Devlin Photos - Innovative award winning photography
- Client:
- Lisa Devlin
- Outcome:
- One very happy client in possession of a highly innovative, cutting edge website.
Lisa came to me with a concept she’d already run by several developers, only to be told that it couldn’t be done. I took one look and decided I’d relish the challenge.
Most sites break down into columns. This one respects both a vertical and horizontal rhythm, meaning it always presents in a 3×5 grid that beautifully showcases Lisa’s photos.
It adapts to any screen size and aspect ratio too, so it shows up just as clearly on an iPhone as it does on a 48-inch plasma.
HACT - Elaborate data structures made simple
- Agency:
- Grenier
- Client:
- HACT
- Outcome:
- A multi-layout WordPress theme built from original designs, easily handling inherently complex data.
When asked to create a fresh, spacious new website for HACT (The Housing Action Charity) Matthew and Andrew from Grenier knew that the complex information architecture inherent in the project was just outside of their in-house skill set.
With this in mind they contracted me to wrap Andrew’s attractive, multiple layout design around a WordPress theme that was able to effectively handle HACT’s elaborate data structure.
Shed Design - Top London agency coding to design
- Agency:
- Mat Dolphin
- Client:
- Shed Design
- Outcome:
- A modern, photo-centric portfolio website for an uber-cool London based interior architecture and design agency.
Shed wanted photos of their interior design work to be the focus of their new website. With this is mind, Mat Dolphin designed a cutting-edge layout where imagery takes center stage. This, along with a judicious use of visual effects, makes for a truly modern, impactful and compelling user experience for Shed’s web visitors.
Shed can throw any image they like at their new WordPress website knowing that it will be presented beautifully on any web browser, in any screen size under any aspect ratio.
Hannah Lohan - Efficient coding
- Agency:
- Mat Dolphin
- Client:
- Hannah Lohan
- Outcome:
- From design to fully functional WordPress website in a matter of days.
Creating a fully functional WordPress theme from Mat Dolphin’s thoughtful, contemporary design was an exercise in both economy and efficiency.
Having websites pre-designed and pre-laid out (in .PSD Photoshop format) means I can keep my fees low and quickly produce pixel perfect websites to order.
580 Limited - Adaptable templates for multiple sites
- Agency:
- UInteractive
- Client:
- 580 Limited
- Outcome:
- Three ultra-modern, ultra-social Wordpress websites for the price of one.
580 Limited run successful pubs all over the country. Chas from UInteractive was asked to project manage the design and development of a WordPress theme suitable for multiple website deployment, and he chose me for the build.
Initially covering three new pubs, this WordPress theme is now ready to be deployed, for minimal cost, whenever a new (and suitable) venue is launched.
Nikhil - The art of displaying art
- Client:
- Nikhil Kirsh
- Outcome:
- A super simple, Twitter centric, one page WordPress artist portfolio.
With elegant ‘lightbox’ image and video presentation, this stylish artist portfolio website delivers everything required (and no more) in a one page, thoughtful user experience. Nothing else was needed. The beauty is in the simplicity.
Phelan Architects - Image carousels and elegant simplicity
- Client:
- Brendan Phelan
- Company:
- Phelan Architects
- Outcome:
- A clean, elegant and spacious portfolio website.
When Brendan called me he already had a clear understanding of his needs – a simple, clean and spacious website for his new Architecture practice.
Brendan gave a detailed brief and was involved with the design process at every stage. On time and on budget, this website makes the most of its assets with graceful image carousels and concise, digestible copy.
New Paradigm Films - Clutter free video hosting
- Client:
- Nikhil Kirsh
- Company:
- New Paradigm Flims
- Outcome:
- Clean, simple, elegant video hosting.
Nikhil asked me for the simplest possible web presence for his fine art MA video project. Ten videos on one page with as little clutter as possible.
Geek Wine Thing - Easy on the palate
- Client:
- Danny Hope
- Company:
- Geek Wine Thing
- Outcome:
- A spacious and light website for promoting a local wine enthusiast's wine tasting events.
Danny is a user experience architect who decided to share his passion for wine by starting a monthly wine tasting event. With this in mind, Danny asked me if I could make him an easy on the eye, spacious and light WordPress website to promote these events.
Star Communities - Fast case scenario
- Agency:
- Dobit
- Client:
- Star Communities
- Outcome:
- Pixel-perfect front-end code (the bits you can see) built with the back-end developers (the coders who built the bits you can't see) firmly in mind.
Overrun with work Paul from Dobit called me to ask if I could quickly code the front-end (the bit’s you can see) of a new website for Star Communities, a Brighton based community organisation dedicated to promoting well being events.
Working closely with Paul I was able to turn Richard Wolfströme’s original designs into pixel perfect front-end code. This code was then handed back to Dobit’s in-house development team who promptly wrapped it around a WordPress back-end system (the bits you can’t see).
D.V. Bryant - Reliable, experienced builder in need of a simple, clean web presence.
- Client:
- D.V.Bryant
- Company:
- D.V.Bryant
- Outcome:
- A fresh, one page website matching an exceptionally precise design brief.
At first glance, this site may look simple, but appearances can be deceptive. The brief I was given read, essentially: “can you make it look exactly like this?”
It required tremendous attention to detail both to render the design to such a high degree of precision and to architect WordPress in a way that was simple and flexible enough for Suzanne, the client, to be comfortable with.
Shipping Strategy - Plain sailing web development
- Client:
- Mark Williams
- Company:
- Shipping & Strategy
- Outcome:
- A simple, light, modern and elegant Wordpress blog for a successful shipping industry consultant.
Mark needed a clean, uncomplicated and spacious WordPress blog delivered in good time and to and affordable budget. With limited experience of online publishing Mark also needed hand holding whilst familiarising himself with WordPress and The Web.
Working closely together Mark and I pulled this website and it’s content together bang on time and bang on budget.
The Copy House - Web marketing strategy
- Client:
- Ellen De Vries
- Company:
- The Copy House
- Outcome:
- Finely targeted web marketing and customer relationship management.
Together Ellen and I created a detailed audience profile and I set about researching potential customers for her new ‘brand language’ product. I created a Highrise customer relationship management system for Ellen and then found a large number of prospects for her to follow up. Remarkably Ellen has seen around a 30% conversion rate on these prospects!
Dada Prana - Blogging
- Client:
- Dada Prana
- Outcome:
- A simple, clean, minimalist blog with just a dash of the formal.
New to blogging, social media and the web, Dada needed quite a bit of advice. The brief called for a clean yet formal website along with social media and web marketing strategy.
Also wanting to manage the content of the blog and surrounding website himself, Dada required a simple, intuitive content management system along with full training and on-going support.
DecisionLab - Extreme flexibility and agile web development
- Client:
- Nathaniel White
- Company:
- DecisionLab
- Outcome:
- Built and developed in 7hr monthly chunks this site is developed iteratively in line with the evolving DecisionLab business development.
Nathaniel and the DecisionLab team have limited resources but need a professional web-presence with on-going web development, web administration and web marketing input.
To manage their cash flow they asked me if I could work 7hrs per month on a minute-by-minute basis, allowing them to accrue the most value per pound on their web budget. This website (and it’s related marketing activities) is therefore evolving beautifully with regular team reviews and tight controls on spending.
Conductrus - Emergency re-brand and re-crafting
- Client:
- Andy Wright
- Company:
- Elevensoft
- Outcome:
- Urgent, high speed re-branding and re-positioning, calling upon all my web development, web marketing and web admin skills.
Just days from launch of his new web application Andy was hit by an unexpected side ball, ‘Orchestrate’ the chosen name of his application, had an existing world wide trademark and he was ordered by law to rename his product.
Under intense pressure Andy and I re-branded, re-positioned and re-crafted his web application and its associated WordPress sales website, resolving the trademark dispute in a matter of days.
Ask Mustard - Multi-site, multi-user social networking
- Client:
- David Erasmus
- Company:
- Ask Mustard
- Outcome:
- A Multi User Wordpress (WPMU), social networking (BuddyPress) platform for a London based fledgling charity.
Dave had limited resources and yet a big idea of getting London’s underprivileged youth to engage in local community projects.
Ask Mustard is a Multi User WordPress platform which allows the creation of new websites for new communities with the click of a button. These one-click websites arrive instantaneously as social networks enabling the young adults, their mentors and the local communities to connect, communicate and effectively work together.
Environmental Health and Safety - Microsite marketing
- Client:
- Andy Wright
- Company:
- Elevensoft
- Outcome:
- Web Administration of a beautifully designed online Health and Safety directory.
Driving high volumes of traffic towards a new web application is a challenging business, requiring modern, multi-pronged marketing.
For Andy at Elevensoft, one important piece in his online marketing strategy was this Health and Safety directory which, whilst a relevant and rich source of Health and Safety information in it’s own right, is actually an example of Microsite Marketing meant to bring new customers to Andy’s Conductrus web application.
The National Deaf Children’s Society - Social media wizardry
- Client:
- Tobin Aldrich
- Company:
- The National Deaf Childrens Society
- Outcome:
- Change managed, cross departmental, social media marketing.
This part time one year taster project saw NDCS dipping their toe in the social media water for the first time. Always looking for innovative ways to attract support Tobin asked that we try all relevant social media channels with a keen eye on traffic, trends and return on investment.
This project involved change management, training and hand-holding staff at every step. In the first fully cross-departmental initiative in NDCS’s 20 year history, we trialled Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Google, Blogging and a little Twitter, attracting participants to NDCS challenge events.
Web Handy - Quick fixes with big results
- Client:
- Leif Kendall
- Company:
- Kendall Copywriting
- Outcome:
- One of many one-off Wordpress tweaks tailored to specific client needs.
Leif needed to solve a small problem very quickly. He wanted his contact form to load a new ‘Thank You’ page when his visitors successfully filled it in, allowing him to properly analyse his ‘hit rate’ (on successful contact form attempts) using Google Analytics.
Leif’s contact form is handled by the ‘Contact Form 7′ WordPress plugin, which needed just a little tweaking from me so that it would behave in exactly the way Leif wanted it to.
Plug-ins - Adapting adaptable plugins
- Client:
- John Thompson
- Company:
- Mouse Trap Media
- Outcome:
- One of many one-off Wordpress plugins, tailored directly to a specific client need.
John runs journalism.co.uk and distributes a lot of his content to other media organisations. To this end John required a WordPress plugin that would output the data in the right format, in the right locations whenever the content was added to or edited in any way. Using WordPress Action Hooks I was able to deliver John a simple and affordable way to make his business more efficient.
