Strawberrysoup Blog

We are delighted to say that one day after launching our latest website - a unique dating website called theIcebreaker, they received nationwide press coverage in The Daily Record & The Express, as well as a breakfast time radio interview on Ireland’s leading radio station, Beat 102 103 and also Radio 2!

TheIcebreaker is a feature rich website, allowing users to register online, purchase their dating subscription and add their unique dating profile online. The users then distribute their “Icebreaker” cards, which state the users unique nickname and passcode. If someone is interested, they can accept a date online, and theIcebreaker will organise it.

We developed the website using fully valid XHTML, CSS and ASP with a SQL database backend which is setup to store all of the user and website data.

Chic Beauty Salon in Bournemouth approached us as they had a previous website, however they felt that it did not effectively show potential clients what they had to offer, and they wanted the additional facility of selling their Dermalogica products online with a 20% discount.

We chose to redesign their whole website and start again from scratch with a valid & accessible layout and code. The design is simple and effective, with some additional Flash animation on each page to entertain the end user whilst browsing.

Their e-commerce website allows Chic Beauty Salon to sell all of their Dermalogica and Ingrow-Go online both nationally and internationally.

We have recently been approached by St. Richards Hospital to help them to both update their existing NHS website and create a series of different marketing collateral. We plan to redesign the current website and increase its overall accessibility and effectiveness using a range of CSS, XHTML and ASP. Check back soon for an update!

We have also justed finished creating an invitation to their 2007 “Casino Royale” valentines ball (see below). This James Bond themed event is planned for Feb 2007, and is aimed to raise money for the charity.

Sealand Aerial Photography needed a new website. Their previous site was out of dated and did not portray the professional image that they wanted for themselves and their clients.

Sealand AP offer both oblique and non-survey vertical photography. The majority of their work is carried out using the very latest DSLR cameras, although they still offer a medium format film service if required.

Their new website contains useful sections such as information on the aerial photography that they offer, a gallery of previous aerial photos, flight information and an area whereby users of the website can contact them via email.

The site was created using valid CSS, XHTML and is fully search engine optimised.

We are proud to launch our latest website for Chichester based Clothes Shop, Stephen Lawrence Clothing.

Stephen Lawrence have two clothing shops in Chichester town centre, one concentrating on the latest fashions for ladies, and the other for men. They stock a wide range of the latest brands including Hugo Boss, Sand, Stones, Strellson and Duchamp.

They approached us as they had seen the work that we had done with Blush Photography, and wanted a new web presence to replace their current, out-dated website. We designed their new site using a combination of CSS and XHTML and chose to have both menswear and ladiewears on the one site, to aid navigation between the two.

Wow - what a month! We have been working hard on the website for this Electronics Design business based in Emsworth, and we are pleased to say that it is now launched and online.

Since its formation in 1985 Polytronics has built an enviable reputation for innovative design achievement within time and cost targets. Projects range from simple printed circuit board assemblies through to the design of complete products.
Polytronics approached us as they wanted a fully content managed website and has seen our CMS in action on a previous clients’ website. Their new website includes a project gallery, updateable news section and all pages fully amendable using our StrawberrySystem.

Chichester Park Hotel is a beautiful hotel in Chichester has recently been taken over by new management, who had decided that a great way to reach clients would be online. They had just got a new website from another design agency, and approached us to search engine optmise and market it online.

We chose to initially use sponsored advertising through Google and its related search network to drive traffic instantly after the new website was launched - which gave us time to concentrate on a search engine marketing plan for the longer term.

DiViNe Curtains and Blinds are based in Selsey near Chichester and specialise in making the highest quality handmade curtains, roman blinds and soft furnishings.

Their initial brief was to design, create and host a contemporary looking website that was fully search engine optimised. We choose to add a range of product and service related pages onto their new website as well as the option for those clients that already know what they want to order roman blinds online.

Their new website is fully hosted with Strawberrysoup and has been created using CSS, XHTML and is fully accessible over a number of devices.

Travel and Insure is a new company specialising in providing very competitive travel insurance to individuals, couples and family’s. They approached us as they had seen the other websites that we had created and wanted a fully automated online quoting system for travel insurance so that customers could create quotes, retrieve quotes and purchase affordable travel insurance online.
We developed the system using PHP and a MySQL database backend. The end result is a website that can be updated by site administrators whenever they want without the need to contact us each and every time. As with all of the websites that we develop, Travel and Insure is fully validated, and complies with all the guidelines set out by the Disability Discrimination Act and rules made by the FSA.

Coconut Creatives are a marketing company that help small to medium sized enterprises (SME’s) market themselves better. They are based in Dorset and London, and came to Strawberrysoup as they felt that their business personality was similar to ours.

They were more than aware that there are a lot of marketing websites online, but the majority of them take a dull and boring approach to marketing - so they wanted their website to be different. They chose to have a section on their website dedicated solely to helping small business’ understand the importance of marketing and giving useful marketing advice.

Their website has been branded following their guidelines and we have created a fresh and professional looking website, which is fully search engine optimised - allowing them to take advantage of certain niche areas online.