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by | Jul 5, 2021 | Article, Websites

“As a new business with no knowledge of website design, Hailsham Creative were extremely supportive and attentive to our requirements and we are delighted with the result.  Jim has been an integral part of the creative side of our business and we would highly recommend”

Emma Fuller

Director, Cinetubs Limited

Cinetubs

An Ecommerce website

 

We were delighted to be asked by new business, Cinetubs, to create a booking website for their hot tub and cinema hire. After several online and ‘phone meetings during lockdown we came up with a proposal and took this forward to create their site.

The site had a booking feature allowing you to choose the date/s and items or packages you want plus optional extras. A security deposit was also added at the booking stage.

Visitors created an online account when making a booking so the site had an Account page, plus the usual features of Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy pages.

The FAQs page had expanding blocks with more information under 3 different headings.

 

This was an interesting project to work on and it was great to work with a brand new business at their exciting first stages.
Update late 2022 –  circumstances have now changed so they are no longer running the business. We wish them well in their future endeavours..

 

Austin Wright website

by | Apr 13, 2021 | Article, News, Websites

Austin Wright website

The brief for this website was nice and clear. Mark already had the beginnings of a site and needed to rebrand to a smarter, cleaner look. Keywords for the brief were ‘modern’ and ‘contemporary’. The site needed to portray a professional image, keep a corporate look, communicate clearly what Austin Wright does and the core values of the business.

It makes our task much easier when the client can provide all of the content in one go and Mark worked with Sarah Sheasby of The Story Shed to do just that.

Having previously designed the logo, we then decided on a complementary colour palette for the site. A little bit of creativity was required to prevent the site looking text heavy, so we made a simple ‘Hotspot’ graphic for the Blueprint For Change section. On the About page, we used a Toggle block for additional text.

We sourced suitable images for the headers for each page (always an absorbing task) and there were only a few minor text amendments once the design was completed. All in all, a very satisfactory project to work on.

Austin Wright blueprint for change
Austin wright hot spot graphic
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Please have a look at the Austin Wright website and if you would like to discuss rebranding of your site, do get in touch with us.

www.austinwright.co.uk

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Who are we?

by | Jul 1, 2020 | Article

who are we

Accomplice Ltd trading as Hailsham Creative and

Nettl of Eastbourne North

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Like many business we have had to re-invent ourselves over the past few weeks. After an initial ‘Lance Corporal Jones’ moment (“Don’t panic!”)  and a period of shock, we talked to our franchise operators and were offered an opportunity we couldn’t refuse. To become a Nettl partner, enabling us to deliver better designed and more responsive websites.

  • Franchise?

    You have in the past known us as Hailsham Creative @ Printing.com  – printing.com is the franchise that we bought into several years ago, run by Grafenia PLC. This enabled us to offer, alongside our design services, competitively priced, good quality print from printing.com’s main hub while at the same time being able to shop around local suppliers to ensure we got the best price and product for our customers. Brilliant.

  • So who is Nettl?

    Nettl is another arm of Grafenia PLC. It came into being as Grafenia’s response to the changes in the world of print. An increase in the use of websites and in viewing those sites on mobile devices has meant a great change in the design and coding process. Pretty much every business, large or small, that needs printing, also needs a website and, more often than not, signage. Now Nettl can offer it all.

  • Doesn’t it take years to learn coding and SEO? Don’t you have to keep up to date with fast moving technology?

    Yes and yes and the beauty of Nettl is that we are part of a much larger team that includes the ‘Geeks’ – these brain boxes have all of those skills and knowledge and have their fingers firmly on the pulse of the technology world. And they are ours! This leaves us free to do the designing and building of the websites using the latest Nettl software with a wealth of expert support behind us.
    So, having made use of the quiet lockdown weeks by doing online training courses, video seminars, test projects and sample sites,  we have now gone from offering the very simplest, basic starter websites to being able to offer the best website solution for pretty much any project, with added functionality and integrations, totally responsive for viewing on any platform. See, we’ve even started to talk ‘website’.

  • Here are some examples of sites created using the Nettl system

Inpspire plus on multiple devices

inspireplus.org.uk

Support wealden Website_Template

supportwealden.co.uk

website PICKHAMS

pickhams.com

   

  • So where does Accomplice Ltd fit in all of this?

    Accomplice Ltd is the name we registered when we became a limited company way back in 2004, having been trading simply as Accomplice before then. When we moved to offices in Hailsham we started the trading name of Hailsham Creative as that better explained what we offered… and where. When we joined printing.com we added that to the name. We now work from a home office in Wilmington, East Sussex and still have close connections with Hailsham so, rather than change name once again when we left Hailsham, we kept the Hailsham Creative name as we’d grown fond of it and our branding was pretty well known. Now we’ve swapped the added printing.com to Nettl and we are offering exactly the same service as before but with with added website ‘wow’.

In a nutshell, we’ve evolved and are pretty excited about it!

So next time you see the name Hailsham Creative or Nettl of Eastbourne North, you’ll know that we are the ones for web… and whatever other design, print and signage needs you may have.

Jim (Jimbo) and Josie Tipler

Beautiful and Responsive

by | Feb 3, 2020 | News, Websites

we're more mobile - resposive websites

WE’RE MORE MOBILE THAN EVER BEFORE

For the first time, we use our mobile phones more than our desktop computers to search for local businesses. That means more of your potential customers are looking for information about your business via their mobile devices.

 

WHAT IS A RESPONSIVE WEBSITE ANYWAY?

Websites that automatically reflow and adapt to the screen size they are viewed on. We call these Responsive websites because whatever device they’re displayed on – Mobile, tablet or desktop. It will respond and alter its layout accordingly.

HOW DO I BENEFIT?

  • Increase Conversions – On mobile and desktop, a responsive website means your visitors’ experience is enhanced. So, it’s more likely they find what they’re looking for.
  • Bigger Audience – Search engines prefer responsive websites. Make sure you appear on Google mobile searches
  • Easy to Edit – Built-in content management system. Easily edit text and update images, at no extra cost.

GALLERIES

Showcase your products, photos, premises or your team with striking image galleries. Add ‘lightbox’ functionality so your customers can click and zoom to see larger hi-res versions.

FORMS

Making it easy for visitors to contact you is vital to get leads from your site. Add forms that work without having to ‘pinch and zoom’. Create drop down menus, radio buttons or text fields to capture what you need.

 

MAPS AND OTHER INTEGRATIONS

Integrate Google maps into your site and show exactly where visitors can find you. With zoom and move functionality your customers can navigate with ease on any device, mobile, tablet or desktop. Add videos, facebook feeds, booking links and much more.

PARALLAX SCROLL

Create engaging parallax effects that help you tell the story of your business. Talk to us about how we can use parallax to create striking visual effects.

 

Ready. Set. Go responsive from £299

 

We want your web experience to be as smooth and hassle free as possible. To get your site upgraded or to start a new one just pop in to your local printing.com studio for a FREE consultation. We’ll listen to your requirements and talk you through the options.

Here’s what to expect

  • Wireframe – Based upon your design and content needs we’ll work up a sitemap and a wireframe of the layout.
  • Live Proof – Using the wireframe, we’ll build a live working proof for you to test on different devices and screen sizes
  • Launch – Once approved we’ll push your new responsive website live to your new or existing domain

Here is one example we have created with a gallery, contact form, parallax scrolling and buttons. Try viewing it on both desktop and mobile – MitchellsGroundscare.co.uk

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Change for the better

by | Jan 30, 2020 | News

We’re proud to unveil all new Corporate Letterheads. They’re whiter and brighter than ever before and now a whopping 120gsm thick.

 If you’ve had Corporate Letterheads from us before you’ll notice the subtle improvements we’ve made. If you haven’t, try them today.

 

Until the end of January, you can save £10

on runs of 500 or more in our January Sale.