We’ve recently launched a new website for The Local Index, a brand new local business directory based in Weymouth. The directory will be printed annually in a high quality A5 format and distributed throughout the DT3, DT4 and DT5 postcode areas.

As part of the website we have designed a bold logo to help give a distinctive branding to the company. The website itself allows businesses to submit listing requests and enquiries while providing detailed information about the directory and the advertising options.

The directory will innitially be published for Weymouth & Portland, Dorchester and Bridport and if you place an advert by December 19th 2008 you can get 20% off!

Please click here to view The Local Index website.

We’ve recently completed the designs for Halos and Heroes new stationery which involved redesigning their double sided letterhead and comp slips using a bright and colourful new style.

The back of the letterhead features a vibrant scene of characters and colours on a sunset sky background. We’ve used the fantastic original illustrations designed by Halos and Heroes party specialist Mandy and built the whole scene around them with a cartoon sun the focus point in the middle.

Please click here to visit Halos and Heroes, the themed party specialists.

Weymouth Web Design are delighted to announce we have launched a brand new website for Stuart Barnes Ltd, one of our long term clients. Stuart Barnes Ltd are a Weymouth based company offering windows and doors, conservatories, fascias and guttering, building works amongst their many services.

Stuart Barnes Ltd operate from their premises in Wyke Regis, Weymouth and employ over 30 local tradesmen to undertake all aspect of Building & PVC-u works. They can complete any project from concept to completion with minimal fuss and disruption.

We first designed the Stuart Barnes Ltd website in 2004 and this new brand design brings new features and technologies to the website and has been built using standards based CSS and XHTML. In addition to an higher emphasis towards search engine optimisation the new site also features a news blog that will allow the company to add news articles and press releases to the website. Take a look…

Today we’ve launched a brand new price comparison website called Shopping Buzz. The website automatically compares the latest prices of thousands of shopping products from hundreds of UK websites and shops to help people find the best deals and offers on the market.

The website has been designed to have a simple, easy to use home page that visitors can type the name of the product they are searching for. The results pages provide more information and functions that allow people to narrow their searches by category, shop, price and relevance.

Please click here to try it out! We’d love to hear your feedback on the site and how you think it could be improved further.

Weymouth Web Design is delighted to announce that our design for a Formula 1 clock has been chosen by Plastics Direct to feature as the artwork in their wall clocks on an upcoming episode of 60 Minute Makeover on ITV1. 

The clock artwork has been designed for a one year old twin’s bedroom and is scheduled to feautre on Thursday 25th Ocotber at 2pm. We’ve used bold blue and red colours to match the interior designers plans for the bedroom decor.

Plastics Direct are a leading promotional wholesale product retailer who supply keyrings, fridge magnets, coasters and many more blank promotional products.

Please click here to learn more about their insertable wall clocks. We would like to thank Plastics Direct for chosing our artwork to feature in his product!

Today Google launched their own web browser called Google Chrome. The browser is open source and features a lightweight design and simple controls. The browser is based around the WebKit browser engine which is also used by Apple in their Safari web browser.

When we design a website for our clients we test it to make sure it renders and functions correctly in the latest version of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera and now, Google Chrome. Every web browser displays websites ever so slightly differently so it is vital we test every page to make sure your website looks fantastic in all browsers!

We always recommend that our clients keep their browser up-to-date to make sure it supports the latest coding practices and standards.

Overall I’ve been very impressed by the speed that Chrome renders a web page. It only uses a small amount of system memory compared to Internet Explorer and has a very nice, uncluttered interface. The quality of the new Google web browser should ensure it becomes a very popular choice.

We’ve just launched our latest website for Coastal Computing, a new business setup in Weymouth to provide Home User IT Support, Business IT Services and Broadband. The company has been setup by Stuart Barnes Ltd and is already getting rave reviews for their exceptional level of support.

The website is based around a content management system that allows their staff to make changes to the website pages and add new promotions and news articles. Take a look…

We’ve just received our new business cards from moo.com to match our new website branding. Very impressed with the turnaround speed and quality of the business cards. So much so, we are considering using moo.com for all future short run business card printing jobs!

The cards are printed on moo.com’s “green paper stock” which is made from 100% recycled fibre. The paper is totally recyclable and biodegradeable and totally chlorine free. They also provide a more classic paper stock which has a matt lamination.

We visited Seatown in Chideock over the weekend for a afternoon break by the sea. This is the first time I’ve been to Seatown and it is a lovely hamlet of just a few houses, a pub, farm and a beach.

The Wynreford Stream runs down along the road towards the beach and across the shingle opposite the Anchor Inn. As expected, the pub and beach were absolutely packed with visitors!

If you’d like to read more about Seatown please visit http://www.seatown.org.uk

We will soon be launching a brand new ‘Client Area’ which will let our customers view the progress of their new website development and give us instant feedback on the concept and mockup designs.

Powered by Basecamp, the ‘Client Area’ will be used to show our clients the concept designs, notes, files, text content and to-do lists for their project all from one place. This allows us to keep all aspects of your project organised and easy to find. 

Our clients will be able to leave their own messages, comments and feedback on the designs. During the testing we have found our clients really love the simple interface and the ability to have all the concept designs and plans for the website in one place. You can quickly search the ‘Client Area’ to find exactly what you are looking for with no more trawling through hundreds of e-mails!