Heading Out Hair Salon

Just completed the training session with the owner of this modern hair salon, so that she can update the site herself. This website uses the ‘non-profit’ theme from those great people at Organic Themes. I’ve tweaked it to suit the Heading Out brand which already exists, primarily using a strong colour and existing logo.

We’ve paid particular attention to the people in the business and also the quality of the products – with a view to replicating the feel of salon on the website.

The site uses strong code and clean lines.

Stray’s Coffee – done!

I’ve finally merged the Stray’s websites into one site.

Using the ‘News’ theme by Organic Themes, I’ve tweaked it and put together one site for the whole Stray’s business. (Ok, I still haven’t started on the books website – that’s next). It’s all part of the expansion of Stray’s and the forthcoming Franchise/Pilot store in early 2012…

The result is all the same great content, in one place. Have a look at http://www.strayscoffee.co.uk/

Stray’s Website

We’re currently running the Stray’s site using the ‘News’ theme from those wonderful people at Organic Themes. The art has been tweaking the graphics and fonts etc to make the ‘news’ theme a little less newsy and a little more friendly.

We’ve tried to keep the ‘look’ of the site simple and clean but with lots of ‘snippets’ of content, to reflect the quirky, home-made feel of the Stray’s business.

I’ve included widgets like MP3 players on the site so visitors can listen to the jazz that’s on offer, prior to booking. Also, I’ve made use of Wufoo mail forms as they have some great back-end features.

Premium WordPress themes…

‘Live’ Examples

• HEALTH & BEAUTY THEME – this is ‘page-driven’ rather than having lots of posts and is a little more static than some of the WordPress themes. Ideal theme for someone who might only have the time or inclination to update their site on a monthly or less frequent basis.
• BOLD THEME – this is a robust and clean looking WordPress, set up to re-brand an existing site. It’s clear, bold and is designed to have high impact. It is driven by posts which have ‘tags’ and is search a engine friendly website.
• STRUCTURE THEME – This slick theme is post-driven and is updated daily. It includes a MailChimp plugin to add visitors to an external mailing list mailing campaign which goes out weekly.
• NEWS THEME – This theme is post-driven and is updated daily. It has posts from three websites merged into this ‘big’ theme, keeping everything in one place.
• PORTFOLIO THEME – Ideal for anyone who wants to show off a portfolio in a clean yet visual way, the Portfolio Theme is just that! Quick and easy to update but able to engage visitors immediately at a visual level

WordPress is just fantastic!

It’s intuitive functionlity means that in no time you’ll be posting articles on your website and adding media, files and pictures. So where do I come in?

You can host your own wordpress site and take advantage of the thousands of free themes yourself. Or Mat Short can set it up for you using one of our Premium WordPress themes and your site will look and feel that bit more professional. The themes are designed by either Organic Themes or Elegant themes and as such are fully browser compatible, use clean code and are regularly updated (they’re developers so we get them to do all the ‘techy stuff’!)

The website you are currently reading is run in the BOLD THEME by Elegant Themes but there are several dozen that I’m currently working with so the choices are pretty limitless.

So what now?

To plan how to get your shiny new WordPress up & running, contact me and let’s stand out from the crowd…

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