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Pixelwave Web Design has recently started work on a new project for Intemerate Ltd., a property development and refurbishment company based in Shropshire.

Following a meeting last week where we discussed the aims and objectives of the proposed website and then talked about and devised an outline of the information architecture for the site, I have now started work on the overall design and layout. Over the next month or so Intemerate Ltd. will work on the copy-writing and acquisition of photos for the site. Pixelwave Web Design will then (we necessary) enhance the copy for use on the web taking into account various aspects of Search Engine Optimsation and build the finished website for Intemerate Ltd.

The website is expected to go live later this year.

Intemerate Ltd. is an expanding company keen to develop an online presence. As the business grows, they will be adding to the services they offer and therefore expect the website to grow with them. During our initial consultation this projected expansion was discussed and the website will be structured in such a way that new sections can be added easily. We can’t predict the future but we can plan for it and hopefully Intemerate Ltd’s website will go from strength to strength along with the company. Pixelwave Design will be pleased to be a part of this.

Today is an exciting day for Kumar Saraff, a fine artist living and working in Mid-Wales.

His website designed and built by Pixelwave Web Design has just gone live and is available for all to see.

Kumar’s work

“explores the application and effects of paint on surface, bringing light and life to painting with modern materials and techniques”

His new website provides details about his background and inspiration, lists galleries and exhibitions that his work can be seen in and contains a gallery of his recent work. The gallery section of the site is based around a content management system that allows Kumar to add new albums and images as and when he requires.

The website was designed to be as simple and clean as possible so as to provide minimal distractions from Kumar’s art.

Pixelwave Web Design is pleased to have secured the contract for the design and construction of a website for Ffos-y-Ffiin

Ffos-y-Ffin is a company based in the Brecon beacons offering Corporate development events. Their courses include

• Operation Teamleader - A leadership event
• Cambrian Quest - Adventure Weekends
• Inspiral - Leadership Education
• Mountain Sport - Sporting weekends.

Their website will consist of several brochure style pages detailing the course and facilities they offer along with an easy to use Content Management System that will allow them to update certain sections of the website themselves so that they can add photos and reports from the various events they host.

I’m always reading books about Website Design and Website development. As well as manuals and reference books on various coding languages I also enjoy those books about the general principles surrounding aspects such as accessibility, usability, standards compliance and anything else related to peoples use of websites.

I often buy my books through Amazon and have had a web design book-store set up for several years using the Amazon database for its contents. This website was only ever really thrown together for my own use and to allow me to become familiar with a script for generating such online shops. It had served its purpose and I had all but forgotten about it, but I was reminded of it today, took a look and decided to re-design and rebuild it from scratch.

Amazon now have a nice easy to use aStore system that allows such sites to be built in next to no time, so rather than working with a complex script I just used their system this time (I have set several sites up using the system for clients already). It isn’t as configurable as a more bespoke script, but its ease of use more than makes up for that. You also have little control over the look and layout of the content fed by Amazon, but Amazon know what they are doing so using their layout is probably a good thing.

Anyway, now that it is up and running I guess I should buy some more books!

I have of course been working on clients projects today with a few updates to Fairiesworld, some general maintenance issues for Erozone and some updates to the Get Active Beacons website.