In an industry that requires a diverse range of technical know-how, we share a comprehensive understanding of the web and the experience to know when to apply the various techniques. Combined with solid creative and commercial direction we have a great track record of launching sound platforms for brand and business growth.
We consistently deliver best practice development in sectors where it matters most. In education and the third sector, where high specification sites are required to meet the highest accessibility requirements. Respected for delivering on these complex requirements, clients regularly trust us to bring creative to life.
Open source and APIs
We’ve a passion for all things open and good, and over the past few years we’ve embraced the sophisticated platforms open source systems have become. Having developed with a variety of CMS technologies, almost all of our content managed websites are now developed on WordPress. Its intuitive interface provides instant familiarity for our clients, reducing their training requirements. Its extendibility through plug-ins and a large development community mean we can quickly build robust developments, without huge overheads.
Over the years we’ve worked with a wide array of content management systems, from legacy to proprietary, but as our platform of choice we’re fast becoming one of the country’s leading creative developers for WordPress.
The modern site is a collection of distributed content
Now more than ever it is essential to utilise the wealth of services available to power your content. Flickr, Vimeo, Slideshare and Twitter et al all have huge user bases, which can’t be ignored. WordPress, and other open source CMS platforms act as the perfect aggregator for this distributed content. Coupled with a site’s API which allows for secure connection to remote data we can use to combine low cost with advanced performance.
Distributing your content across the various social channels is great for users and search engines alike. Without the cost of planning an SEO campaign you’re already gaining the benefits of one, simply through the way your content is hosted across the web.
Browser testing and graceful degradation
Ensuring that everyone shares the experience across all browsers and all operating systems we operate a full testing process. We start by defining the extent of the required tests and advise you on how best to control your budget against the requirements of your target audience. Some briefs will require support for legacy browsers, including the often controversial IE6, but many won’t. Even if yours doesn’t we’ll make sure your user isn’t left wondering why things aren’t working as expected. We’ll make sure your site lets users with unsupported browsers know and provides them practical options for continued engagement.
In our experience it’s foolish to disregard any user out of hand, whether they’re using a modern browser or not.
57+ point pre-launch checklist
We operate a tight development ship, meaning that your site won’t be launched without internal sign-off. We have core minimum requirements for every site built and depending on the scope, further checks for extended development projects. You’ll see the build develop on our staging server from early on in the process giving you every opportunity to maximise the impact of the launch.
We are your team
All of our development takes place in house by our experienced team, so we know every project inside out. You’ll be assigned a project manager and a technical lead who’ll work alongside our digital director to deliver your project.
