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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New website for Swindon Commercial Services Solar Park at Wroughton

Chris O'Brien April 25, 2014 0 Comments

Swindon Commercial Services Ltd (SCS) commissioned O'Brien Media to create a website to support the application to create a solar park at Wroughton (in conjunction with the Science Museum). The website needed to be created on a tight schedule to ensure that information relating to the planning application and review could be communicated to residents in Wroughton as quickly as possible. You...

New E-Commerce Website for Button Touch

Chris O'Brien February 09, 2014 0 Comments

Craft business Button Touch needed an easy to manage website with an integrated online store to complement their presence on Twitter and Facebook. We created a solution based on the Drupal CMS and Ubercart to enable easy management of both content, products, and customer orders through a single unified management interface. Visit the Button Touch website at www.buttontouch.co.uk

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