Web Design News from Webfuel

Webfuel Launch Popup Stands Website

2013-04-15T00:00:00.0000000

Popup Stands UK have over 30 years experience of offering an impressive range of premium popup stands and portable exhibition stands for trade show events.

They were looking for a brand new website to showcase their extensive product range, with the ability to easily maintain the content of their website themselves. The site had to be easy to navigate and search engine friendly.

Webfuel designed and built their new website within our Webfuel Sitebuilder CMS. The site includes social media, a blog, an extensive product catalogue and an easy to navigate, eye-catching design.

Should My Website Design be Responsive

2013-02-26T00:00:00.0000000

If you keep yourself up-to-date in online marketing or are the person responsible for maintaining your company website, then no doubt you will have come across the latest term in usage regarding a website’s design and build – responsive design. This article covers the topic from a client’s perspective, answering the topical questions that our clients are coming to us with regarding this subject.

What is responsive web design?

Responsive web design is a web design approach aimed at creating websites which provide an optimal viewing experience (including easy reading and navigation with a ...

7 Signs That Your Website May Need a Redesign

2012-12-27T00:00:00.0000000

2012 has seen rapid changes in technology, how websites are used and an increased focus on social media and community interaction. All these factors shape how a website is used and should look and function, and changes within these areas have compelled many companies to look at a redesign of their websites.

The redesign of a website in the current climate is no longer about simply refreshing the look and feel. With changes in technology different problems need to be addressed and the redesign goes much deeper than looks alone. Functionality, presentation in different devices, interaction with your ...

Merry Christmas from Webfuel

2012-12-19T00:00:00.0000000

Webfuel would like to wish all our clients a very Merry Christmas! Thank you for all your support over the past 12 months. It's been a very busy year and in these difficult economic times we're very grateful for all the work you've given us.

We've enjoyed creating some fantastic new websites for new clients, and refreshing the web designs for some existing clients. We've helped to launch innovative new e-commerce ventures, and our fixed price start-up web packages have gone down a storm with those on tigher budgets such as start-ups and sole traders.

Towards ...

The Do Not Track Debacle

2012-12-14T00:00:00.0000000

We're big fans of web privacy at Webfuel. We've posted about Do Not Track (DNT) in the past. DNT is a mechanism by which web users can change a setting in their browsers which tells every website that they visit that they do not want to be tracked. This means they do not want their browsing behaviour to be monitored, and they most certainly do not want to have adverts targeted at them based on this browsing behaviour.

It's not a perfect solution because it relies upon the websites themselves honouring the request, but it is a step ...

Harness the Power of the Google Display Network

2012-12-09T00:00:00.0000000

Most website owners nowadays know about Google Adwords, and how they can use it to put their adverts at the top of the Google search listings. But not everyone is familiar with the Google Display Network, which can be used to put your advert on other websites.

The Google Display Network is part of Adwords, but instead of displaying your advert just on search results you can have your advert shown on thousands of websites which have signed up to display adverts for the network. Your adverts are targeted at websites which are showing content related to your ...

Website Design for McQuay Service

2012-12-03T00:00:00.0000000

As part of Daikin Industries, McQuay International is the second largest HVACR company in the world.

They were looking for a complete design refresh of the website with the ability to manage the content of their website themselves going forward.

The Solution

Webfuel created a professional, eye catching design. The website was built within Webfuel CMS to give content control to McQuay's marketing team. A news system, a branch finder and a private area for engineers were also incorporated as part of the rebuild.

Feedback From McQuay

"Working with Webfuel ...

What Features to Include in a Website Design

2012-11-27T00:00:00.0000000

Prior to focussing on what the design of your new website will look like it is important to decide what features and content the website will incorporate so that these can be properly planned into the new layout and design.

When choosing the features and content for your website it is important to consider who your target audience is, and what information you would like to convey? How do you plan to draw in new visitors, and how will you get people to come back again?

Listed below are some website features that we can offer. ...

Google Virtual Tours Come to Nottingham

2012-10-30T00:00:00.0000000

Webfuel are always on the lookout for services which will enhance our clients' websites. Google Virtual Tours are one such offering, and they are now available in Nottingham! Doug Marke from Page One Photography has successfully completed the demanding quality assessment and training to become a Google Trusted Photographer.

What are Google Business Photos Virtual Tours?

It’s Street View but inside your business!

These tours puts your business into the heart of the Street View experience by providing a 360 degree walk through virtual tour of your business allowing you to show off ...

Website Design for Target Hygiene Services

2012-10-23T00:00:00.0000000

We have recently designed and built this content managed website for Target Hygiene, a Leicester based company offering complete washroom and hygiene services throughout the UK. The website runs on our inhouse content management platform meaning that Target have full control over their website content themselves, with no need to come back to us for any amends to copy, images or page structure.

Visit website: http://www.targethygiene.co.uk/

If you need a cost-effective content managed web design solution, which hands control of the website to you, then call us on 01509 852 188 to discuss your ...

How to Write a Web Design Brief

2012-10-16T00:00:00.0000000

If you have found this article it's likely that you've been allocated the job of writing a web design brief, either for a brand new website or a redesign of a current website. Get it right and you have a great starting point for a successful website development. Get it wrong and the end result could be seriously compromised, in addition to budgets and delivery being negatively affected.

Company Profile

The web design company will need to have a good overview of your company so they can get a feel for the design and structure of ...

Is Your Website Compliant with EU Cookie Legislation?

2012-10-09T00:00:00.0000000

Following recent changes to EU privacy legislation all websites are now required to obtain informed consent from UK and EU visitors for the use of cookies and other user tracking technologies.

The change in legislation was prompted by a wide spread use of cross site visitor behaviour tracking cookies. These cookies allow websites to target their advertising based on your previous browsing activity, even if that activity took place on another site! For example you might search for 'shoes' on one website and then see lots of adverts for shoes popping up on several other sites you visit.

New Website Design for Target, a Nottingham Pest Control Company

2012-10-01T00:00:00.0000000

Webfuel have launched a new website design and build for Target, a pest control company operating in Nottingham and Leicester. The website is built within our content management system (CMS) to give full control over the website content to Target.

At Webfuel we believe in giving our clients control over their own websites. Our CMS is incredibly easy to use, requiring no technical knowledge. Full training on the content management system is included as part of any project and office hours phone support is always available.

The new website design for Target is easy to navigate ...

Website Redesign for Range Communications

2012-09-03T00:00:00.0000000

Having worked with Range Communications, Nottingham on their original website design in 2009, we were delighted to be approached to complete a redesign. As part of the new website build we produced a vibrant, modern design and built the website within our content management system, enabling Range Communications to have easy access to make updates themselves. The new website design needed to include full social media integration and a news sytsem, thus making the website more appealing and informative to users and also giving them a search engine ranking boost.

View the website here >>

Webfuel are 5

2012-07-13T00:00:00.0000000

This July at Webfuel we are celebrating our 5th Birthday! We are very excited about being five and are delighted to say that thanks to your continued custom over the years Webfuel has gone from strength to strength.

We have not lost a client to a competing a web company during our five years in business and we hope to keep this record for the next five years to come!

Webfuel announce fixed price startup web packages

2012-06-24T00:00:00.0000000

Webfuel are excited to announce the launch of our new fixed price startup web design packages. This package is aimed at small businesses and startups who are looking for a low cost entry level website.

The package includes a range of template based options which are then customised by our designers with your company logo and branding along with images either provided by you or sourced from our extensive stock library.

Unlike many low cost website packages you still get personalised input from our design team, and we put your content into the website ...

8 Things to consider before you redesign your website

2012-05-29T00:00:00.0000000

With all the experience and knowledge gained from your previous websites a website redesign should be an opportunity to turn your web presence into a success. However due to a lack of proper thought and planning many redesigns can still fail to meet a business's needs. Things to consider and discuss with your web team prior to any redesign work commencing include the following:

1. Identify the purpose of the website

Decide what the website is actually required to do. This may have been something that you looked at when you first had your website built, ...

Redesign for Poseidon Charters

2012-05-28T00:00:00.0000000

Webfuel have been Poseidon Charters' port of call for all things web for a few years now, so it was natural they came to us when looking to redesign their website. We gave the website a fresh, professional makeover whilst also making some updates to their content management system for some new data sets, giving them easy and quick editing for all areas of their website.

Visit website: http://www.poseidoncharters.com/

Designing web site landing pages that work

2012-04-17T00:00:00.0000000

Designing an effective website landing page will increase the number of site visitors that take the desired action. Below we discuss the web design and content factors which make a good landing page.

It's worth first quickly defining what we mean by a web landing page:

From the standpoint of the website owner, it is a web page that asks the user to perform a specific task, such as making a purchase or subscribing to an email newsletter.

From the users perspective it's a web page that they see after clicking a link on ...

Generate some Pinterest in your website

2012-04-03T00:00:00.0000000

The web is going Pinterest crazy at the moment. Pinterest is the latest thing in social media, and since its launch in 2010 has been the fastest growing social site ever.

Unlike other social media sites Pinterest is based on visuals, pinning images to your own personal 'pin board' and sharing these images with others. It's a beautifully built site and people can spend hours browsing through images and 're-pinning' the ones they like to their own boards.

Like all good social media sites Pinterest offers web-developers the tools to integrate with their own websites. In ...