Webglu

Web Design In Portishead

Being located near Portishead, we can visit you and your staff at your place of work - be it an office, home, farm, warehouse, or any other location - and see first-hand what you do.

In this way we can most effectively understand how you'd like to supplement your services with a web presence, and how we can best present your company and services.

 

This also means that you can drop by our offices and meet the team in a friendly and informal environment, discuss your project with our designers and developers in-person, and receive personal training in the use of our commerce and content management systems.

We can also assist with configuring your laptops, desktops and mobile devices to use your new mail services and web management facilities.

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About Portishead

Portishead is a town in North Somerset with an estimated population of 21,000 and is located on the Bristol Channel coast just 10 miles west of Bristol.

Portishead's history dates back to Roman times. Its name derives from the 'port at the head of the river', having been called Portshead and Portschute at times in its history and Portesheve in the Domesday Book, and was locally known as Posset. The town was built on the mouth of a small tributary; the High Street once met the water at the top of the river. Iron rings, evidence of where the old fishing boats used to moor can still be seen today on the street's stone walls.

Portishead is primarily a dormitory town for Bristol and its environs. Local employers include the Avon and Somerset Constabulary, which has its headquarters on the western edge of the town, Gordano School, and numerous care homes for the elderly, as well as a retail complex. The town has retained a 'local shop identity', despite some larger DIY chains and supermarkets being built.

The Portishead coastline is of environmental and geological interest. The Lake Grounds area, built in the early 20th century around an artificial lake, is the town's main park area. One of the UK's last surviving outdoor swimming pools is situated on the shore next to the Lake Grounds and is open during the summer months. In 2009, the outdoor pool was renovated by a team filming for American TV programme Ty's Great British Adventure. Above the Lake grounds is Battery Point, where a gun battery was sited to protect the Severn Estuary from invasion fleets.

Information & text gathered from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved September 1st, 2021, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portishead

Our Services

Thanks to a team of multi-skilled web developers, designers and multimedia editors, Webglu is able to offer a wide range of web and multimedia services in the Portishead area.

Web Site Design & Production

Our primary focus is the design, construction and maintenance of web sites and web applications.

All of our designs are bespoke to you and your company - we do not use templates or off-the-shelf designs. This allows us to tailor your site to your exact needs.

We can work with any size of project, from small 2-3 page promotional micro-sitesMicro SiteUsually consisting of a small number of pages, these sites are often used for promotional purposes, either to raise awareness of a new product or service, or as an ancillary to a much larger site, targeting a specific group of customers., to large database-driven corporate systems.

The majority of our web sites are integrated with our web-based content management system, which allows you to easily update your site without our intervention.

Outsourcing To Us

We have long-standing relationships with a number of design and marketing studios whom do not have their own in-house web expertise. We often build and implement designs produced by these studios, and offer technical consultation where required.

Graphic Design & Branding

Often as part of our web site design & development package, we will create a new brand for our clients, incorporating a full corporate identity (logo, colour scheme, livery & stationary).

Close ties with local print experts allow us to take care of all aspects of the printing process.

We can also offer branding and print marketing services independent of a web project.

Audio & Video Editing

As multimedia has become more prevalent in modern web sites, we have found the need to work with both video and audio material on a regular basis. We now have a great deal of experience in preparing such material for web use, and can offer video editing and post-production services to our clients.

Flash video integration has become very popular in particular, as it offers high-quality video streamingStreamingA method of delivering multimedia content, such as audio or video. Rather than downloading an entire video or audio file before beginning playback, a file may be streamed to the user, playing as it downloads. This can allow videos on sites like YouTube to begin playing almost instantly. video with no requirement for further browser plug ins or software downloads other than the Flash player.

Commerce & Sales Systems

Many companies are looking to online sales for a cheaper and lower-risk avenue for product and service sales.

In many instances we can utilise open-sourceOpen-SourceA classification of software. If an application or system is 'open-source', it means that the code and resources behind it is freely available to anyone whom wishes to use or modify it, for no fee. technology as the basis for your commerce project, keeping the cost to you low and the flexibility of your store high.

However, we are not bound to the use of off-the-shelf commerce solutions. We have created many bespoke sales systems for our clients, and can implement a number of payment gatewaysPayment GatewayOnline transaction services operated by banks and other third parties. Whenever a customer places an online order for a product or service, their card details and payment information are sent to and processed by a payment gateway. to suit your business.

Interactive Games Production

Using our experience with FlashFlashA popular method for adding animation and interactivity to web pages - Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, various interactive components, integrate video, and to create web-based applications. technology, we have created many bespoke games and interactive entertainment products.

Online games are a great way to encourage new and repeat visitors to your site, and may be used for promotional or viral marketing purposes.

Games may also be used as a learning tool for younger audiences.

E-Mail & Digital Marketing

Digital direct marketing is a cost-effective and environmentally friendlier way of introducing new and existing clients to your latest products and services.

We have created a bespoke contact and mailer management system which allows you to control your e-mail content and recipient data.