We’ve worked with Garden Affairs over a number of years and have just launched a brand new responsive ModX website for them, updating their overall look-and-feel, implementing new functionality and content, and improving the back-end/CMS experience from the previous site. www.gardenaffairs.co.uk “We are already seeing improved enquiries coming from the site and have had excellent …more
On a recent project i was looking at web font options for a particular style consistent with primary school typeface usage – i.e. where the lowercase ‘a’ has no top arch (also called “single-story”). There are several usual suspects here, such as Sassoon Primary, FSAlbert, Futura, even (shudder) Comic Sans! I thought I’d also check …more
Requirement: To overhaul branding and an ageing website design and rebuild using a improved CMS. Deliverables: Brand assets, Directing photo shoot, Structural site consultancy (review existing site, assess information hierarchy and usability); website design visuals; build project management (WordPress); training and handover. Website: www.integralchange.co.uk
tallhatDesign has worked with Highlight PR in Bath for a number of years. They were looking for an update to their corporate identity and a fresh, responsive website. We created a number of brand concepts, then developed the final logo, artwork and brand guidelines. We then built a brand new website and managed the migration …more
2016 sees the launch of a new brand for a piano tutoring product from new company ‘Piano Portals’. Further details on our portfolio page: Piano Portals
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
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
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
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
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…
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 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
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
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.
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
This garden buildings company came to us to help rebrand and build them a full database-driven CMS website to showcase their products. We chose the modX framework for the website, given the complexity and scope of the data structure and hierarchies. We trained the client who was then able to input all their images and …more
Nick Shipp Architects required a full rebrand and a new website to showcase their work. The rebrand involved the presentation of a number of logo concepts which were developed following client feedback to the ‘sign-off’ stage, after which stationery artwork was produced and we moved on to the website design and build. The website required …more
Not a typical web ‘design’ project – the client are a design agency themselves and wanted to produce something a little different. They also had their own visual ideas and artwork, and were looking for a partner to help implement their ideas. To begin with we looked at the options for implementing this type of …more
We designed the new branding, stationery and website for this Bath-based PR company. The website is based on the popular WordPress platform, which was already familiar to the business owner, and provides a great way to keep the site content up-to-date and ‘in house’. A bespoke WordPress theme was designed and developed. We also designed …more
The last couple of years has seen the rise of the embedded web font. At last it’s become practical to use more than the handful of standard system fonts within websites. There are many options for embedding web fonts, but surely one of the most ubiquitous sources is Google. They currently have 197 font families …more