Portfolio

Below is a selection of the sites I have designed between 1997 and 2010, starting with the most recent. The majority of the recent sites are the kind of sites that I now teach people how to create for themselves.

I am also currently building up a portfolio of sites created by students who have been on my 'Build Your Own Website - The Easy Way' course or who I have tutored personally. This will be available to view soon.

Cheltenham Southtown Traders' History

I was commissioned to make the Cheltenham Southtown Traders' History website by Cheltenham Connect, a community inititiative started by Wendy Ellyatt in Spring 2009, that has given rise to several large community events as well as the formation of many subgroups. The history of the shops and business of the south of Cheltenham is a fascinating one spanning several hundred years. The website had to be large enough to provide information on over 150 shops, as well as to be able to cater (in future) for the addition of lots of recorded interviews by local schoolchildren of their grandparents, capturing their memories of life in Tivoli, The Suffolks and the Bath Road area. Website launched November 2010.

Stroud Natural Health Clinic

Stroud Natural Health Clinic wanted a replacement for their existing website that they could keep up-to-date easily. Website created May 2010.

Soultides - Eve Adams, psychotherapist

Soultides is the website of psychotherapist Eve Adams. She wanted to transfer her original site, designed by Jess Bale, so that she could maintain and update it herself. On the site she has added examples of her embroideries, which are displayed using a lightbox gallery effect. Website created February 2010.

Open Eye Conference 2010

OpenEYE consists of a unique and growing multi-disciplinary team of experts who have come together through a shared concern about early childhood in the UK. I was asked to create a website for their London conference in June 2010.

Website designed February 2010.

Aquarius Severn

Aquarius Severn are an astrology group based in Cheltenham who use their site to keep members and local astrologers informed about their current programme of talks, seminars and classes. The website and programme of talks is kept up-to-date by the committee. Website originally designed Summer 2001 - redesigned December 2009.

Rita New

Rita New is a therapist working in Cheltenham, who offers reflexology, Indian head massage and thought field therapy. She wanted to upgrade her existing website, improve its appearance, make it easy to update and add new features such as a google map and contact form.

The website required modifying an existing template to reflect the colour scheme of Rita's marketing materials, and was created in a few days. An appropriate header graphic was chosen to reflect the theme of tranquility, freshness and relaxation.

This website is an example of what can be achieved on a very low budget (less than £150)

Website completed November 2009.

My Video Message

If you want a short video of yourself for your website, for example introducing yourself and your services, then MyVideoMessage offers a professional, quick and affordable service. The brief was to create a functioning site quickly and on a low budget, which the business owner could then add to and fill in himself.

Basic phase completed October 2009.

Child*Star Astrology Profiles

A simple 1-page website to promote Child*Star astrology profiles, written by Montessori teacher, mother and astrologer Kathie Garcia. These can be paid for online via Paypal buttons. Website completed July 2009.

Living Astrology

A long-awaited redesign of my Living Astrology website, from which one can order a Planetary Profile (an astrological character profile). Website completed July 2009.

DanceJourney

A simple website publicising my DanceJourney dance group event of June 27th. Website completed June 2009.

In Search of The Sacred

In Search of The Sacred is a series of talks and events organised by myself and Wendy Ellyatt of Sophos. Speakers so far have included world expert on mazes and laybyrinths Jeff Saward and well-known author and researcher Paul Devereux. The website incorporates Paypal buttons and an intercaive Google map. Website completed March 2009.

Gloucestershire Connections

In 2008 I updated the website associated with my magazine, Gloucestershire Connections. The site contains a private membership area with videos, audio interviews, online dating, a classified ad section, blogs and forums. It also has a large directory of health practitioners, news items and a comprehensive calendar of events. It is an example of a social network plus content managed website, which makes it easy to update with new content. It also supports banner advertising and a weekly newsletter.

Website completed October 2008.

Evelyn Harvey, Medical Writer

Evelyn Harvey is a medical writer specialising in the study of tuberculosis. Currently working on her Phd, she also writes articles for the scientific community and science sections of newspapers such as The Guardian. Evelyn needed a simple website to promote her medical writing services, and which enables potential clients to contact her easily. The site is valid XHTML 1.0.

Website completed March 2008.

Wessex Tree Consultancy

Nigel de Berker is a Tree Consultant with many year's experience of working in the arboricultural field, both as a tree surgeon and consultant. The brief for the Wessex Tree Consultancy website was to have a basic online presence and provide information on the various services offered.

Website completed November 2007.

Joy de Berker, artist

Joy de Berker is an artist working near Bath, and married to Nigel, above. she paints landscapes, seascapes and other subjects using oils, acrylics and other media. The brief was to create an online gallery of her work, as well as provide information about her working methods and forthcoming exhibitions. As with Our Paris Apartment (below), all the information is presented in one page, yet in a visually simple, accessible and easy to use way. The site is valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional and fully compatible with the latest web standards as defined by The World Wide Web Consortium.

Website completed August 2007.

Pilgrims Mind Body Spirit

Pilgrims Mind Body Spirit is a (real!) shop located opposite the Chocolate and Fudge shop below. For this site the client, Bill Anderton, wanted an update to the site I originally designed in 1998, and which he could populate with products himself. Another requirement was that music clips from audio cds could be played easily. Like his other site, it employs a full eCommerce and customer-management system for the smooth processing of orders.

Website structure completed June 2007, Site live in August 2007.

Pilgrims Chocolates and Fudge

Pilgrims Chocolates and Fudge is situated in College Court, next to Gloucester Cathedral. The proprietor, Bill Anderton, whose Pilgrims Mind Body Spirit website I designed in 1998 (see below), asked me in July 2006 to give his existing Chocolates and Fudge website a makeover, and to automate the sales and customer management process.

The site has a full 'shopping basket' system and private areas for wholesale and corporate customers. All the products (fabulous chocolates, mounds of fudge and old-fashioned sweets such as sugar-mice) were photographed in-house and retouched using Adobe Photoshop.

Website completed November 2006, updated autumn 2009.

Testimonial (110k, Adobe Acrobat file).If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, it can be downloaded at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html (free, 15.MB). Alternatively, it is available on the CDs that come with computer magazines.

Our Paris Apartment

Our Paris Apartment is a newly renovated apartment in Le Marais, in the vibrant heart of Paris, and is available for holiday lets. The brief was to create a site that contained all the information a potential guest might need to know, such as local places of interest, maps, booking form, enquiry form, photographs, room layout map etc, yet avoiding the complexity of a multi-page site. The client wanted the site to have the look of an interiors magazine article, to reflect the contemporary chic of the decor.

Website completed June 2006.

Olivia du Monceau, set and costume designer

Olivia du Monceau is a young production designer working in theatre and films, and a graduate of LIPA, the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. Her website, which is very simple in design, shows examples of her stage-craft, and its visual theme is based on her smart black and pink business card. Website completed March 2006. NB This website has now been redesigned by Olivia (February 2009).

Jenna Monroe, singer

Jenna Monroe is a talented singer, pianist and singing teacher, living in the UK. The brief for this site was that it should enable potential agents to hear her vocal skills and be able to contact her quickly and easily. You can listen to clips from a wide variety of her songs, in both lo- and hi-fi.

Website completed February 2006.

Règne

Règne is a beautiful 10-bedroomed country house located in south-western France. It is available to let as either one or two separate properties (La Grande Maison and La Petite Maison). The brief was to design a site that evoked 1950s visual style, whilst avoiding the usual clichés of holiday websites.

Website completed February 2006.

Lucy Byatt, cartoonist and sculptor

Lucy Byatt. Lucy is an illustrator, sculptor, cartoonist and film-maker based in Cheltenham. She designed the pages and asked me to put a site together using Macromedia Dreamweaver, then host it. The job needed to be completed within 10 days, in time for the 2005 Florence Biennalle. Website completed December 2005.

The Centre for Contemporary Furniture

The Centre for Contemporary Furniture. Based in the fashionable Montpellier area of Cheltenham, the Centre showcases the work of contemporary furniture makers and designers. They wanted a site that would match their ethos of good design, simplicity and style. It is a flash-enabled site, since animation has been used throughout. Website completed Autumn 2003.

Please note that the Centre has now closed, due to flood damage in August 2004.

Sound Travels

Sound Travels sells an eclectic mix of music cds, clothing, lighting and other products from around the world. The site is fully e-commerce enabled, and once the framework was set up and graphics such as the large banner designed, I trained the proprietor, Jonathan Barnett, in how to add products to the site, take orders and to make changes as and when he wishes. Google picked up the site automatically, and within two weeks of being online, Jonathan was receiving on average an order per day.

The site was expanded dramatically in the autumn of 2004 by the addition of over 7,000 individual audio clips, so that you can listen to samples from every CD he sells.

1st phase of website completed Spring 2004.

Please note that since November 2007 this website has been redesigned by someone else, so is no longer part of my portfolio.

Laurence Owen, artist

Laurence Owen is a new young British figurative painter and animator. In 2005 he won a New Young British Talent prize given by the Boundary Gallery, London. He is the son of John and Fiona Owen (see below). This website was commissioned by John and Fiona for Laurence's 21st birthday, and contains examples of his paintings, drawings and sculptures, as well as stills from an animation. The aim with this site was to present Laurence's portfolio in as simple, clean and accessible a way as possible. It contains an example of a simple java animation.

Website completed September 2005.

Training Evaluation Solutions

Training Evaluation Solutions, co-run by James Hunt, provides companies with a way of evaluating the changes in behaviour, attitude and work methods in staff brought about by training courses they have run. I was asked recently in April 2005 to create a website based on the style of an existing website they had created. The site keeps mostly to a simple frame, so there is almost no scrolling required. To move from page to page you either click on the 'next page' button (bottom right) or use the large navigation bar, which highlights the page you are looking at.

Website completed April 2005.

John and Fiona Owen, artists and garden designers

John and Fiona Owen are two artists and gardeners who live in Chalford, Gloucestershire. They exhibit their work each summer and their beautiful garden is simultaneously open to the public under the National Garden Scheme. The layout is the same as the Our Venice Apartment website. Website completed December 2004. NB This website was modified in February 2009 in order that John and Fiona can update it themselves.

Our Venice Apartment ('Piccola Perla')

Our Venice Apartment ('Piccola Perla') is Valerie's latest venture into the world of property - an apartment in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. This is a very simple, one page site that needed to be created quickly. It took five days from start to finish, and was designed in close consultation with Valerie. Website completed September 2004. NB This site modified in February 2009.

DTC International

DTCInternational provide executive and management training to a range of well-known blue chip companies. Since I designed their original site in 1997 (redesigned in 2000), they have won several prestigious contracts from companies across the globe, who found them on the Internet. 1st website completed 1997, redesigned in 2000, redesigned again in 2008.

The Career Fulfillment Guide

www.careerfulfilment.com This site sells a series of ebooks written by me and career coach James Hunt, that can be purchased and downloaded instantly. The site starts with a personality questionnaire to enable you to determine which of the 16 guides is right for you. Website completed December 2002, redesigned October 2009.