Photon Web Design

21 February 2010

http://www.pennyhowes.org.uk

Reviewed by Penny Howes
— Medical and Scientific Editing Service

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Photon Web Design comments:
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"I can’t recommend Photon Web Design highly enough. My updated website was prepared in no time and none of the detailed changes I wanted was too much trouble. My emails were responded to by return and the whole thing was up and running in just a few days.

My original website was looking rather dated and Chris has brought it well into the 21st Century. I think he initially understood my needs better than I did, and had some excellent innovative ideas for redesigning it. It now looks superb, the information is rationalised better into separate pages that are easy to navigate, and it has links to additional important websites giving information that is relevant to my business.

Photon Web Design is clearly a highly professional organisation and I shall be recommending it to all my business associates, colleagues and friends. "

Penny Howes Editorial Services

www.pennyhowes.co.uk

Penny Howes Editorial Services specialises in writing, revising, editing and abstracting scientific and medical work. The website neeeded to reflect that level of professionalism while retaining an accessible, clear and easily navigated style. Horizontal and vertical menus with a monochormatic colour scheme helped achieve this objective, along with a little subtle flash animation in the custom header area. These simple aspects help this site be more memorable, and W3C compliant coding means web standards were built in to the site from the very beginning.

Technical specification

Languages:	English
Project type:	Content Managed
Organisation category:	Private Company
Industry:	Professional Services
Content managed (CMS):	No
CMS Description:	N/A
Online Payment System:	N/A
Size of project team:	1
Technologies used:	CSS, Flash, (X)HTML
Completion date:	February 2010

Services provided

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

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14 February 2010

http://www.wildweaves.co.uk

Reviewed by Marilyn and Graham Stapleton
— Wildweaves

We are amazed how quickly our new-look website came together and especially like our revamped logo. All the technical details were taken care of quickly and efficiently.

Our new site also had enhanced visitor numbers following improved Site Engine Optimisation and we were soon on our way to more online sales!

Uploading our photos on the Joomla system is such an improvement and we love the zoom feature, it looks so professional.

All in all, we are thrilled with the result.

Wildweaves Hemp and Natural Fibre Products

www.wildweaves.co.uk

Wildweaves sell hemp, nettle and bamboo fibre clothing and accessories. Their e-commerce website needed to be fast, attractive and informative, to compliment their beautiful natural products. Javascript image-zoom and lightbox pop-out systems were used, and custom coding provided to allow for payment gateway integration.

Technical specification

Languages:	English
Project type:	Content Managed
Organisation category:	Private Company
Industry:	Retail
Content managed (CMS):	Yes
CMS Description:	Joomla 1.5 open-source CMS, virtue-mart shopping-cart, custom payment gateway integration, stock control, order management, customer database, invoicing
Online Payment System:	Integration of Sage Pay via customised 3rd-party modules.
Size of project team:	1
Technologies used:	CSS, Flash, (X)HTML, JavaScript, mySQL, PHP,
Completion date:	May 2009

Services provided

Branding, Hosting, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Development

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23 July 2009

http://www.room-b.co.uk

Reviewed by Jenna Hext
— Room-b Serviced Apartments

Our company, Room-b Serviced Apartments, approached Photon Web Design in May 2008 with the brief of creating a website to display our continually growing portfolio of UK business accommodation.

Photon assigned us the web designer Chris Stapleton who came to our offices in Cheltenham for the initial free consultation. From the outset we were very pleased with the way in which Chris explained our options for the website. He broke down the different elements of our website such as search engine optimisation, content management, and front end usability for our clients, into understandable portions that were not only jargon free but easy enough for us to work on when after Chris left the office. Importantly for us, Chris also discussed with us the level of technical ability we had at Room-b and took this into account with the proposed site.

Once Room-b and Photon had agreed go ahead with the project, work on the website started very quickly. Chris called or and mailed during the whole process and kept us up-to-date on how things were going and what work we need to do to keep everything on schedule. We felt very reassured and commend Photon for this particular aspect of the build as the problem of slipping schedules and poor communication was a concern we had discussed before luckily finding Photon to manage our web development.

The website was finished in three weeks and went live in four, which was even better than our original plan. Further to this, Chris was on hand to help us get to grips with the content management system, and even came to do a half day training course with our staff which was really helpful! Additionally, Photon have created a monthly management package including SEO, trouble shooting and general help with any issues that arise which we have found to be far more competitive than any other web company in our area.

Overall, we cannot praise Chris and Photon enough and would recommend them to other small to medium sized business

Photon Web Design comments:
Thanks, a pleasure to deal with as usual and a great continuing working relationship. I'd recommend Jenna, Phil and the staff at Room-b serviced aparments to anyone looking for attention to detail and fastidious customer care when choosing a serviced apartment agent.

Room-b serviced apartments

www.room-b.co.uk

Room-b needed a modern but highly functional site to complement their contemporary high-end luxury serviced apartment business. Muted tones with splashes of solid colour make a professional impression on the visitor, and light-box style pop-out images in the apartment database improve the user experience. A highly modified apartment database was developed in conjunction with Room-b's specific needs, helping their portfolio of properties stand out to the client, and improving the SEO standing of their domain and brand. Technology luxury property database custom backend interface stylish minimal interface one-click database backup system lightbox-style image pop-outs

Technical specification

Languages:	N/A
Project type:	Content Managed
Organisation category:	Private Company
Industry:	Tourism & Travel
Content managed (CMS):	Yes
CMS Description:	N/A
Online Payment System:	N/A
Size of project team:	1
Technologies used:	CSS, (X)HTML, JavaScript, mySQL, PHP,
Completion date:	January 2008

Services provided

Branding, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Development

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8 July 2009

http://www.heavenhemp.co.uk

Reviewed by Udaya Bikram Thapa
— Kathmandu Make and Trade Pvt. Ltd.

I must say that the design work is exactly how I wanted and that the designer has been able to translate my thoughts in to the site as promised. They are very straight forward and was very easy to work with them. I work from Kathmandu , Nepal. I should also say that even though we were halfway across the world , there was easy communication and the work went ahead without a glitch. I would as a business owner, recomend this company to anyone wanting a trouble free, and a nice website. Thank you for doing mine. I am very happy with what you have done for me.
Udaya
M.D ( Kathmandu Make and Trade Pvt. Ltd.)

Photon Web Design comments:
Heaven Hemp were also a delight to work with, and had some great ideas about design, colour, and function of their site. We seem to have created a brand that according to Analytics, is being appreciated by users all over the world on a daily basis. I look forward to working with Heaven Hemp again in the future.

Heaven Hemp natural fibre wholesalers

www.heavenhemp.co.uk

Heaven Hemp came to Photon Web Design requiring an updated look for their 2009 website, including a wordpress-style blogging system and gallery to show to wholesalers. The brief was to create a fresh, new, modern looking website that also reflected aspects of Nepal's heritage and culture. Brick reds were used in the link sections as a reference to the colour of typical huts and buildings in Kathmandu, while greens and browns reflect the earthen and natural emphasis of their business. Technology: gallery component, lightbox style pop-out images overlay information appearing on thumbnail hover. on-screen slideshow contact page. Wordpress Blog wrapped in site iframe

Technical specification

Languages:	English
Project type:	Content Managed
Organisation category:	Private Company
Industry:	Retail
Content managed (CMS):	Yes
CMS Description:	Joomla with online gallery, lightbox effects and cataloguing system.
Online Payment System:	N/A
Size of project team:	1
Technologies used:	(X)HTML, PHP, , lightbox image pop-out
Completion date:	January 2009

Services provided

Branding, Hosting, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Development

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