Web Design & Development Portfolio

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Devon Rest

Devon Rest is a holiday home based in a popular holiday area in Devon, UK.

The client required a website that was informative with a look that resembled the family orientated and fun feeling of the resort.

In a competitive market, the client has been very impressed with the impact the website has made and it's ability to gain new custom.

Working with the client, we established that competition for Devon based holiday homes was very high. As a single holiday home -- only able to take on so many holiday makers a year -- getting a huge number of visitors to the site was not essential, but instead, creating a strong enough presence to make those that did visit convert into bookings.

The top of the front page resembles a postcard, with strong copy that sums up the experience of holidaying at Devon Rest. Along with a picture of inside the comfortable home and a button to take the visitor to a booking form that allows them to secure their chosen date of stay immediately.

Beyond the initial introduction to the holiday home and call to action, the website offers much more information about the home and destination. Large, JavaScript based pop-up boxes are used to present images that have been chosen to strengthen the copy.

5QuidHost

5QuidHost

"Ian provided top quality, thoughtful and high impact design work with outstanding attention to detail. His communication was excellent from the outset and showed a willingness to persevere until the perfect design was achieved. Obviously passionate about the work, a true professional. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend." - Ronan Burnett - 5quidhost Ltd

I have been a customer of 5QuidHost for the last few years and was delighted to have the opportunity to redesign their website.

5QuidHost have the reputation of being friendly yet technically competent. Their previous web design however showed age and a redesign that emphasised these core principals was required.

The top of the front page introduces the services; it's features and benefits along with detailing some of the most purchased packages. These packages are displayed on cards that are stacked as if they are sitting behind each other; makin g good use of the limited space as well as making for easy comparison of the products. Call to actions are utilised to lead the customer to the process of ordering a package should they be ready to do so.

This initial introduction attempts to explain what the company is/does and how it can benefit a potential customer. Esentially, taking the customer from the point of knowing nothing about the company to purchasing a product. We took the view of using the rest of the website to reinforce what was explained in this section; building trust with the potential customer and explaining the company and its products in more detail.

Voxeo - Culture Corner

Voxeo Culture Corner

My role in producing Voxeo Culture Corner was to take the designs provided by R3M1X3D and implement them into a fully functional WordPress site.

The frontpage of the website utilises a slideshow plugin that can be easily customised by the client, should they wish to add/edit slides.

I made use of both WordPress' Pages and Posts features; the latter being used for Voxeo's blog.

Aside from the usual WordPress blog related features, the blog has multiple custom menus in the sidebar. These allow the client to update the sidebar with relevant links and images.

SuperSlow Zone

SuperSlow Zone

R3M1X3D provided me with the design to implement into WordPress. The site consisted of two page templates; front page and interior.

Throughout the site, each page makes use of custom fields which are used for including "find out more" information boxes as well as customer testimonials. Each page is able to support multiple custom fields.

jQuery is used for image rollovers as well as a small image rotator in the footer that displays logos of some of SuperSlow Zone's clients.