Peacock Carter Corporate Blog
Choosing The Perfect Domain Name
One of the most fundamental things for your website is a domain name. A domain name is an address which identifies your website on the Internet. For example, Peacock, Carter & Associates use www.peacockcarter.co.uk and www.peacockcarter.com.
Top Seven Things To Avoid With Your Website
I've compiled a list of the top seven things to avoid with your website, along with an explanation for why each thing is a bad idea.
The things I've covered include irritating link text, inconsistent site navigation, overuse of JavaScript and irrelevant or useless page titles.
What A Week!
It's been quite a week at Peacock Carter!
Lots of new designs have came off the production line (aka Richard): two for existing websites which we manage, which we decided needed a spruce up! The new designs are great, and should make those sites a lot better (i.e. shinier and easier-to-use) than before, but it also means we need to upgrade the framework those sites are running on, to be powered by Toucan CMS. I’ll post another update once I’ve sorted that out.
Kinetic Couriers & Exports Ltd - Website Design & Development
Peacock, Carter & Associates are pleased to announce the new website for Kinetic Couriers & Exports Ltd, a Leicester-based courier company.
You can view Kinetic Exports’ new website at www.kineticexports.co.uk.
New Telephone Number
We have a new telephone number - 0191 423 6208, which will eventually replace the old number for our North East office, 0121 288 2683. Either number will currently still get through. Please leave a message if we’re not around, and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
Web Designers & Developers - What To Look For
We’ve a client who was paying £100 a year for their (non-standard, .cc) domain name (for comparison, a .co.uk domain name is currently £6.09 for two years, including VAT, through 123-Reg). I can’t say I was surprised to hear this - quite a few of our clients are amazed at how inexpensive things such as domain names and web site hosting can be. Some web design companies do take advantage of those who know very little about the World Wide Web and hopefully, I’ll be able to prevent a few more dupes in the future with what follows - what to look for in a web designer or developer.
Clear Project Briefs - You Know What & We Know What
One frequent problem with creating something for a client such as a web design, is knowing exactly what they want, and also for the client to know exactly what to expect from the supplier.
Welcome to the Blog!
Finally, we have our blog up and running! Client work and other projects really have been keeping us busy: so busy, that it took us 7 months to get round to creating this skin for WordPress and getting the blog set up properly. Thankfully, most of our site is almost done, so the blog should receive regular updates from now on!