We were asked to design and produce a new website for Bath-based photographer Simon Lees. Using the WordPress framework allowed us to provide him with a full CMS for the site, giving him control of the content and galleries to manage himself in the future. A key consideration with the site design was to really …more
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Telly Voices – A New London Voice Artist Agency
tallhatDesign was commissioned to design and produce a website for this new Voice Artist Agency. A database driven site with a CMS and data collection for artists’ submissions was required, and we also provided consultancy and CMS training to the in-house team to manage their listed artists. The site provides various search and filtering options …more
A few new launches
This is long overdue, and I still need to update the portfolio, but recent site launches for tallhatDesign include: 1) A portfolio and showcase website for Director of Photography Roger Chapman – www.rogerchapman.co.uk – this WordPress site makes extensive use of video content. 2) Artbiz – www.art-biz.co.uk is a responsive WordPress site for business consultant Keith …more
New year, New office
Happy New Year for 2014! The new year is a fresh start with a change of office. tallhatDesign is now located in the new Coworking Bath ‘Hub’ also called ‘The Guild‘ (appropriately next door to the Guildhall in the centre of Bath [Google map], next to the weir). The main tallhatDesign phone number 01225 445505 remains …more
Beware of 123-reg and their auto-renewal tactics
Many years ago I registered 3 domains for a client with 123-reg.co.uk. About 18 months ago the client ceased to exist and the domains because surplus to requirement. I believe I then set the domains to ‘expire’ via the 123-reg control panel because otherwise I knew they would be auto-renewed and I’d be charged.
Fast forward to today (15 November). I received an email saying 123 had renewed the domains and had taken the money…
Twitter feeds suddenly empty?
Or showing something like ‘No public twitter messages’? It’s probably because Twitter have recently changed the method used for third party sites and plugins to display tweets inline and your site code is using the old method which has now been discontinued. The solution is to…
Elastislide and WordPress
Elastislide is a useful jQuery plugin which allows the easy setup of horizontal carousels of images that are responsive and touch-enabled (swipe-able). However, I came across a problem when trying to install Elastislide in a WordPress deployment for a ‘logo parade’. Nothing would show up. After a bit of hair-pulling I figured that it was …more
Scrollcase template – now available on Themeforest
We have produced a second responsive HTML5/jquery web template which is designed to work well on modern browsers AND on iPad, iPhone etc. It’s just been approved at Themeforest and is now available for $12 – so if you’re looking for a web template which has a one-page format and scrolling transitions plus Flexslider and …more
Bath Cake Company
Absolutely delicious! Cakes cakes cakes… We designed and produced the website for Bath Cake Company. The website is set up using the WordPress platform, which provides a great way to keep the site content up-to-date and ‘in house’. We provided training and also set up a comprehensive photo gallery which can be filtered by category.
Slidexy template – now available at Themeforest!
We’re testing the water in the template/theme market and have produced a dynamic and responsive HTML5 web template which is designed to work well on modern browsers AND on iPad, iPhone etc. It’s just been approved at Themeforest and is now available for $12 – so if you’re looking for a web template that’s a …more