramic viewer and a promotional trailer on the homepage.

Elements
HTML, CSS, Flash™, PHP, search engine optimised.

Credits
Design and programming by myself. Content and SEO by Mel Croucher.

Link
Visit the Website : www.atmprotection.com

John Piper - Sep 2007

A simple templated site to promote John Piper's books on trading. An example of a simple professional design achieved on a strict budget.

Elements
HTML, CSS, PHP, search engine optimised.

Credits
Design and programming by myself. Content and SEO by Mel Croucher.

Link
Visit the Website : www.johnpiper.info

Gosport and Fareham Domestics - Aug 2007

A simple templated site to promote a domestic appliance sales and servicing company. Design for the site also included the company Logo and branding.

Elements
HTML, Flash, search engine optimised.

Credits
Design, programming, scripting and promotion by myself

Link
Visit the Website : www.gfdomestics.co.uk

Hampshire Repair and Spray - Jul 2007

A fine example of what can be achieved fairly quickly with a tight budget. This site was made using a 6 x page site template from my archive.

Elements
HTML, CSS, PHP, java script, Flash detector, Flash slide show, search engine optimised.

Credits
Design and programming by myself. Content and SEO by Mel Croucher.

Link
Visit the Website : www.repairandspray.com

MelCroucher.com - Mar 2007

I am proud to be a part of the Mel Croucher cooperative and we have just launched our new portfolio site.

Elements
HTML, CSS, PHP, java script, Flash detector, integrated site search, Interactive audio/ visual Flash player, search engine optimised.

Credits
Design and programming by myself. Content and SEO by Mel Croucher.

Link
Visit the Website : www.melcroucher.com

Nosebag Books - Feb 2007

This was a simple site setup with a bit of background on the company and an integrated searchable shop.

Elements
HTML, CSS, java script, Flash detector, integrated ecommerce, integrated shop search, visual slide show Flash player, search engine optimised.

Credits
Design and programming by myself. Content and SEO by Mel Croucher.

Link
Visit the Website : www.nosebagbooks.co.uk

Annabel Shaw Creations - Feb 2007

This site was created from one of my ready-made templates for quick production on a strict budget. The site includes a full showcase of the current collections, guest book and integrated ecommerce.

Elements
HTML, CSS, java script, integrated ecommerce, search engine optimised.

Credits
Design and programming by myself. Content and SEO by Mel Croucher.

Link
Visit the Website : www.annabelshaw.com

Nicholas Parsons - Jan 2007

This site was for the ever popular Nicholas Parsons O.B.E. This was more of a web site makeover than a redesign, i've just added a little to the design and an introductory trailer concealed in a stopwatch.

Elements
HTML, CSS, java script, Flash™ trailer, Flash™ detection, SEO.

Credits
Design and programming by myself. Content and SEO by Mel Croucher.

Link
Visit the Website : www.nicholasparsons.co.uk

David Benedictus - Jan 2007

The brief for this project was simply to create a promotional Flash trailer for David Benedictus' newly released autobiography, 'Dropping Names'. A few changes we're also made to the homepage to accommodate the trailer.

Elements
HTML, CSS, Graphics, Flash™ detection and interactive Flash™ trailer.

Credits
Design and programming by myself. Content and SEO by Mel Croucher.

Link
Visit the Website : www.davidbenedictus.co.uk

Picture Palace Productions - Dec 2006

Picture Palace Productions have produced some ground breaking and award-winning British film and television over the years and I was lucky enough to be involved in the redesign of their web site. They were a real pleasure to work for and I had some great imagery and content to build from, the production list on the homepage speaks for itself.

Credits
Design and programming by myself. Content and SEO by Mel Croucher.
Music by Lloyd Crosswell [ www.vnote.co.uk ]

Link
Visit the Website : www.picturepalace.com

Beverly Swerling - Nov 2006

Best-selling author Beverly Swerling wanted to make her mark on the internet and to bring her Novels to life.

Elements
HTML, CSS, PHP, java script, Flash™ detector, 3x interactive Flash™ trailers, send-to-friend feature, blog, guest book and mailing list feature.

Credits
Design and programming by myself. Content and SEO by Mel Croucher.

Link
Visit the Website : www.beverlyswerling.com

Sharpe Film - Sep 2006

Sean Bean has had a successful career in film and television but is still perhaps best known for his role as Richard Sharpe. Initially this project started with a single promotional site for the new Sharpe film but this later developed into 14 additional 'mini-sites' for all the original films. The site offers information on all the films including trailers, audio clips, images, full cast and crew listings and a shop.

Credits
Design and programming by myself. Content and SEO by Mel Croucher.

Link
Visit the Website : www.sharpefilm.com