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dermatologist.co.uk: New powerpoint presentation

2012-01-30T10:33:00.000Z

dermatologist.co.uk: New powerpoint presentation

Happy New Year

2012-01-03T14:22:00.002Z

This year 2012 - Twenty Twelve rolls off the tongue pretty smoothly and so lets all wish for an smooth year as well.

Redcetera does and hopes that despite the 'big economic downturn' we should all believe more in ourselves and let this year be an upwards and onwards succesful 2012.

The role of the internet with E-commerce in particular is growing so fast that year on year growth figures can't quite keep up with sensible numbers. Online businesses in both the business to business (BtoB) or business to consumers (BtoC) sectors have learned a lot from the past few years and have started to listen to their web savvy visitors who now want more than just a shopping basket but require high quality, well written, slick, interesting, interactive & efficient sites that stand out from the competition. In a crowded market place online businesses are having to keep up to date with current web trends that respond to their customer wants and needs.

In the battle to gain high ranking online businesses also have to realise that to beat the competition and appease Google their website text must be original and relevant to the content as do the keywords and other meta tags. So no peace for the wicked and keep the site fresh and up to date.

It being already again 3 January, there is no stopping now. So no matter what, 2012 is going to be a busy year. Busy with marketing, busy with new web ideas & innovations and if all goes well and we work hard - busy with success.

We wish all our clients a very happy and prosperous 2012 and in particular wish Carol and John Kinrade success with their very new travel venture that only launched right at the last minute in 2011. Ultimate Vacation Holidays offers fabulous holidays in the Dominican Republic. Check out the site and let us know what you think or when you are going!

We also just signed up Luxury and High Performance Car Specialist John Inghams who are currently based in Ramsey but who are building a new showroom to open later this year in Douglas. We will do our best to show of their beautiful products as they deserve.

Our client dermatologist John Ashworth also went only live a few month ago with a new site offering lots of advice on skin problems and a unique online consultation for those who are worried. To encourage new customers they have a sale on during January so try it out for yourself. We wish John much success.

This blog is now finished but I will be back soon with more news. Meanwhile if you need help or advice with website design, marketing or SEO contact me. It is always a pleasure to be of service.
Ciao, eva@redcetera.com

John Ashworth - Dermatologist Youtube promo video

2011-11-17T15:58:00.001Z

Our Client John Ashworth for whom we had the pleasure to build a website aptly named www.dermatologist.co.uk has a passion for his work and thankfully he is very concerned with our skin welfare.

Apart from lots of info on skin conditions including (of course) lots on scary skin cancer stuff and it predesessor Moles, the site provides an online skin consultancy service where concerned folk can upload a close-up skin image for Dr Ashworth to give his assesment, assurance and/or opinion on moles and other skin complaints including sexual. This confidential 24hour turn-around service gets emailed back to you with a full skin advice management program which if need be you can take to your GP.

Very handy is the Body Map where you can do a self-check locating the area of complaint with site links to the possible skin condition.

To spread this important site and unique good-health service further the first few of several more videos have now been uploaded to YouTube where Dr John Ashworth talks about Moles and other skin conditions. Here is a preview of one of the videos.

As always, if you need some help promoting your business - healthy or not (?). Redcetera can assist with commercial business sites be they e-commerce or not. New website builds, website make-overs, Search Engine Optimisation, Web Marketing and much more.

All our webs are of course in the best possible taste with fabulous design and very good solid coding.

Let's Talk Turkey +44(0)1624 897143 or email info@redcetera.com Ciao, Eva
www.Redcetera.com

Milford Instruments DMX512 Colour Wheel

2011-10-27T17:21:00.001+01:00

Our client Milford Instruments are makers and sellers of all manner of weird and wonderful stuff. If you want to construct a robot or in your design require electronic components and modules - they will likely be able to help you with all the bits you need and lots more.

One of their latest products is a DMX512 colour wheeel. What is it for?
In our web design work we often refer to colour wheels and Milford has just put up a video on YouTube demonstrating their colour wheel gadget the DMX512 for lighting control and no matter what your use of lighting is have a look at it here or better still visit the website for Milford Instruments where there is a link to the demo on the home page.

It is a thing of beauty and simplicity ......

Milford Instrument are very clever people and those of you with geekie or techie skills will absolutely love the DMX512 colour wheel system.

We do not profess to understand many of the wondrous gadgets that Milford sell but as web designers we see many different businesses and many different products and along the way have picked up all sorts of interesting and sometimes strange knowledge.

If you want us to design and build you a web site that reflects your business style and enhances your companies products be it as a catalogue, a brochure or full e-commerce site we are happy to make your business our business and help you make it more succesful along the way.

Contact Eva or Glynne for a chat - info@redcetera.com

Till soon, have fun - Eva

New Site Completed and LIVE

2011-10-10T17:05:00.000+01:00

Check out our new site that we've just put live for our Moldovan Dentist client Crisdent Dental Care. To view go here: http://www.balteancrisdent.md/

Yep, it is unlikely you will be able to read or understand anything until you click the EN language button at the top right of the site. It has been published in 4 languages and the Russian crylic gave us a head ache or two from time to time. We had to rely on the client Lina Baltenau to get it right! Thank you Lina, you have been patient.

It has been a fun and interesting site to do and we wish the clinic all the best and are sure they will be attracting lots of new dental clients to visit Moldova and have their teeth done whilst on Holiday in their beautiful country.

www.BalteanCrisdent.md

If there are any businesses in or out of the health industry why not contact us for a chat. We design new sites from scratch or your site may need a small or complete make-over. If you want to keep your site updated (so very very important!) yourself we can build it with a content management system (CMS). I will write a blog on this soon.

Meanwhile contact me eva@redcetera.com for any more info or your comments which we are always happy to hear! Alternatively visit our site www.Redcetera.com

Till soon, Eva

Qr bar code created for redcetera

2011-09-28T18:31:00.001+01:00

This bar code or QR code has been generated with #QRDroid. an adndroid app

Hopefully it will show up here in this blog so you can view and scan it with your app.

Did this with my phone so keeping fingers crossed. Droid is however a great clever app which you should download.

I am testing different barcode scanner apps to compare them. Great fun and very useful for embedding on your site and business cards. Within this image it has encoded and holds all your info like contact and site details - what ever you put into it - in the bar code and is a great way to advertsie your company.

Let me know if you want to know more on bar code or other apps.

This is it - hold your phone over (with an installed app of course) and read our details into your phone.

Cioa Eva

Ultimate Vacation Holidays website

2011-09-25T17:21:00.002+01:00

That is the website domain name we're working on. Ulitmate Vacation Holidays are based at a fabulous luxury holiday resort in the Dominican Republic and we're designing a site that is making me green with envy. The location and the resort are an absolute dream. Not only beautiful white beaches, the bluest water, etc etc but the accomodation, restaurants and other amenities look superb. Poor us having to look and work with all these amazing images and yet here back home the weather is getting less so.

Ok, we're apparently experiencing an Indian Summer. Rather be in the Dominican Republic lounging in a beach chair with a cocktail! To get a flavour of what's to come we have put up a temporary holding page with a small slideshow. Check UltimateVacationHolidays out here.

Pssst .... If you can't wait to go there you can contact the owners Carol and John via the number on the site.

For a chat on a new website or a make-over site for you business visit our site Redcetera, call or or email Eva

Medical Website Gone Live

2011-09-20T16:58:00.001+01:00

We are pleased and are happy for our client Dr. John Ashworth to declare www.Dermatologist.co.uk LIVE. Dr John is a highly respected consultant dermatologist who feels passionate about skin cancer and is sharing his knowledge on his site with lots of advice on all manner of skin problems. Worried folk can upload an image of their skin ailment and John will give his expert opinion. This is exactly what the internet is for.It took a little longer to get the the site ready as bits kept being added and changed. Check out the Bodymap which is a self help symptom checker for men and women.
Making websites is kind a strange in that you unwittingly get involved into all sorts of businesses and the Dermatologist is no different in that we've picked up a lot of medical skin problem terms all of a sudden!

As per usual there are little things that need finishing, that will be added or edited and no doubt - as it is a CMS (Content Managment System) enabled site the owners will do their bit to keep the site fresh and updated - but for now the Dermatologist is open for business. Redcetera wishes Dr John good luck.

If any other doctors or companies out there need any sites, let us know. Redcetera is also open for business. We love good design and use the latests in web technology to build good looking, clever but solid sites that don't break the bank. Email me: eva@redcetera.com or visit our site www.Redcetera.com or call for a chat.

New device

2011-09-16T23:40:00.001+01:00

Got myself an HTC wildfire phone and using it to post this blog. Unlike some folk I am not an avid texter but have to admit that writing, though different, is fun on this cute smart phone. So who knows - it might spur me on to blog more instead of watching telly at night. Daytime seems to leave to little time for other than strictly necessary at the mo. Not sure how to add images so have to leave that out for now. Will have to try that next time! Good nite all.
Let me know if you prefer pc or smart blogging ... Cioa Eva@redcetera.com

Flipping busy ...

2011-08-01T17:35:00.000+01:00

Wow, so much to do, so little time.
Once again, this poor blog is suffering and all my good intentions of keeping it up todate go out of the window. Bad news for a web designer! but, of course clients always come first.

Despite the pressure I am glad to say we've made some time for Giacomo who came to us for work experience. Together we've designed and built a small site for his parent's hair dressing salon in Kirk Michael. Giacomo has talent and if he would take it up later would have a definate future as web designer with his flair for coding and design. See for yourself www.MopHairSalon.com. Brilliant for cutting and colouring, by the way ..

We've also put live the shopping site for www.ManxLeathers.com with high quality leather race suits and other clothing items for motorcyclists. I am sure it will do well with more items coming soon. We just love his hand-made leather badges. Take a peep and tell all your biking friends. Well done and Good Luck to Steve!!

Meanwhile w are building a complex site for a star dermatologist and this is taking much longer than anticipated ... More news on this very soon - it's gotto go up in the next few days - or weeks if things are being changed - but have high hopes to let you see it asap (if its up to us).

Now, some very important news: We have a yet another office helper - a highly intelligent programmer - with paws insteads of fingers. Even so, she is determined to read up on all the website books asap and raiding our book shelf. Not joking, Here is Trxiebel 12 weeks and counting. See for your self.

If you also want a job or maybe some work done with her help then contact me asap!
Kind regards, till soon - eva

eva@redcetera.com

www.CastletownMarket.com LIVE

2011-05-17T11:56:00.003+01:00

Yep, it was a rush job and soon a lot more will be added but it had to go live just as the actual Castletown Market has been up and running only a few weeks. Its starting to get lively and creating a real buzz. We also getting involved with the (web) marketing of the market. All exciting stuff. Who doesn't like a great market with quality food and other good stuff in a really nice environment. Check it out for yourself. You'll glean an impression on the site www.CastletownMarket.com

We've kept it a little lively as is the real thing. Let me know what you think! info@redcetera.com

ciao, eva
Redcetera.com

Manx Leathers - Gone LIVE

2011-05-03T13:05:00.000+01:00

Just in the nick of time - a month or so before the Manx TT we managed to go Live with www.ManxLeathers.com - famous for making bespoke race suits for famous TT riders.

This site had to go live now but many updates will be made to it soon. Steve will be expanding his range of products and offer beside his bespoke race suits soon also quality off-the-peg race leathers as well as bike textiles, t-shirts, wallets etc etc. This will require a full blown e-shop but for now we have put up galleries and slide shows, measurement forms and all sorts to enable owner Steve to showcase some of his work that Manx Leathers has produced for his biker clients.

Check it out and let him (or us) know what you think www.ManxLeathers.com

If You need some help with a new site design, a make-over, web marketing - let me know
Redcetera, always happy to help email me

Till soon with more sites going Live .................. Eva

Click Letting gone Live

2011-04-11T14:43:00.000+01:00

Today we've made business owner Brian Penrose happy as we've put Live his website www.ClickLetting.com

Click Letting is a new enterprising business offering a brand new property management service to tenants and landlords. Click Letting starts off with a nice portfolio of properties in Callows Yard, Castletown with more to follow soon in other island areas.

We've designed Click Letting to be highly visible and online searches for properties are easy and fast. tenants can pay their rent online in the Payzone.

Thank you client Brian, we've had fun too and soon will add some more wizzy bits and pieces.

If you need a site for your business or can do with a make-over contact me and we'll be happy to help.

Till soon, Eva

eva@redcetera.com
www.Redcetera.com

Ruckstuhl Products in Chroma

2011-03-28T14:10:00.000+01:00

Today www.Chroma.im has been published again with the addition of their new product partner Ruckstuhl.

We did a lot of work and our clients and we are pleased with the result. The new Chroma pages have lots of slideshows with gorgeous designer rugs and carpets. Ruckstuhl is a Swiss company and Chroma is their exclusive UK sales partner. Over the next few weeks we will be adding also the Ruckstuhl rugs to the Chroma Shop so that they can be sold online in the e-shop.

For more info on e-shops or business websites contact me

Eva

Dentists, Estate Agents and Holiday Lets

2011-02-14T15:27:00.000Z

Redcetera is busy designing and building sites with online booking and payment facilities.

A specialist dentist in Moldova requires Client Appointment Bookings.
A local Manx estate agent needs a Property Search Site.
A Bulgarian property owner needs a site with a Holiday Appartment Booking System.

Booking systems do best written in PHP in combination with Jquery which we enjoy using. These International clients appeal to the UK market as well as their own and will all require translation. We recommend Google Translator which nearly does a perfect job.

If you want to know more - get in touch and email info@Redcetera.com

Till next time ....

Buzzzy Busy

2011-01-30T15:31:00.000Z

Redcetera is buzzing with lots of stuff to do.
Quoting, writing proposals, obtaining grants and of course designing for our new and recurring clients. A good start to new year.

We have been asked to design a site for new Manx property letting agency Bespoke Letting. They have taken offices in Port St Mary and will be opening with a small party 5 February. We wish them lots of success and do our best to make them a great site. Now just a holding page but before soon www.bespokeletting.com will be there for all to see and available for the latest in property searches. Being a e-business, we were able as BSS consultants to obtain a grant for them as well. If anyone wants to learn more about on-island DED grants check out our pages on our site: www.redcetera.com/company/bss/bss.html

We are revamping www.RoadSideReminder.co.uk with images and to get the public's attention to his great products do a web marketing job. This will involve rewriting the text, create landing pages and more. The IOM gov is helping Andy with a grant. Great.

This how it is now - not bad, but a little too sober for our taste - soon to be different

More tomorrow, cat Java is walking on my keyboard, my arm is in a sling and it's Sunday.

Till then, Eva

Chroma - Online Shopping has been opened

2010-12-21T15:39:00.000Z

Good News for both the client and us, Redcetera the designers as we managed to put Chroma Shop live yesterday.

The last few days were very hard work including working a 17hr day on Sunday. But the results will hopefully speak for themselves. Take a look at Chroma and feast your eyes.

The site has been built around an e-commerce engine Powa which we have tweaked and stretched, added code to and bent where possible. In effect, we built the site twice, first as HTML and then converted it all to suit its Powa straight jacket - which by the way is an excellent e-commerce package even though at times it can be somewhat unforgiving and inflexible. Which is why we have had to bent the rules here and there and introduce our own solutions.

The site has a myriad of slideshows to show off the fabulous products that Chroma sells - we hope the buying public will be encouraged.

Thank you to the clients, Chroma owners, Michaela and Gerard Jones who have been very helpful with their many contributions.

We wish them much success in their venture.

A couple of lovely products:

Let me know what you think of Chroma.im and many Merry Xmas and Happy New Year's wishes from Glynne and Eva

Till soon - eva@redcetera.com

Redcetera Loves Chroma ... and put the site Live today

2010-11-28T12:26:00.000Z

Glynne and I are very pleased to put website Chroma LIVE today.

Business and site owners Michaela and Gerard have been absolutely marvelous and patient as it has been a bit of a battle at times to meet deadlines and make things go smoothly. We wish them and their business all the best and hope their partners, customers and colleagues are pleased with the result.

However, this is only Stage One as Chroma will have soon beautiful products available for sale on their site and we have a little way to go integrating the site with the e-commerce engine.

We'll keep you informed - meanwhile take a peep at Chroma and let me know what you think.

Ciao, Eva

Chroma Site .... nearly there

2010-11-24T14:06:00.000Z

We've been working hard on a new site and we are all getting very excited as we're nearly there. Chroma is a newly set-up company offering gorgeous interior products to architects and designers.

It will look a deceptively simple site but as we all know minimal design can take that little bit longer to achieve. The clients have fabulous and we are working closely together to get the product live as soon as possible. Watch this space

Milford Instruments Ltd Webstore

2010-10-25T17:11:00.000+01:00

The well know distributors of electronic components and assemblies to industry, education and hobbyists Milford Instruments have now added an overview page to their website. Check out this page http://www.milinst.co.uk/overview/overview.html .

The products range from everything you need to make a Parallax Boe-Boe or other robot with sensors, servo motor drivers, Wizard driver board and Auto-talk controllers, add-on modules or 3-axis computer controlled drilling machines. If you want to add muscle Milford Instruments stock the full range of flexinol wires, 4D System graphic Displays and LCDs with Goldelox controller chips.

If that is still not enough you can fill your boots with Quadravox MP3 players, OEM modules, DMX-512 received control boards, LED drivers, Servo motor drivers, BOB-4 on-screen displays and many.

The Milford Instruments webstore stocks Tech-Tools Quickwriter PIC Programmers and Digiview Logic Analysers & are stockist of the Square-1 range of Pic primer books.

Just take a look, you'll be amazed at the range on offer .......

BSS Business Grants on the island

2010-07-30T14:21:00.000+01:00

BSS fianancial business grants are a fantastic scheme in helping businesses. They can be the 'yay or nay' factor in deciding on a web project that without this financial assistance may not see the life of day. Having the backing (& 50% of fees) of the DED (Department of Economic Development) gives businesses confidence that deciding to go with a project is the right way for their company. My partner Glynne and I are both BSS consultants & can help obtaining a grant - up to a generous £4,500. The Isle of Man is actively promoting eCommerce & grants in this preferred disciplines are expedited fast and painlessly.

What follows is today's publication from the DED. Please read it - it may be of interest as well as in your interest! The offer might not last for ever .......
Contact me for more info - Call Eva lancaster +44(0)1624 897143 or email info@redcetera.com and/or visit our site for more info & samples of work www.Redcetera.com

The Business Support Scheme

The Department of Economic Development’s Business Support Scheme can offer your business financial assistance towards the cost of specialist consultancy to help your business develop and improve profits, implement new working practices or improve efficiency.
What can it do for my business?
A recent analysis of over 300 past projects has revealed how effective the Scheme has proved for participating businesses and the Isle of Man in general:
•    46% saw an increase in profits
•    68% saw an improvement in working practices
•    19% have increased employees with over 200 jobs created
•    97% would be happy to use the Scheme again
Testimonials
The following is just a small example of the comments received:
•    “The project is the essence of the business and has enabled it to start-up and to continue to operate largely as an on-line booking agency…”
Sally Helwich- Isle of Man Event Services Ltd

"3 Legs Ltd was delighted to help this new venture to quickly establish its on-line presence, bringing valuable business to the Island's tourism sector."
Sean Kelly, 3 Legs Ltd. (E-Business Consultant for Isle of Man Event Services Ltd)

•    Our energy bills have come down so much we expect the payback period to be 18 months..!”
John Shakespeare: Manager, Strand Shopping Centre

“We have the expertise to provide a lighting solution which will benefit the business now and for years to come.”
Ralph Peake: Managing Director, Luminaires Ltd (Energy Consultant for Strand Shopping Centre)

• "..bookings for the campsite are well up and the administration is so simple and takes up virtually no time at all. All this without any IT skills! It paid for itself within a few months."

Richard Huxham, Ballamoar Campsite

".. we strongly recommend that any Tourist Accommodation Provider, large or small, take advantage of the assistance available through the Business Support Scheme in order to create a web presence with e-Booking Facilities, thereby enabling them to enjoy the advantages and opportunities that E-Business brings.”

Eve Lancaster of Redcetera. (E-Business Consultant for Ballamoar Campsite)

What assistance does my business receive?
The Scheme offers businesses 50% (up to a maximum of £4500) towards the cost of consultancy within the following disciplines:
•    Marketing
•    Design
•    E-Business
•    Environmental Efficiency
•    HR
•    Quality Management
•    Business and Strategic Planning
•    IT
•    Financial Management Controls
Am I eligible to apply for assistance?
All applicants must be either a Manx-registered business, or a sole trader registered in the Isle of Man for Income Tax.
All applicants are eligible for projects in the disciplines of Quality Management and Environmental Efficiency. Additionally, applicants who supply products or services to off-Island customers will be eligible for an E-Business project.
Eligibility for projects in the remaining disciplines is discretionary and the final decision on these will be made by the Department.
Note; Businesses operating in the Manufacturing sector are eligible for projects in all disciplines.
For further information on eligibility go to www.gov.im/ded/grants/bss/eligibility.xml ,
Where can I get further information?
If you would like more information on the Scheme, including application form and brochure, please visit www.gov.im/bss, or contact Scheme Manager, Mike Corkhill, by telephone on 682326 or email michael.corkhill@gov.im

Photo Editors

2010-07-26T17:31:00.000+01:00

Designing websites involves nearly always photo images, some used for general illustration and often lots for say Online Galleries.

Unless involved in design or photography the average person has no need for a complex image editor such as Adobe Photoshop. I couldn't live without it but it has so many tools that most people would never ever use.

For a Pro website to look smart however, images need to be of the highest quality. Most original photos need a little (or lots of) help before they pass the test. (They will also need sizing and optimising, a subject I will be touching upon a different time)

What tools to use without having to go thru long learning curves and spending money?
Luckily there are several very good image editors available online so you don't even have to download any programs. Using these to prepare your images you not only get to keep the cost down (to people like us), you can potentially get great results. Plus - you can be proud of your achievements whilst having fun.

I reviewed a few editors and they are amazing. Not only can you do obvious things like autofix, resize, crop, rotate. You can adjust manually (but easily) lightness and darkness, smoothen or sharpen, apply special effects such as sepia, duotone, paint, sketch, change the borders and loads more. All with a click of the button - and (mostly) for free.

All you do is upload your image from your PC, do your thing and when you're happy, just save it to your PC and Bob's you're uncle.

Give a try to http://www.picnik.com/ or http://fotoflexer.com/ or for the more DIY person use http://pixlr.com/ - or for very quick simple fixes without the many bells and whistles use http://www.online-image-editor.com/

Have fun and let me know what you think

Till next time, Eva
info@redcetera.com
www.Redcetera.com


Original Photo

Using Picnik adding this effect plus round borders with a few clicks


Using Fotoflexer adding these effects with a few clicks

Red Holiday Online Booking

2010-07-22T11:44:00.000+01:00

Us folk at Redcetera are working hard to get our Demo version ready for our eTourist Online Booking System. Its getting there. We have consulted Holiday Property owners on their requirements and preferences to incorporate them into the software. Speaking to them we have discovered that their needs are often a little different from the 'big' hotel owners and the secret for their success is flexibility and simplicity. Such as being able to hold a booking reservation for 48hrs or so without any money exchange. The 48hrs will trigger then an auto email message to remind holiday owner and online booker that a decision needs to be made.

Redcetera - Red Holiday Online Booking - Demo (in progress)

We are also incorporating a lot of auto goodies for the holiday accomodation owner such as great looking sexy galleries of the property, rooms, facilities and local area. These all wet the appetite for web visitors eg potential customers. Of course the booking process should be super smooth. We are offering multiple choices such as View by Date, Room etc incorporating Date Pickers to make life really easy. Another important consideration in the design is to minimise the amount of clicks and pages an eBooker has to go thru to get to the Till. There will be Upselling options for the owner to add Extra's such Wireless Facilities, Champagne and/or flower bouquet on arrival etc.

Admin for the Holiday accomodation owner will be a doddle. Add & change Rooms, the Images, the Description - with auto uploads. The sites are CMS based to give the eTourist site owner complete control over his website content. This way they can also keep their sites up to date and fresh - so very important for web visitors - and of course, the Search Engines.

You're welcome to take a peep at the work to date by clicking here

For more information or a chat contact us on +44(0)1624 897143 or email info@Redcetera.com

Tiil soon,

eva@redcetera.com
www.Redcetera.com

E-Business Powa site launched

2010-07-06T17:45:00.000+01:00

Yesterday we celebrated Tynwald Day - our national day here at the Isle of Man. But one of our very nice clients, Suzanne Cubbon, also had reason to be happy as we went live with her site www.PresenceOfMann.com

Presence of Mann is a newly established Manx shop in Laxey with a fabulous selection of wonderful mainly Manx goodies that are just great for presents and gifts or self indulgence.

Let me know what you think of the online shop - I am sure Suzanne would love you're reactions too ...

The online shop was created using Powa software as a base on which we put our stamp with custom design, CMS and JQuery techniques. Having used this engine for the first time we were pleased to discover the facilities it offers. Powa has an inbuilt shopping cart, good promotional options and SEO and CMS techniques. We're definitely we'll be recommending this product to our clients.

We'll be publishing a page on our site www.Redcetera.com with information and prices shortly - Ahh time, if only there was more of it! If you meanwhile want to check it out go here

Contact us if you are interested in a Powa or any other E-business , a site or blog for your business

Till soon, eva

eva@redcetera.com
www.Redcetera.com

several items

2010-06-24T18:49:00.000+01:00

Its been a busy month with lots of new exciting jobs and lots of maintenance on client sites and then there was the TT of course which always somewhat interferes with our daily lives - not unwelcome for a change.

Glad to say that TT was good for www.Ballamoarcampsite.com - they received lots of extra visitors thanks to their new online booking system that we set up. The DTI was also impressed and say they want to use it as an example of a successful e-commerce conversion for a business.

Speaking about the DTI - I have recently been approved as a BSS Consultant. This means I can help businesses obtain a governement business grant up to the tune of £4000 for e-commerce web applications. My partner Glynne has been a consultant for a number of years but I hadn't done the paperwork for it - so now you have it.
More info on BSS grants, links and how to obtain them via this page on our site

We have done a make-over for www.CronullaCrafts.com and wish them much success in their venture

In my next blog I will tell you more about one of our project for Hotel Online Bookings - this is a great new venture that will be beneficial to many local businesses.

We are nearly ready to go live with an e-shop that we are helping the owner of Presence of Mann to prepare. It is going to look fabulous and will be a success. Suzanne puts a lot of hard work into this venture. The e-shop is powered by Powa software for whom we are designers. For more info see www.powa.com

We also updated www.RalphArt.eu with a gallery and new Home Page and it's looking swell.

Your comments are always welcome - let me know what you think

Till soon, Cioa

Eva

www.Redcetera.com

E-Booking Facilities

2010-05-02T17:36:00.000+01:00

Recently I blogged on the subject of Online Booking and of course there's a lot to say on this subject.

Online booking systems are the bee's knees of the web and they can make a real difference to the business owner. In a competitive industry they can even be make or break. No matter how good you and your business are, no matter that you have a splendid and informed website - if you have something to sell or for hire - you will be miles better off with e-booking facilities.

Web customers have become an impatient and impulsive breed and if they want something, they often want it now - or never. If your products or services cannot be bought NOW, then the vistor will often choose a different site from yours, buy and move on. You will lose the sale and the customer and that's that.

Online Booking systems used to be expensive but as with most IT things in IT life, these systems have not only become cheaper, they are miles better as the designers understand now also better what you want and what your customers expect - and what you can afford.

We believe in the simplicity of modular systems and have built and programmed systems for the hospitality and shopping industries that can be designed & tailored tailored to match your looks and requirements.

I will soon tell you more but if you own a shop, hotel or holiday property we love to tell you more and show you our demo. It is easy to admininister, great for your visitors and affordable too.

As always, we are happy to hear from you

Ciao for now,

Eva
www.Redcetera.com

Slide Shows for websites

2010-05-02T11:57:00.000+01:00

Slide shows can really enhance a site and add that extra bling and interactivity web visitors often long for in the far too static web world!

They are a great way to show of your products and can enhance your company that just 'normal' images can't do.

Of course, prime candidates are artists and one of those is a hugely prolific painter who constantly wants his web updating with new images. Our time is money but luckily we can offer a method for clients to update their own slide show gallery without having to pay us! I will tell you more about this another time but check out his site meanwhile - we love his work, have bought some of his paintings - maybe you do too!

Let me know what you think of his work with the slide show or contact him direct via ralph's site http://www.Ralphart.eu

Contact me if your are interested in a slideshow for your web?

Ciao, Eva

http://www.Redcetera.com

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Ballamoar Campsite

2010-05-02T11:27:00.000+01:00

Wow, this blog has been neglected - it's been so busy and suddenly it is May today already!

One of our projects was a website for Ballamoar Campsite. Richard had made a field on his farm available for TT in jubilee year 2007 and has been welcoming visitors since. He spent monies on electrics, toilets and showers but without advertsing & being where it is, the visitor level proved low after its success.

We suggested a website with e-booking facilities and this proved an immediate success. Well done Richard for taking this brave step with us. Ballamoar Campsite is the first in the island to take the Online Booking route and it sure has been the right decision already.

Check it out http://www.BallamoarCampsite.com

Hope you like it, but your comments are welcome either on this blog or contact. Maybe online booking is for you too the answer - I will write more about his in the near blog. Meanwhile you can contact me via our site: http://www.Redcetera.com.

Ciao, Eva

Artist Website now Live

2009-11-12T13:33:00.000Z

T'is already November!

Us web designer folk at www.redcetera.com are very very busy and this recently set up blog unfortunately had to suffer.

Businesses understand that despite or even in spite of troubled financial times, webs have become even more important.

People's buying patterns have now become firmly established. Purchasers are not only more money savvy - they are keen to know a company first - and compare them to the competition - before dealing with them. A company website is an obvious introduction.

Even artists now know the importance of bringeng themselves to the forefront and we've just finished a small & simple but quite beautiful site for Dutch painter Ralph Meijeringh who is not hiding his light under a bushel.

Designing & building a small site like that gives us a lot of pleasure & we will be adding e-shopping facilities in soon.

Take a look at www.Ralphart.eu for yourself - you might even want to buy some of his work whilst it is still affordable.

We are sure he will be succesful & wish him all the best.

If you are an artist or know of artists that need a website, we enjoy making them so much that we can offer a original design at a very reasonable fee. Ask Ralp Meijeringh!

Contact us at info@redcetera.com

Till soon, Eva
www.Redcetera.com

Website Re-Launched ....

2009-10-07T16:44:00.000+01:00

Well, its done. www.redcetera.com has relaunched and we've already received some very great reactions indeed.

Thank you all for your kind words!

We have worked particularly hard on clarity of services and to get those prices right and transparent.

The market is currently still struggeling & we have all had to learn how to steer though this hick-up and maybe even tighten our belts. We also should use this time to look even a little harder at our own business.

The future for the web looks great and the reality is that consumers and businesses will search for a company on the web as a first approach before contacting via email or picking up the phone.

If you haven't taken the plunge yet, remember that you can start with just a 'Web Presence' which will then act as a first port of call. From this you can build up and add further functionality or dynamic add-ons.

Check out the Redcetera web site and see if we can tempt you.

We are but an email or call away so hope to hear from you soon.

www.redcetera.com

New website coming soon ....

2009-09-07T16:31:00.001+01:00

We are about to launch our new website !

It has taken a while & that may surprise you as we are web designers after all but it has been darn difficult to find the time between jobs. We're mightily pleased as we're nearly there.

We hope you''ll like the design, colours, clarity of navigation & simplicity. We decided to keep going with clarity and are upfront stating clearly our pricing structure so you will know what to expect.

We have listened to our customers and know there is not a 'one for all solution' which is why we leave you to decide exactly what you want by choosing from our different modules & add-ons.

The best news is that you only pay for what you require.

Till soon,
www.redcetera.com

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