Website

Le Petit Bistro Website

Jan 19, 2010

This project was to provide a simple to use wordpress site that conveyed the ambiance of Le Petit Bistro Guernsey to both customers and potential staff. The site was put together using several custom wordpress templates that included plenty of embedded video, graphics and even an mp3 sound track. The site was received well and we subsequently added a companion site for Le Petit Cafe. You can see the [website here][1].

Find.gg A Comparison Website for Guernsey

Nov 29, 2009

Find was a joint venture between myself and two collegues that intends to satisfy a niche in the Guernsey market. Many websites exist throughout the UK that offer used cars, estate agents and property etc. but with Guernsey having difficult import/export issues as well as being isoldated from the point of view of commuting – a customer from Guernsey has very little use of UK wide searches. I was responsilbe for the core design of the site functionality as well as all of the development and some design.

Z-Card Mobile Website

May 12, 2009

I recently built a version of the Z-Card website designed for people arriving to the site on a mobile phone or other small screen interface. The basic look and feel was handed over to me by their internal creative team and I built it all using Smarty PHP framework. There was also a small and efficient bit of PHP to detect when a phone was connecting to the main site and to redirect them to this version instead.

Independent Risk Reporting Website

Apr 24, 2009

Independent Risk Reporting was a two-part project, firstly to create a simple informational homepage and contact for the client and secondly to create a risk reporting questionnaire system, this brief port covers the brochure website that was created with PHP and the Smarty framework. The site needed a clean and professional design and the homepage was relatively information heavy, including RSS news feeds from Reuters. The contact information page was seen as a key to the success of the site and time was spent making sure information was clearly presented, the contact form worked well and a google map was included.

Web standards and why I really don’t care

Mar 2, 2009

Web standards and why I really don”t care Originally published: 2nd March 2009 but before the content gets lost I thought I would republish it here! I really think this view is even more valid now we have HTML5 and CSS3 appearing, not to mention dealing with IE6, 7, 8 and 9! Read why I really don”t care about Web standards

Development of a logo for briefus.com

Aug 1, 2008

It is times like this which I had an expert typographer at hand. Instead I have to make do with trial and error and the mixed opinion of my friends and colleagues – which is always a rather ugly and unpleasant business. The question is which fonts work best on the following briefus.com logos? briefus.com is the [creative team workflow system][1] I have been working on, it is for small to medium creative teams and agencies – read more about this project on [briefus.com][1].

briefus.com finalist in Bright Young Things 2008

May 14, 2008

Despite the project still being in the early stages of development I managed to get to the final of Schroders sponsored Bright Young Things and received some great advise from my mentor Julian Winser. I’m sure this will all be a great help in the long-term development of this creative agency workflow tool. It even managed to generate some publicity in the local press. So, what is briefus.com [briefus.com][2] is for anyone who has to deliver work against deadlines such as project managers and helpdesks but the emphasis is on creative teams.

Debtbuster Loans Optimized PPC Landing Page

Mar 19, 2008

This design hopes to split the sales messages off onto a front page and then concentrate more on support and reassurance messages on subsequent pages. This design went live in Feb 2008 and so far has had mixed results. Click through rates once customers arrive on the app form are very good but the extra drop-off because of the “pre” page seems to be limiting it to similar performance to the current control design.

Loans Calculator In Javascript

Mar 6, 2008

We could see that a huge amount of SEO traffic was navigating to the calculator even though the links to the calculator were not emphasised. We added the calculator to try and engage that traffic in order to improve CTE. By giving customers access to the functionality that they want we hoped to keep them on the site longer and expose them to more marketing. Even more traffic reached the calculator but CTE was unaffected.

Debtbuster Loans AJAX PPC Landing Page

Oct 1, 2007

In Sept 2007 I designed a new landing page and added a number of enhancements to the application form. Primarily these were client-side enhancements based on usability. The design was never fully utilized but the application form enhancements were retrofitted to the current site. This new design was an attempt to add clearer messaging and more elements to reinforce the users trust in the site/company. This included a single core message at the top (mirroring the PPC copy in use), three simple bullet points on the left, addition of “lender logo’s” and the added prominence of the “security & Privacy” comment.