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.
Industry Sectors
General location of clients:
International
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Equitector
http://www.equitector.com/
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 crea... Read More
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Cana Import
http://www.canaimport.co.uk
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 m... Read More
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Barbour
http://www.barbour.com
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 befor... Read More
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Reviewed on 12 Nov, 2007
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... Read More
Rob Darlison
— Cana Import Ltd
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Reviewed on 24 May, 2007
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 admini... Read More
George Pollard
— DeathGob
Q : Describe your company in 5 words.
A : energetic professional creative meticulous efficient
Q : Where do you see your company in 10 years time?
A : 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.
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Equitector
www.equitector.com
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.
Technical specification
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| Project type: | E-commerce |
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| Content managed (CMS): | Yes |
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| CMS Description: | N/A |
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| Online Payment System: | N/A |
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| Size of project team: | 2 |
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| Technologies used: | ColdFusion, Flash, (X)HTML, JavaScript, , XML, Ajax |
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| Completion date: | January 2007 |
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Services provided
Branding, Design, Hosting, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Development
Cana Import
www.canaimport.co.uk
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.
Technical specification
| Languages: | N/A |
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| Project type: | E-commerce |
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| Content managed (CMS): | Yes |
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| CMS Description: | N/A |
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| Online Payment System: | N/A |
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| Size of project team: | 2 |
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| Technologies used: | ColdFusion, Flash, (X)HTML, JavaScript, mySQL, |
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| Completion date: | December 2006 |
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Services provided
Branding, Design, Hosting, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Development
Barbour
www.barbour.com
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.
Technical specification
| Languages: | N/A |
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| Project type: | Content Managed |
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| Content managed (CMS): | Yes |
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| CMS Description: | N/A |
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| Online Payment System: | N/A |
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| Size of project team: | 4 |
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| Technologies used: | ColdFusion, CSS, Flash, JavaScript, mySQL, , XML |
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| Completion date: | August 2006 |
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Services provided
Branding, Design, Hosting, Online Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Development
Reviews total: 2
Accepted: 2
Declined: 0
Average ratings only shown when the company has 3 or more reviews.
Client Reviews
12 November 2007
http://www.canaimport.co.uk
Reviewed by Rob Darlison
— 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 us how much they love our website.
24 May 2007
http://www.deathgob.com
Reviewed by George Pollard
— DeathGob
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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Q: Describe your company in 5 words.
A: energetic professional creative meticulous efficient
Q: Describe your office environment.
A: We work in a coverted stables in the middle of the Warwickshire countryside - perfect for creativity!
Q: Where do you see your company in 10 years time?
A: 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.
Q: What computers do you have use in your offices, PCs or Macs?
A: Both PC and Mac
