The Ideas Barn
UK > West Midlands > Warwick
The Ideas Barn is a bespoke web applications development company. We specialise in transforming offline business practic...
The Ideas Barn is a bespoke web applications development company. We specialise in transforming offline business practices into cutting-edge, usable and profitable online solutions.
We can advise on all aspects of taking business online: from e-newsletter marketing and viral promotion to full e-commerce and CRM tools. We provide customers with the ability to self-administer all their content and assist in the art of writing content for web.
We practice full adherence to accessibility standards and are experts in application usability. We also provide a standalone design-for-web service for clients with their own developers.
Clients and Projects
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General location of clients: International
Latest Project
Equitector
Equitector is a specialist boot and shoe retailer - selling high-quality own-brand footwear to horse-riders, grooms, and hill-walkers. To reflect the quality of the brand, we needed to create a site that allowed customers to select shoes according to the dimensions of their feet. To this end we created a web2.0 application that shows customers in real time what boots they should buy and if they need a made-to-measure pair.
This is coupled with a full site CMS and e-commerce system that has been very successful for Equitector. So much so that they are now planning 2 more sites to cater for the European and American markets.
What We Have Achieved
Latest Review
12 November 2007
Rob Darlison at Cana Import Ltd
You would be hard pushed to find anyone easier to deal with. Rich and Trudi take the time to understand your business and provide real solutions with a site that works (fast). Our customers regularly tell...
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Interview
WWDC:
Describe your company in 5 words.
The Ideas Barn:
”energetic professional creative meticulous efficient”
WWDC:
Where do you see your company in 10 years time?
The Ideas Barn:
”In 10 years The Ideas Barn will be providing business applications for a range of converged technologies. We'll be working with leading brands to realise cost-savings through harnessing cutting-edge marketing channels.”
What We Do?
Technologies Used:
ColdFusion, CSS, Flash, JavaScript, mySQL, , XML, (X)HTML,
CMS Used:
Own Brand
Company Overview
Languages Spoken:
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No. of Employees: 1-5
Established: 2005
Joined WWDC: 21 March 2007
Equitector
- Branding
- Design
- Hosting
- Online Marketing
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Development
Equitector is a specialist boot and shoe retailer - selling high-quality own-brand footwear to horse-riders, grooms, and hill-walkers. To reflect the quality of the brand, we needed to create a site that allowed customers to select shoes according to the dimensions of their feet. To this end we created a web2.0 application that shows customers in real time what boots they should buy and if they need a made-to-measure pair. This is coupled with a full site CMS and e-commerce system that has been very successful for Equitector. So much so that they are now planning 2 more sites to cater for the European and American markets.
Languages: N/A
Project type: E-commerce
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Industry:
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 2
Technologies used: ColdFusion, Flash, (X)HTML, JavaScript, , XML, Ajax
Completion date: January 2007
Cana Import
- Branding
- Design
- Hosting
- Online Marketing
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Development
Cana Import is a wine importer based in Warwickshire that specialises in fine goods from Italy. We created a full content managed e-commerce system for them to take orders. Delivery is based on mileage, and the site works these costs out dynamically from customer-supplied postcodes. The site also makes great use of an e-newsletter system, where Cana Import can send out regular email newsletters to subscribers, informing them of new products and of special offers and discount codes, that regular purchasers can type in to receive money off future orders.
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Project type: E-commerce
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Industry:
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 2
Technologies used: ColdFusion, Flash, (X)HTML, JavaScript, mySQL,
Completion date: December 2006
Barbour
- Branding
- Design
- Hosting
- Online Marketing
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Development
We develop and maintain the Barbour site. The site is a large, high-traffic global presence that reflects the client's status as a world-leading outdoor clothing brand. The site is fully content managed and multilingual, with content approval and moderation procedures in place to check content before it goes live. The site also syndicates it's catalogue to international resellers via a constantly updated XML feed. The site adheres to accessibility standards, using CSS for layout. We provide full behind-the-scenes functionality for Barbour to disseminate press releases and high-res imagery to press for marketing. The site automatically handles these images, automatically rescaling and repurposing where necessary.
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Project type: Content Managed
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Industry:
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 4
Technologies used: ColdFusion, CSS, Flash, JavaScript, mySQL, , XML
Completion date: September 2006
Reviews
You would be hard pushed to find anyone easier to deal with. Rich and Trudi take the time to understand your business and provide real solutions with a site that works (fast). Our customers regularly tell us how much they love our website.
As a purely web-based company, it’s vital that our website works well for us. Not only did the Ideas Barn design a site that was visually in-tune with our requirements, but also very easy to use in respect of the back-end administration, which was initially a worry because of our lack of experience in such areas. The working relationship was very receptive on both sides, and we can thoroughly recommend their services.
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WWDC:
Describe your company in 5 words.
The Ideas Barn:
”energetic professional creative meticulous efficient”
WWDC:
Describe your office environment.
The Ideas Barn:
”We work in a coverted stables in the middle of the Warwickshire countryside - perfect for creativity!”
WWDC:
Where do you see your company in 10 years time?
The Ideas Barn:
”In 10 years The Ideas Barn will be providing business applications for a range of converged technologies. We'll be working with leading brands to realise cost-savings through harnessing cutting-edge marketing channels.”
WWDC:
What computers do you have use in your offices, PCs or Macs?
The Ideas Barn:
”Both PC and Mac”
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