Website design articles
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WordPress website design
I have been using WordPress to design and build websites for almost 20 years. There are various reasons why I use WordPress. Some of the main ones are: WordPress is easy for my clients to update, without needing to know any coding. WordPress is flexible and scalable....
Prime Coppice website
Prime Coppice is a 52-acre wood located in the beautiful Marshwood Vale in West Dorset. The wood is the last large remaining block of ancient woodland coppice of that size in the West Dorset area and is an integral part of this unique Area of Outstanding Natural...
Moving a website to a new domain
The new website gwrconservatories.co.uk that has just gone live was based on an old site based at guardianwarmroofuk.co.uk. The design was updated and the site was rebuilt on WordPress. You can see more on the portfolio page here. An important aspect of moving the...
New websites – UKBET & WM Compressors
Two new websites have gone live recently. The first was the UK Bangladesh Education Trust, a charity that has a mission to end child labour in Bangladesh. I was really happy to work on this website and reduced my prices. The other site was West Midlands Compressors....
Women on Wheels website redesign
If you’re new to cycling or would simply like to ride with other women, led by other women then look no further than Women on Wheels. This was a redesign of an existing website. Website: women-on-wheels.co.uk
Sandy O’Connor AMO Art website redesign
Sandy A M O’Connor was born in 1954 and lives and works in Worcester. Sandy mainly works in steel, stainless steel and bronze. He also makes collages and paints. Sandy had a very old website that was in urgent need of a rebranding and redesigning. With a new logo and...
Redesigned holiday home website
Bishops Chapel is a three-bedroomed holiday cottage in Cornwall. Bishops Chapel is a little different from most holiday cottages in Cornwall as it was originally built as a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in 1840. They had an existing website that was quite old and needed...
The Fold online shop open
The Fold Online Farm Shop was created to allow The Fold to continue to supply organic, local and sustainable products to their valued customers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Their online Farm Shop offers local delivery in Worcester and Malvern, so those self-isolating...
Search Engine Optimisation tips
Search engine optimisation or SEO may seem like a complicated thing. SEO companies are offering their services at high monthly costs, but do you really need them? In most cases, the answer is no. The following are some of the basics for improving the ranking of your...
Some questions to consider
When designing a website for a new client, the more I know about what you do and what you want from your website, the greater chance that the finished website will be completely quickly and to your liking. So, the following list is a helpful starting point for me to...
Latest website: Accounts Ability
My latest website has just gone live.The client is very happy and we are planning to work together on another site in the near future. The client had started building his own website for his accountancy business, but it was not turning out quite as well as expected....
Moving to secure websites with SSL
I now offer extra security on all websites with the ability to install SSL certificates at a small additional cost. Read on to understand more about security and the benefits it brings. What's it all about? These days the URL of many websites start with https://...
My first website gets a makeover
Over ten years ago when I started Top Spin Web Design the first website I was paid to design and host was The Fold in Bransford. In the past ten years the design ideas and technology available to designers has changed dramatically. In particular, all websites now need...
ArtShades website – it has everything!
The redesigned website for Sarah Walker's lampshades has a bit of everything: blog, events, portfolio and e-commerce. Find out more on the portfolio page.
Finally a new website!
It has been a while, but I have finally got round to updating my own website. It was always the thing that got put off until another day, as clients' websites and other things always took priority. However, it was becoming increasingly difficult to promote my website...