http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php The Web Design portfolio for Norfolk Web Designer Tom Girling Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:42:15 GMT http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/images/logo.jpg http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=mti-intouch http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=mti-intouch Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT This site was built using the popular & easy to use Wordpress platform enabling MTI Intouch (Massage Training Institute) to edit the content and add new images when required. The website also features two methods for online booking - one to pay instantly online & the second to place a booking via email and pay offline (bacs transfer or cheque). http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=hideaway-barn http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=hideaway-barn Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT Built with a fixed price package, this website helps promote Hideaway Barn holiday accommodation in Wells, north Norfolk http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=davince-photography http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=davince-photography Wed, 24 Aug 2011 08:00:00 GMT This site was built using the popular & easy to use Wordpress platform enabling Davince Photography to edit the content and add new images when required. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=the-saltings-cley http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=the-saltings-cley Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:00:00 GMT Built with a fixed price package, this website helps promote The Saltings holiday cottage in Cley, north Norfolk http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=fire-reduction-services http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=fire-reduction-services Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:00:00 GMT Built with a fixed price package, this website helps promote Fire Reduction Services online. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=blakeney-moorings-restaurant http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=blakeney-moorings-restaurant Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:00:00 GMT The Moorings is a well known restaurant in Blakeney on the North Norfolk coast. This new contemporary website helps to promote the restaurant online, allowing visitors to see up to date menus before booking. The eye catching slideshow on the home page that features some of the restaurants dishes, really helps give a feel for what the restaurant has to offer. The design and feel of the Moorings website also matches their holiday accommodation website that I also designed/built for them. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=norfolk-scouts http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=norfolk-scouts Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT After having designed and built the website for the Norfolk Scouts Jamboree - Norjam 2010, I was approached by the Norfolk Scouts to design and build them a large new website. The website has been built using the Expression Engine CMS. Built dynamically throughout, the website has a News section, noticeboard, blog, events calendar, google maps showing Scout district maps as well as static pages. The website not only has the public area, but also a much larger members only area which gives Norfolk Scouting members easy access to a wealth of information. This website has now been featured at number 1 in the top ten UK  Scouting Websites by the Scouting Association (Feb/March 2011 issue Scouting Magazine). http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=bed-and-sofa-warehouse-norwich http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=bed-and-sofa-warehouse-norwich Sat, 15 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT This relatively simple website was designed and built for the Bed and Sofa Warehouse in Norwich to market their business online. Built with search engines in mind, within a week of lauch, this website quickly made its way to the front page of google for several key search phrases relating to their furniture business in Norwich. This website was created using one of my fixed price web design packages. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=pudding-cottage-thursford http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=pudding-cottage-thursford Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:00:00 GMT Pudding Cottage in Thursford, North Norfolk, is a newly refurbished holiday cottage. The website has been designed and built to help promote the holiday accommodation online. The website has a clean, spacious layout that helps show the property at its best. This website was created using one of my fixed price web design packages. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=pension-loans-today http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=pension-loans-today Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:00:00 GMT I was approached to build a website for a Pension finance company. I helped find a suitable domain name for the project and then created a web design that I felt suited the business. There are plans for the expansion of the website in the long term and the setup of a Google Adwords campaign (pay per click) still to come. This website was created using one of my fixed price web design packages. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=norfolk-tree-surgeon http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=norfolk-tree-surgeon Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:00:00 GMT Norfolk based A Clarke Tree Surgery approached me to design and build a website to represent them online. As they had a large library of photographs for use, it was decided from the beginning that a slideshow and a gallery would be incorporated into the website to help display their services in a more digestible format. The website has a clean, visual feel which helps to extend the company image. This website was created using one of my fixed price web design packages. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=english-cambridge-language-courses http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=english-cambridge-language-courses Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT English Cambridge approached me to build a website to promote their business online. The company already had a web design that they wished to use, I built the website for them and refined the design as it progressed. Over time, the website will expand with the addition of new pages & functionality. The website has been search engine optimised throughout both on screen and behind the scenes. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=oregano-uk http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=oregano-uk Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT Oregano UK approached me originally to make a few small changes to their OsCommerce powered online shop. In time it became apparent that the website wasn't engaging as many visitors as it should have done. It was decided to give the shop a redesign using the existing OsCommerce build to help engage visitors. We also used this as an opportunity to add extra content and make a few other changes to help increase the search engine visibility (seo) - at the time of writing phase one of the seo project has been done, we have plans to take this a step further in the future with phase two which will involve further search engine optimisation. One of the main focusses of this redesign was to reduce the bounce rate* which with the previous existing design was at a very high 50-60%, within a month of launching the new website design, the bounce rate fell to a very respectable 22-23%. *bounce rate - the percentage of website visitors that only view a single page before leaving your website. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=church-farm-barn http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=church-farm-barn Wed, 12 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT The owner of Church Farm Barn, approached me originally about increasing the number of visitors to his website. The first obstacle to overcome was the actual design of the existing website which wasn't showing the property or business to its maximum potential. It was decided to rebuild the website with a new web design whilst improving the search engine optimisation of the website at the same time. The end result has been a growth in the number of visitors to the website, but more importantly a decrease in the bounce rate* to around 22-25% which is a very good figure. *bounce rate - the percentage of website visitors that only view a single page before leaving your website. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=denise-michelle-makeup-artist http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=denise-michelle-makeup-artist Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:00:00 GMT This is a clean, simple website design for Freelance Norfolk Makeup artist Denise Michelle. I also organized the photography shoot to supply the photographs for the home page and portfolio pages. Some of the images are mine, some are taken by  other photographers at the same photo shoot. The slideshow on the home page & the gallery on the portfolio pages use the javascript library Jquery, which is a far more accessible way of programming them rather than using flash. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=watermill-ixworth-suffolk http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=watermill-ixworth-suffolk Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT The Watermill in Ixworth, Suffolk, is a special property that needed careful handling to show the holiday accommodation at its best. Being a large property with even larger gardens & water features, it was important to show as many images as possible whilst keeping the website presentation clean & easy to navigate. As well as an editor allowing the owners to edit the text themselves, the website also has an availability calendar allowing users to check for available booking periods before making contact.   http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=old-townhall-house-cley-norfolk http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=old-townhall-house-cley-norfolk Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT The owner of Old Town Hall House originally approached me to do a few small website updates and modifications. In time we decided that it would be worth while giving the whole website a cosmetic face lift to the same standard as the 5 star property itself. The website has had a redesign, but not a rebuild - the underlying code is still from the original website. As well as the redesign, I have also put in place an editor so that the owner can modify a few sections of text herself. The Old Town Hall House website is an ongoing project with new small changes being made whenever the owner requests them. As well as the main website, there is also a website for two other properties that the same owner runs - The Mews Apartment and the Studio Suite, these have also been given a redesign to match Old Town Hall House. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=counting-house-blakeney http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=counting-house-blakeney Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT The Counting House is a traditional flint holiday cottage in Blakeney, North Norfolk. The interior has been designed and fitted out to high standards in a contemporary style. The website design had to match the same clean look and feel that the property itself has. The client has the ability to edit all of the text on the website, with the added feature of the late availability box that can be enabled or disabled when required. There is also an availability calendar on the availability page so users can instantly check when the property is free before booking.   http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=commuter-guide http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=commuter-guide Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT The Commuter Guide started out as a book - "The Daily Telegraph Guide to Commuterland". The book has been through many revisions over the years, containing updated and revised information in each new edition. The book contains local information, house prices and guide property values for towns and areas that are within reach of London by rail links. Converting the book into a website was not a straight forward task - with over 350 towns/areas all having individual pages as a starting point, ease of navigation was a must! The website has expanded the information contained in the book with the addition of a google map for each town and also the ability to navigate by county, again with the use of a large google map. Other additional benefits include things like automatic cross linking whenever a town is mentioned within an article. The Commuter Guide is set to expand in the future with more information & more rail lines.   http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=raffaella-barker http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=raffaella-barker Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:00:00 GMT I was approached by the well known Norfolk based author Raffaella Barker to recycle & rework her existing website adding a new blog at the same time. The website has been completely reconstructed from the ground up using a content management system (cms) that also allows Raffaella to edit the text on any of her webpages at any time. As well as the blog, we took the decision to also include some social networking and social bookmarking. This has been done by adding a feed from her Twitter account to show the most recent tweet at the top of the blog page. Whenever Raffaella adds a new post to her blog, her Twitter status is automatically updated to show the title of the new article/blog post with a link to it....this in turn updates her Facebook status with the same information. This helps draw in more readers & helps to keep readers interested whenever new material is posted.  As well as the social networking, the blog also has a Feedburner RSS feed which allows users to subscribe to the blog & also be notified when there is a new post - Feedburner also 'pings' many search engines with the new content to help publicize the new blog post. There is also a comment system that allows users to join in with the blog adding yet more user interactivity. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=living-rhythm http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=living-rhythm Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT The Living Rhythm website has been designed with a hand made feel, giving it a greener and more organic look. The website itself has been developed to promote the Living Rhythm massage and healing services based in both in Norfolk and near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. The website has been built so that the client can edit the text on any of the web pages easily, new articles can also be added to the research section - making it flexible and expandable for the future. As well as designing and developing the website, I also took the photographs used on the website (except the older images on the about page). Overall the website has a unique look and feel that compliments the beliefs and ideas that Living Rhythm follows. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=norjam-2010 http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=norjam-2010 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:00:00 GMT Norjam 2010 is the Norfolk Scouts 13th jamboree, attracting visitors from all over the world, the 2010 event to be held at the Norwich show ground in Norfolk looks to be the largest to date. The website is being launched and developed in stages - because of this it has been built using a powerful content management system (cms) that allows the website to expand as and when needed. The site will also include web pages with an information feed from the BBC, photo gallery, videos and news blog system. An important part of the website was the inclusion of the facility for the Scouts to be able to add and edit the content themselves. (edit: some of the extra webpages are now in place) The website has been built using html, css, php and javascript. While it is based on an existing CMS, there are also several custom modules that are used throughout the website. The design of the website is bold, colourful and clean, in doing this it fits in with the other predesigned printed materials for the jamboree and Scout branding.   http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=family-history-finders http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=family-history-finders Fri, 27 Feb 2009 08:00:00 GMT Family History Finders is a unique genealogy research centre near Norwich, Norfolk that has been set up to help clients find out more about their ancestry. The website has been designed to help show what facilities genealogy centre offers as well as showing the forthcoming courses and workshops. The website has been built using a Content management system (cms) that allows the company to edit the text on all the webpages very easily whenever they like. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=responsible-safari-company http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=responsible-safari-company Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT The Responsible Safari Company is based in Malawi, Africa. This meant that all communications for the whole project were by email only. This worked incredibly well with us being in regular contact exchanging emails regularly. Time differences between the countries involved are minimal (only an hour difference) so all email exchanges could happen during normal working hours.  The website itself is built using a database and a custom editor allowing the client to edit the text on the website whenever they like. The website has been developed to include several engaging, interactive features, including a large google map, large map images, newsletter subscription and information selection panels. The Responsibly Safari Company was in the process of setting up from scratch - this meant that there was no brand or 'look' in place for me to reference to. Because of this I also designed the logo and used this as a starting point to design the website from. Although the website has quite a few interactive features, the navigation has been kept very simple and intuitive to use. The website has been built using html, css, php, javascript and a little flash animation. Since the website was launched, I have continued to provide the Responsible Safari Company with more services including animated web banners and several magazine adverts which all closely follow the established company brand.   http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=chaucer-barn http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=chaucer-barn Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT Chaucer Barn is a luxury converted barn in Norfolk near Holt that can be rented for holiday accommodation, short breaks and events. A key part of the website design was to show the room layout, making it possible to see each room in the barn and see where it is in relation to the rest of the property - with so many rooms this was an important and complicated task. The website has been built using html, css, php, javascript and a little flash animation. As well as designing and building the website, I was also responsible for taking most of the promotional photographs featured on the website. The website design is clean, spacious, contemporary and easy to navigate - and as such compliments Chaucer Barn itself.   http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=phi-barn-mastering http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=phi-barn-mastering Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT I was approached by Philosophers Barn Mastering to create a website to help promote the new Audio Mastering Company. When I was approached, the new business didn't even have a name or a logo. I assisted them with the name selection and I also designed the logo as well. During my visit to the premises, I also did the photography for the website making sure that I had plenty of images to choose from. Philosophers Barn Mastering is a unique audio mastering facility not far from Norwich near the Norfolk and Suffolk border. Positioned within the Norfolk countryside, the website had to reflect the image of the business - state of the art modern audio equipment located in an old barn. There is an intended second phase for the website at some stage in the future that will include extra articles and a blog/news page, for now the website is a simple three page layout that is easy to navigate. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=hindringham-primary-school http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=hindringham-primary-school Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:00:00 GMT This website was designed and built to help promote the Hindringham Primary School. Built using php, html and CSS - the construction of this site is, on the whole quite simple. The news page has been built using a custom built blog style content management system that can be edited and added to at any time by the school. The Diary page is also set up as an editable section that the School can modify themselves at any time. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=byeways-cottage-cley-norfolk http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=byeways-cottage-cley-norfolk Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:00:00 GMT The design and build of a website to promote the Byeways holiday cottage in Cley, Norfolk. Built using php, html, CSS and a little javascript. The site as a whole is simple, clean and functional. Built into the website is the ability to edit sections of predefined text so that the owners can update key areas of the website themselves. Other points to note are the use of two extra pieces of text that automatically show and hide late availability or special offers when required and the inclusion of an embedded google map showing the location. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=design-tomgirling http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=design-tomgirling Wed, 07 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT This is the first incarnation of the website that you are looking at now. Design trends and businesses move on - it was time for a new look, so I had to wave good bye to the old textural website. (June 2010) Whilst on the surface this website has a clean, simple yet textural appearance, beneath the surface there is a custom built blog style content management system powering the portfolio section. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=uk-product-finder http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=uk-product-finder Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:00:00 GMT A site designed using a full content management system (CMS) that allows content to be added at any time. The site is planned to grow with more content with the possible future addition of a more community based input including forums and user contributions. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=tom-girling-cv http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=tom-girling-cv Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:00:00 GMT Built to show some of my wide range of work, including photography, audio and graphics. Built as a fixed width site using html and CSS for the main construction. The menus, buttons and slideshow are all created using flash to create a more dynamic feel. This website now shows work that is quite dated - the website that you are viewing now shows my current web design portfolio. http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=jo-spaul http://www.design.tomgirling.co.uk/portfolio.php?website=jo-spaul Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:00:00 GMT This website was designed for Norfolk artist Jo Spaul to showcase some of her work. A unique site with a handmade feel. The site was originally built using just html and CSS, but has since been altered to run on PHP (by someone else). The site has changed since I did the original design work, but the look and feel are still much the same.