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I was approached by Paul Armstrong, who had a clear idea of a web app he wanted to make. A pub finder, but not just locations of pubs in your area… a pub finder that allowed you to select exactly what you wanted from a pub/bar/restaurant/club. E.g. if you wanted a pub in Reading, that served real ales and had a dart board – you could find that exact thing.

It was also important to have the ability to search for directions to these pubs with a click of a button.

Time at the Bar | Reponsive layout

So I took the brief to my colleague at Adventure Internet, Martyn Doherty, and we got started on a plan. We quickly enlisted the help of our resident graphic designer, Ralph Solly, who bought his vast experience in illustration to the table.

Ralph helped on the design of the website and also designed all the graphics/icons and beer mats. This allowed Martyn and I to knuckle down and start building the search functionality which would be the backbone of the app. And when Martyn wasn’t helping out on the developing side, he was gathering the data to go on the site. This data was then merged with some of Paul’s existing data, and then imported through the custom admin panel we created. This import used a simple .CSV upload technique. The website was also built with a responsive layout, this made the mobile usage with out and about much more enjoyable.

After a month or so of back and forth with new ideas and amendements to the site, it was ready to go in to Beta mode. So here it is! Feel free to visit the site – Time at the bar, and if you would like to leave any feedback about this project please contact me.

Noblestar got in touch with me through my old company Pink Liquorice. They were on a short timescale and needed a website quick. So we set to work on a design that helped them get across all of their key messaging.

After a few days of working closely with Gaby at Noblestar, we had a design ready to go. The key part to this project was providing Noblestar with a system that they could maintain on their own. After showing them a demo of WordPress they quickly saw the benefits of using it as a CMS and the decision was made.

The site is all up and running and I can safely say it was one of the quickest and most enjoyable projects I’ve worked on. Noblestar were responsive throughout and because of their continued interest, we ended up with a final product we were all really happy with.

James, from Surrey Beekeeper came to me with some WordPress queries. He already had a website built in WordPress and a custom theme enabled but he wanted a few more additions. These were a horizontal drop down menu and eCommerce integration.

For the menu I looked at the colours and font style on the site and developed a multi-level drop down that sits across the top of all the pages for the site. This was an improvement to the vertical menu in the side bar that actually sat below the fold.

For the eCommerce platform we installed the WP plugin Shopp, this was setup and configured to allow James to add new products to his store at will. All payments are recorded and tracking information is sent to his Google Analytics account.

James Dearsley – “He delivered far more than I expected”

Not in My Name came to me as a new 2 piece band that wanted a website to show off their material. We stared the build with a few concept ideas and before we knew it a logo and colour scheme had been created, which was ready to go.

The way we decided to integrate their music to the site is with Soundcloud. Using WordPress to build the site allowed us to be flexible with the design and what features we implemented. It is still a work in progress so keep checking back to see the latest developments.

NIMN – “Impressed with Matt’s ability to turn an idea into a fully workable reality”

Ralph came to me about rebuilding his website. He was using Cargo Collective at the time for his site but was unable to really customise it how he would like. So we set to work on a new design and when it got approved I put the new website together in WordPress.

This now gives Ralph the ability to edit his site however he would like. I also transferred his blogspot blog to the new WordPress website, now he will built his SEO all under one, new, customised domain.

Ralph Solly – “I am confident to know that Matt is there to help me should there be a problem”

To put it simply, Martyn and I found a gap in the market for a Fajita Recipes website with decent clear instructions, and recipes people may actually use. So here it is! Not much else to tell. If anyone would like their own branded recipe site give me a shout!

Myself – “Deffo want to make that Mexican Shepherd’s Pie!”