Design Equity Website Refresh

16 Apr
2012

We recently worked on a website for Design Equity, a business development consultancy based in Bristol. They engaged local marketing firm Modern Media to develop a range of new promotional materials for an upcoming exhibition.

Modern Media engaged Evergreen to create a website with an easy to use content management system, contact forms, news & events section, and social media links. We built the site well within the deadline set.

Nicola Ray, Director of Modern Media, had the following to say:

“I would like to say a big thank you for working with us on the Design Equity website and getting it live in such a tight time frame. It’s really been a pleasure working with Evergreen – they are brilliant. Very helpful with a real ‘can-do’ attitude.”


Is that the way the cookie crumbles?

14 Apr
2012

There’s an interesting article on the Guardian website today:

From 26 May this year, every website operating in the UK will be required to inform its users that they are being tracked with cookies, and to ask users for their consent.

Read more in the Guardian technology section: How will the new law on cookies affect internet browsing?

Get in touch to let us know what you think, or if you have any concerns about modifying your website to comply with this new legislation.

Calling all PHP Web Developers …

12 Mar
2012


Looking to work in an exciting, expanding agency in a great location?

We are looking for individuals who have relevant experience, ideally working in a web-development environment, preferably in a small company managing their own projects and clients.

Applicants must have excellent communication and customer management skills.

More information here. No agencies please.

Managing Event Delegate Registration Online

2 Mar
2012

Outsourced Events logo

We have been supporting Outsourced Events with their IT operations over the past eighteen months - since their resident technician decided upon a change in career.

Based in Chiswick, West London, Outsourced Events organise seminars, exhibitions and conferences for many large blue chip organisations both nationally and internationally.

Their online delegate registration system is large, complex and ultimately flexible and allows Outsourced Events to create individual registration websites for their clients and delegates.

Outsourced Events approached us in the Autumn of 2010 to manage their software environment (including their hosting environment) and we have been working in close partnership ever since.

We have proved to be flexible in meeting their, sometimes demanding, schedules and deadlines, and have shown that we are not ‘just another website company‘, and have demonstrated that companies can actually outsource their existing IT platform for us to manage successfully.

Making Online Learning Easy to Use and Administer

18 Feb
2012

We have now completed our third online system with rehabilitation specialists, Provision Solutions.

Director James Aylett said ‘We needed to move from a paper-based course to an online format in order for our students to better access course materials, use interactive learning media, and be able to communicate with other fellow students on their course.’

Using our extensive knowledge of databases and web development, we have worked with Provision Solutions to build:

  1. an online learning facility,
  2. an online questionnaire system with instant results analysis,
  3. and an evaluation tool for GPs.

‘One of the benefits of working with Evergreen is that they really get to grips with what you need to achieve and how best to achieve it. They respond very quickly to requests and are excellent in their communication about the work they do for us. They are clear about the timescales for the work and have always met them.’

Click here to read the full case study.

Themed to suit the season!

18 Feb
2012

I’m sure you’ve seen how Google change their logo for special occasions – in fact most days they have something going on.

This is easy for Google to keep up as they have a dedicated team of people researching and designing new logos!

With a bit of cleverness you can achieve some special with themed backgrounds, logos and other graphic widgets that change based on calendar dates.

Your site always looks fresh, up-to-date and relevant to your customers.

The Cooks Kitchen have Christmas hats, snowflakes and snow drifts at Christmas, then hearts and cupcakes for Valentines Day. They’ve even got a different logo for pancake day!

Why not add a little bit of seasonal variation to your site?

 

Safer Internet Day – Best Practice for Parents

9 Feb
2012

You may not have noticed that February 7th was “Safer Internet Day”.

A few of us at Evergreen are parents, and we know how important it is for our children to access the Internet for school work, social networking and gaming.

But it’s not always easy to talk to them about internet safety!

Click here to view the video produced by The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre , titled “The Parents’ and Carers’ Guide to the Internet”.

Evergreen will be Exhibiting in Bristol Feb 28th

1 Feb
2012

Yes, we’re doing it again.  We will have a stand at the Best of Bristol Business Exhibition on the 28th of this month.

Here are 5 great reasons for you to attend:

  1. The event is FREE to attend with FREE parking,
  2. 143 exhibitors offering new supplier opportunities, potential business partnerships and presenting new technologies,
  3. Meet other business owners; it’s a great business networking opportunity,
  4. Five FREE business seminars to improve your knowledge on mobile marketing, new technology from Vodafone, low cost ways to win new customers, health and safety legislation & the Bribery Act 2010,
  5. … and best of all …  meet Evergreen in person, and have a no-obligation chat to one of our consultants!

See you there between 10am and 3pm, on Tuesday February 28th, at  Bristol City Football Club Exhibition Centre.

The State of HTML5 Video

31 Jan
2012

HTML 5The kind folks at LongTail Video (producers of the flash-video-in-your-website widget: JW Player), have written an informative article about HTML5 Video and how well it’s supported on various web browsers.

LongTail says that two thirds of Internet users are running browsers that support HTML5.

Click here to read the full article.

How to find out what Google knows about you

31 Jan
2012

Arstechnica published an excellent article on the weekend entitled “What Google knows about you and how to tweak it”. Google+

There’s 2 essential links in the article:

1. have a look at your own Dashboard on Google. This shows all the info that Google has about your account, with links on how to amend the information.

2. have a look at your Ad tracking preferences. What demographics and categories are you in?

Google product manager Jonathan McPhie says: ”Everyone who has a Google account should visit their Dashboard once a year. It’s like Google’s way of showing you our hand—let you see what info we have on you—and allow you to change it.”

Click here to read the article on Arstechnica.

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