Peacock Carter Corporate Blog

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Web design improvements

In between a few of our bigger projects, Richard has been working on some web design improvements for some of our existing clients with website maintenance agreements.

There's anything seriously wrong with the current designs these websites use, but as the content and information contained within them changes, Peacock Carter feel it is appropriate to improve the websites design to better reflect the new information.

Posted on 18/06/2008 17:08 by Michael and has 0 comments. Read the rest or make a comment.

Biscuits are good for (web) business!

BBC News confirmed what Peacock Carter have known for some time the other day: that biscuits are key to business deals!

Biscuits on Peacock Carter's website Since our website's redesign, (see 'Peacock Carter v2'), you may have noticed the mentions of tea and biscuits scattered throughout the website's copy, and it doesn't lie: we have plenty of tea, coffee and biscuits!

Posted on 09/06/2008 15:07 by Richard and has 0 comments. Read the rest or make a comment.

Peacock Carter Update: Websites & More

Just a quick update from Peacock Carter: we're busy working on quite a few large (mostly development-based projects) at the moment, of which we can't reveal any details (at least for the moment). We're also working on the usual website design and corporate identity projects for a number of clients in the Durham and Newcastle area, of which some may end up in our design portfolio.

Posted on 04/06/2008 09:11 by Richard and has 0 comments. Read the rest or make a comment.

Pedal for Charity: Web Design

Pedal for Charity is a 6000km cycle around Europe in aid of 2 charities - WaterAid and CLIC Sargent - by two friends.

Posted on 13/05/2008 20:24 by Richard and has 0 comments. Read the rest or make a comment.

Web Design & Development: Murtek IT

We're pleased to announce the launch of the website for Murtek Business IT Solutions Ltd (Murtek IT).

Posted on 30/04/2008 20:13 by Richard and has 0 comments. Read the rest or make a comment.

Gateshead Business Forum, 2008

Michael and I will be at the Gateshead Business Forum at the Hilton NewcastleGateshead tomorrow, between 16:00 and 18:00 - we'll have plenty of business cards and pens, so feel free to come and talk if you spot one of us.

Posted on 30/04/2008 17:01 by Richard and has 0 comments. Read the rest or make a comment.

Improve Your Website With 5 Free Ideas

Five quick ideas to help you improve your business website...for free!

Posted on 25/04/2008 11:20 by Richard and has 0 comments. Read the rest or make a comment.

Web Design & Development: Goswick Cottage

Web design for Goswick Old Farm Cottage Peacock Carter are pleased to announce the new brochure website designed for Goswick Old Farm Cottage, at www.goswickoldfarmcottage.co.uk.

Posted on 21/04/2008 12:28 by Richard and has 0 comments. Read the rest or make a comment.

Modules for Toucan CMS™

One of the great things about Toucan CMS™ is that it is a modular Content Management System. This keeps the core system light and simple, and doing only one thing: content management.

Posted on 16/04/2008 13:37 by Michael and has 0 comments. Read the rest or make a comment.

Toucan CMS™ v2 - Screenshots

Thought I'd make a quick post with some screenshots of the shiny-new version of Toucan CMS, our content management system.

Posted on 15/04/2008 15:05 by Richard and has 2 comments. Read the rest or make a comment.

Selling online with Drupal e-Commerce

I mentioned earlier about my second book, Selling online with Drupal e-Commerce, and how it was available for pre-order. Well, it is now published, and I received my author copies yesterday!

Posted on 10/04/2008 10:30 by Michael and has 0 comments. Read the rest or make a comment.

Web Designers versus Web/Media Agencies

There are, doubtless, huge numbers of web designers and developers, not just in Newcastle, but across the UK. A previous post on this blog was 'what to look for in a web designer or developer', but I in this post, I'd like to concentrate on the differences between a web designer and full-service 'media agencies'.

Posted on 09/04/2008 13:48 by Richard and has 0 comments. Read the rest or make a comment.

Peacock Carter v2

If you've been checking back on our website over the past few weeks, you'll have noticed (hopefully) the new design for our website, and that we've moved in to new offices in the Design Works centre in Gateshead, near Newcastle. Michael and I dubbed this 'Peacock Carter v2', since it's a new era for the business. That, and we're really sad.

Posted on 07/04/2008 19:31 by Richard and has 3 comments. Read the rest or make a comment.

Website Design & Development: Site Waste Planning

We're pleased to announce the new website for Site Waste Planning Ltd, a construction and destruction consultancy business formed in Newcastle. www.sitewasteplanning.co.uk.

Posted on 05/04/2008 09:45 by Richard and has 0 comments. Read the rest or make a comment.

Improving Our Development Process

We have some really big news to anounce shortly, but we are waiting for a few other key things to come in to play before we make the announcement. Until then, I thought I would provide a post about some improvements I have been making to the development process here at Peacock Carter.

Posted on 18/03/2008 20:08 by Michael and has 2 comments. Read the rest or make a comment.

Two Weeks

We’re very busy with preparations for a bit of a change at Peacock Carter, hopefully within the next two weeks or so. In between discovering that, in heraldry, a peacock stands for ‘beauty, power, and knowledge’ (see ‘The Meanings Behind the Symbols’) whilst a ‘carter’ doesn’t even exist in such a context, we’re working on quite a nice range of projects for clients and for ourselves, including an overhaul of Toucan, our content management system, based upon feedback from our clients.

Posted on 06/03/2008 21:10 by Richard and has 0 comments. Read the rest or make a comment.