New website launched for estate agents Harvey Hudson

Chris O'Brien February 02, 2015 0 Comments

We were approached by Swindon based estate agency Harvey Hudson to create a new website with some very specific features. The main requirements were to create an easy to use website to allow prospective property buyers to locate properties matching their specific requirements with a strong visual style focusing on showcasing properties and giving an immersive view of each listing. The entire...

Swindon Commercial Services/Public Power Solutions website rebranding

Chris O'Brien January 23, 2015 0 Comments

On the 16th January Swindon Commercial Services Ltd (SCS), a wholly owned company of Swindon Borough Council, became Public Power Solutions Ltd (PPS). The name change was to reflect their new UK-wide role as a provider of innovative power and waste solutions for local authorities and the public sector. PPS commissioned O'Brien Media to update the website we designed for them in 2014...

Responsive design makes Harefield Archers look good on any device

Chris O'Brien December 19, 2014 0 Comments

We've been busy putting the finishing touches to a lot of web development projects recently, including a new site incorporating responsive design elements developed for Harefield Archers. The new website, based on the Drupal content management system, incorporated a gallery, blog, events calendar and social media integration that used responsive design techniques to adapt to the screen size...

Google now labels mobile-friendly websites in search results

Chris O'Brien December 13, 2014 0 Comments

Google have recently started to indicate whether websites are optimised for mobile visitors when displaying sites on search results pages served to mobile users. Google have been testing out different methods of indicating whether a website is mobile compatible over recent months, including icons and various text based labels (some indicating that a site was mobile compatible and some...

New Website for Swindon Commercial Services

Chris O'Brien October 28, 2014 0 Comments

We created a new, easy to navigate website for Swindon Commercial Services, based on the Open Source Drupal content management system that allowed staff at to keep their new site up to date with nothing more than a web browser and an internet connection. Find out more over in our portfolio!

New website launched for photographer Paul Green

Chris O'Brien September 05, 2014 0 Comments

Photographer Paul Green wanted to move away from a proprietary photo hosting solution that didn't offer much flexibility when it came to presenting his photographs, he commissioned O'Brien Media to build a custom solution to satisfy his photo hosting requirements that included a professionally designed site along with in-built photo sales features to allow his photos to be watermarked but also...

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What is responsive website design (and why your website should be responsive)

Chris O'Brien August 12, 2014 0 Comments

Responsive website design is an approach to designing websites that focuses on creating sites that provide an optimal browsing experience - viewing content and navigating the website with minimal panning, scrolling and resizing - across a wide range of devices (from mobile phones and tablets to desktop computers and laptops). Responsive v Mobile website design While mobile design advocates...

Web design: Keep it simple (your visitors will thank you!)

Chris O'Brien July 19, 2014 0 Comments

When it comes to designing a website, experience (and a lot of research, feedback and data analysis), has taught us to stick to the "keep it simple" rule to create a site that your visitors will love. You wouldn't cram retail or office space with clutter so resist the urge to cram as much information onto your website as possible. Less is more when it comes to most of the pages on your website,...

Welcome to the new look O’Brien Media website

Chris O'Brien July 06, 2014 0 Comments

After sporting the same look for the past 6 or so years we felt like it was time for a change. Web design techniques and the technologies that power websites have moved on significantly in the past few years and while our website had served us well over the years we took the opportunity to re-design the site and to restructure some of the content, and with over 400 pages that was no small task!...

New website for Absolutely Shabulous, Highworth

Chris O'Brien May 07, 2014 0 Comments

Based in Highworth, Wiltshire, Absolutely Shabulous specialise in shabby chic furniture for your home including bespoke pieces and wanted a website to showcase their work and allow customers to find their shop and make enquiries. We created a new website using the Drupal CMS with an easy to use administrative system to allow Absolutly Shabulous to keep their product gallery and product pages...

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