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& Website Design UK

Web Design Information

Whether you're looking for a simple 3 page web design or a dynamic online shop, we pride ourselves on offering our clients affordable, high quality websites that will perform for you and your business.

eCommerce
Web Design Packages

Online Shop Information

We make starting or upgrading your online shop as simple and cost effective as possible. Choose from our 'Off The Self' Open Source packages or our website developers can build you something truly bespoke.

Web Optimisation
& Internet Marketing

SEO Information

All of our websites are built as standard to be 'Search Engine Friendly'. We also offer a range of optimisation campaigns to boost and stabilise your organic rankings in the leading search engines like Google, Bing & Yahoo.

New Business Websites
With our Website Builder Packages

Website Builder Information

Get your business online quickly and affordably with our new Website Builder Package. In 5 easy steps you can choose a design, add pages, pick dynamic features and receive an instant online quotation.

Welcome to
Creare Web Design & Marketing

We are one of the UK's largest web design and marketing companies, offering clients the complete service spanning design, development and marketing.

When choosing a web design company, the design and usability of the website plays an important role in the success of your online marketing. At Creare we traditionally employ both graphic and web designers who together, stunning, appropriate designs that are technically sound. Equally important are the following factors that you should take into consideration:

  1. Web Design - Cross platform, industry standard coding with a keen focus on website usability.
  2. Marketing - An understanding of your online objectives and existing marketing concepts.
  3. Website Optimisation - Search engine friendly website coding and maintenance of search engine rankings.
  4. Functionality - Bespoke dynamic systems such as CMS and eCommerce, developed to your exact requirements.

For more information about any of our services then please call us on 0800 01 999 06 or alternatively you can complete our online enquiry form.

Web Design
Resources

Web Design Careers at Creare

Web Design CareersAs the largest web design and SEO company in the country, The Creare Group are constantly expanding and recruiting.

We currently have a number of sales, design and development positions available; our people are highly talented, motivated and rewarded. Check out our careers page for the details on our latest vacancies or checkout our web design recruitment video.

Website Design Resources, Templates & Downloads

Our website design resources contain a rich variety of informative PDF's, vector artwork and website templates. All of our website design resources are free to download and are regularly updated by our in-house design team.

Web Design
Portfolio & Case Studies

Below you can find 12 websites from the first two pages of our web design portfolio. Simply click on a website to continue through to the case study. Alongside each thumbnail is a small speech bubble, indicating the features and services for that particular website. Case Studies accompanied with a client testimonial are indicated with the mini red banners.

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MamaBabyBliss Website Design

Mama
BabyBliss

  • Web Design
  • SEO
  • eCommerce

A completely re-developed and re-designed eCommerce website that uses Open Source platforms Magento and Wordpress. [..]

Nicky Clarke

Nicky
Clarke

  • Redesign
  • eCommerce
  • Video content

The Nicky Clarke team approached Creare in early 2010 to rejuvenate their online presence and boost their performance in the search engine rankings [..]

The College of West Anglie

College of
West Anglia

  • Flash
  • Skin Design
  • Graphics

Design and development of a vibrant new website for the College of West Anglia. Creare worked closely with the College to produce a user-friendly and modern site. [..]

Couture To Go Web Design

Couture
To Go

  • Web Design
  • Optimisation
  • eCommerce

Couture To Go is a new eCommerce website that specialises in high-end costume jewellery and accessories for women.

West Country Marquees

Shepherd
Stubbs

  • Website Reskin
  • News / Blog
  • CMS Content

An advanced website for a recruitment agency business spread throughout England. Try Googling 'Recruitment Bedford' or 'Recruitment Agency Kettering'[..]

Secret Seed Society

Secret
Seed

  • Web Design
  • eCommerce
  • Web Video

Web Design for a series of children's books that focus on encouraging healthy eating. Website features include a blog and full e-commerce solution. [..]

Steri-Bottle Web Design Case Study

Steri
Bottle

  • Web Design
  • Wordpress
  • Video Player

Steri-Bottle is an exciting new website built on a Wordpress foundation with full CMS, blog feature and search facility. [..]

Life Music Foundation

Life Music
Foundation

  • Website Design
  • Twitter Feed
  • Forum

Life Music Foundation is a charity that works with deprived young musicians to help them fund and develop their music career pathways [..]

Dore Web Design Case Study

Dore
Programme

  • Web Design
  • Optimisation
  • Functionality

Creare have recently assisted Dore UK in re-designing and structuring their newly re-branded website that offers a programme to help combat learning difficulties. [..]

Cotswold Chickens Case Study

Cotswold
Chickens

  • Web Design
  • eCommerce
  • News Blog

Cotswold Chickens are a friendly, family run business in the Banbury countryside. Cotswold Chickens sell chickens, housing and feed for budding small holders and families across England. [..]

Case Addict

Case
Addict

  • Web Design
  • eCommerce
  • Blog / News

Creare was approached by Case Addict to produce an all-in-one website including a blog, news sytem and an eCommerce platform. [..]

The Pen Warehouse

The Pen
Warehouse

  • Web Design
  • Quote System
  • Full CMS

The Pen Warehouse approached Creare in early 2010 to both re-design and re-develop their flagship website – Pens.co.uk. With a specific target market and functional specification [..]

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Creare's
Web Design Video Blog

Working in the Creare Web Design Team

Web Design news, tips and video tutorials every Friday. Our video blog is written and presented by web designer James Bavington and SEO consultant Nick Rinylo.

  • Working in the Creare Web Design Team
    Posted on Fri, 27 Aug 2010
    Thinking of becoming a web designer? Find out directly from Creare's designers what it's like working in the web design and SEO industry with Creare.
  • Web Designers! Protect your Mac with Undercover
    Posted on Fri, 20 Aug 2010
    James and Nick review a fantastic security product for Mac OS X called Undercover 4. If like us, you're a web design company with a lot of Macs, then this well priced software will have you almost wishing your computers get stolen!
  • How to install WordPress on the root layer of your website
    Posted on Fri, 13 Aug 2010
    Creare's Nick and James show you in a video tutorial; how to install or migrate Wordpress to the root folder on your website. The process is very simple despite being a daunting prospect.

Web Design
News & Blogs

Industry news, rumours, tips and advice for both web designers and UK businesses.

  • Internet Explorer 9 ? Web Designers Update
    Posted on Thu, 19 Aug 2010
    Today Stephen looks at the latest news and developments surrounding Internet Explorer 9, and what we can look forward to in this latest release.
  • .CO Website Domain Names now Available
    Posted on Wed, 21 Jul 2010
    .CO Domain Names are now globally available as the new alternative to overpopulated domain extensions. We take a look at the opportunities of 'dot-co' and if purchasing a .CO domain is worth the investment.
  • Apple launches Safari 5 Website Browser
    Posted on Wed, 09 Jun 2010
    Apple have released the newest version of their Web Browser, Safari 5, which features expanded HTML5 support and the introduction of an extensions platform.

Website Design
Articles & Tutorials

Website Design tips, tricks and tutorials written by Creare's senior web designers.

  • Auto-Add an Image to a WordPress Excerpt?s Design
    Posted on Wed, 25 Aug 2010
    In this tutorial, we show you how to automatically pull an image from a Wordpress Blog Post and add it within a Blog Homepage's excerpt-formatted template.
  • SimplePie RSS for your Website Design
    Posted on Tue, 24 Aug 2010
    Adding a news feed to your homepage or website is not as hard as you may think. Using a combination of Wordpress, and SimplePie, Michael Angrave shows how to implement this in 3 simple steps.
  • Introduction to Shorthand CSS for Website Design
    Posted on Tue, 03 Aug 2010
    This week, James explains the use of shorthand CSS properties to help reduce coding and load times. This is a very good method to maintain, and will dramatically speed up the time it takes you to code a website.

Web Design History

Web site design has come a very long way since the Internet's very first web site back in the early 1990's. Like the Internet's very first web sites, the majority of sites are presented in a computer language called HTML (HyperText Markup Language). HTML is currently in its' 4th version, with the next major version, HTML 5 currently being rolled out. HTML 4 has been the core Internet Mark-Up language for nearly 10 years. Ever since the original conception of HTML, the Internet boom has spawned an array of hundreds if not thousands of other languages, software and mediums that are used in collaboration to produce modern, attractive and dynamic web sites.

Web Site Design & Web Development

In modern times, there are a whole host of features available to build a both stunning and interactive web site. The construction and completion of a web site can be categorised in two main areas:

1. The Design

The primary objective of a web site should be to meet the requirements of the client. In most cases this would be to attract then convert Internet users into customers, subscribers or in the case of charities, donators. The design of the web site is paramount to reassuring, educating and ultimately convincing the viewer that they have come to the right place, or that they have found what they are looking for. It is the responsibly of the web design company or sole web designer, to produce a suitable design that is attractive to the target market, and doesn't deter people from exploring the web site. Web designers often use a variety of techniques, programmes and software during the design of a web site. These may include any combination of the following:

  • Hand Drawn designs - and conceptions are used to quickly produce layouts and visuals for the design.
  • Adobe Photoshop - Can be used to produce mock-ups and 'Internet Ready graphics'.
  • Adobe Illustrator - Is another tool for producing mock-ups, graphics and design elements.
  • Adobe Flash - Can be used to produce animation, movement & interaction on a web site.
  • Adobe Dreamweaver - Is used to construct the web site as it is being constructed for the Internet. Some designers even use Dreamweaver to help them with the design process of a web site.
  • CSS - Cascading Style Sheets. CSS is used in conjunction with HTML to design and style the web site from a separate file. The use of CSS brings many advantages including advanced design features, lower file sizes and a universal styling document that updates the presentation and design of the site automatically from a single document.

2. The Development

Once the design of the web site is in place, either as a mock-up or coded HTML skeleton, the web site then requires developing. Development can be as basic as constructing the design as a web page in HTML, or it can be as complex as using the design to 'skin' a complex, Database driven web site. Development can be completed by the same designer, or in the case of bigger/complex projects, within a team of individuals who specialise in certain areas of construction. Web Developers or Web Designers can use any of the following to develop a web site to completion and the ongoing maintenance:

  • HTML - Hypertext Markup Language is the basic language for presenting a website.
  • XHTML - is the markup language with the same depth as HTML, but XHTML also conforms to XML syntax.
  • XML - is a custom language for creating custom markup.
  • RSS - Stands for 'Real Simple Syndication' and is a popular format for publishing frequently updated articles and stories like blogs.
  • ASP.NET - Is the Windows Framework used for dynamic applications.
  • PHP - Is a free (released under the PHP License) scripting language for constructing dynamic web sites.
  • MySQL - Is a Open Source Database platform (available under terms of the GNU General Public License) and used in conjunction with PHP and other languages to store and retrieve data.
  • AJAX - is a coding nickname for the combination technique of XML and Javascript for making rich internet applications.
  • Javascript - is an established client-side scripting language commonly used by web site developers.
  • Perl / CGI - is an aging scripting language that was developed originally for NASA in 1987.
  • Actionscript - is a scripting language primarily used within and to integrate Flash. The latest version of Actionscript is 3.0 but 2.0 is still widely used worldwide.

Open Source and 3rd Party Web Design Software

Creare also utilise Open Source & 3rd party web design software. Open Source is essentially software that is developed by teams of people and is distributed for free on the internet. Open Source software covers a variety of web design applications including blogging software and e-commerce software. To name a few of these applications, Creare are familiar with the following:

  • Wordpress - This is an Open Source blogging platform that requires at minimum, a basic understanding of HTML to install. Wordpress is updated frequently by its' developers and is available worldwide to the public.
  • Magento - This is a free E-Commerce shopping cart application that literally has everything you need to be selling online.
  • EKM Powershop - Is an 'off the shelf' third party shopping basket application. Creare have been using EKM Powershop for several years and are very familiar with their interface.
  • Paypal - Is becoming one of the most popular and safe methods of sending and receiving money via the internet. Creare have experience with integrating and utilising Paypal.
  • Google Checkout - A rival to Paypal, Google Checkout is Google's offering to paying online. Creare are able to integrate Google Checkout into static and e-commerce web sites.

Web Site Accessibility

Another key consideration to think about when choosing a web design company is accessibility and usability. Modern Internet Browsers and web site programming allow web sites to be constructed to allow users to:

  • Increase the font size on your web site.
  • Narrate the text on your web site.
  • Navigate around the site with Back & Forward buttons.

Whilst all of the above factors should be taken for granted when you choose a web design company, the unfortunate fact is that you can't. Ensure that accessibility and 'Cross Platform' support is a key objective of your chosen web designers.