Portfolio

The following are just a few examples of the clients Parlour Design have been working with:

The Therapy Agency (Package 3)

The Therapy Agency™ - This extensive website of over 600 pages of content, required a complete rebuild from it's first significant online development in 2003.
This website was originally built in a complex format of 'nested tables' by another company, with styling that began to look dated quite quickly.

Each page therefore required extraction of all content, new copy written to support a variety of page formats (including adhering to the new design regulations imposed by the Therapy Agency). The redesign also adheres to accessibility standards (and of course is now has far more preferred content for search engines), and is 'future proof' with complete designs of the layout, responsible in just a very small number of CSS files.

International Stress Management Association UK (Package 3)

ISMA UK - The International Stress Management Association UK, is the UK's leading association for stress management professionals.

The existing ISMA website had been built only two years earlier, to significant costs, but had been strangely built with out-of-date technology at the time, very poor search engine optimsation (ie hiding key message text within images), and was largely disliked by the members and committee.

The new ISMA website was therefore rebuilt from scratch, after an extensive consultation period, in fully accessible coding, print ready pages throughout, and an effective colour scheme to help highlight the varying sections throughout.

After such a positive response to the initial design, ISMA then asked us to integrate the ISMA Conference, and National Stress Awareness Day websites into the main site too.

Purity Pole Dancing (Package 2)

Purity - Jolene was another client, coming to us with a very dated website and logo that represented her from previous years, but didn't reflect her new way of working.

Through working with Parlour Design, Jolene gained a complete redesign of her website, including a brand new logo incorporating a new photo taken by JasonParlour.com.

Jolene now has full control of her own website content, and she's able to update class schedules and availability on an almost daily basis through a great Content Management System.

She also has integrated PayPal buttons, so that students can purchase spaces in the Purity Classes day or night.

Jolene also sends newsletters to a significant mailing gained through her website, publishes a regular blog, uploads her own photos and videos, and has now grown the business to include new teachers, new studios, and her own dedicated studio in Reading called the Purity Studio (the website design of which was of course also completed by Parlour Design, including a new logo, to be in keeping with her much loved design of the PurityPoleDancing website).

Through effective website design, the number of visitors to the Purity website, is currently increasing by 20% month on month (without paid advertising)!

Chop and Change (Package 1)

Chop and Change is an award winning hairdressers, in Addlestone, Surrey.
Prior Challenges:

Chop and Change had only just gained a web presence, and had originally built their website through a WYSIWYG program (which generated 28 errors in validation).
Chop and Change did not have their own logo in a digital form (only an embroided version on an old t-shirt), so we remade it for them, with some subtle enhancements.
Chop and Change were also being overcharged for hosting, and technically did not even own their own domain name (the original hosts, had registered it in their name instead!)

This new web design features:

A simple, sleek design, with an easy to navigate layout, and contact details featuring on every page.
An integrated GoogleMap, with their location clearly shown (and the ability to get up-to-date directions, within the map).
A fully integrated blog, for easy expansion and detailing of the huge numbers of specialist hair coming through their doors.
Easy updates for the client, through an easy CMS system.
Support in selecting additional domain names

Minutes A Day (Package 1)

Minutes A Day provide a range of professional training workshops into businesses, workplaces, and the public sector, around the UK and Internationally.

This website was built to showcase a basic portfolio of the workshops available, and features:

One of our early works, with the design built entirely in CSS (but coded in html for better search rankings).
A fully integrated blog, the client can manage themselves, to update new client images and collections.
In integrated newsletter signup on every page
An integrated contact form on every page (with a 'human checker' validation tool built in, to help prevent spam).

Xtra-Hair (Package 2)

Xtra-Hair provide Human Hair and Fibre Hair extensions in Berkshire.

This comparatively small, but updated site features:

A modern design (high street salon look), with an easy to navigate layout at the base of each page.
An integrated CMS system (Content Management System), so the user can edit any of the pages for themselves.
A fully integrated blog with Google, the client can also manage for themselves, to update news, features, special offers, etc.

Trimax Global (Package 4)

Trimax Global provide a comprehensive range of freight forwarding services to provide care and control of shipments from origin to destination, anywhere in the world.

This was probably one of the most simple designs we've worked on. They wanted a web presence, but didn't want to have anything else on their website. This was therefore compiled to match some of their printed material, and came in very well under their expected budget.

If you'd like to see your details on the page above, and of course high up on the search rankings through simple, cheap and effective techniques, do contact us.