Overview Politics & The City is a multi-blog WordPress MU based site where a large number of contributors have created an online news system aimed at the female market. The site needed to be implemented in a short period of time, with no room for delays due to the already planned and paid for publicity campaign.
Danbar Drilling required a website that would put them above their rivals – they wanted a site that was better designed, had excellent browser compatibility, and was easy for them to work with. We delivered a WordPress based solution designed to have a striking front page with key product points, with a news section becoming visible to those surfing more… continue reading ⇢
For a change, a site we didn’t design. Instead we were supplied mock-ups and a basic design brief from the Liverpool design agency Black & Ginger, which we then turned into a living, breathing, news website using our WordPress skills to help make a dynamic site easy to manage even for relatively untrained staff.
Interconnect IT’s news orientated WordPress technology has been implemented in the relaunched Telecoms.com site. Telecoms.com is considered to be the telecoms industry’s leading news, opinion and analysis website. It is produced by the Telecoms & Media group within Informa plc – a major operator in the information business with over 8000 staff in over 40 countries.
When we were approached by Informa Telecoms & Media, part of the FTSE 250 listed Informa corporation with an expression of interest in using WordPress for their entire site, we weren’t sure what to expect. A lot of companies ask us about using the platform for blogging, but although we’d done the groundwork for using WordPress as a news platform… continue reading ⇢
Willows Mallorca were one of our first clients and needed a new site to help reflect their success and to attract a broader range of clients.
As a big fan of motorsport, the director of Interconnect IT, David Coveney couldn’t resist helping his club out with a quick but attractive WordPress solution.
Danbar Drilling is a WordPress 2.7 based site. The theme is 100% custom in-house design & build, and utilises several Interconnect IT only custom plugins, including automatic theme sensitive image resizing, short titles and excerpts, and more. Design by David Coveney, code by James R Whitehead and Mike Little. The site is built to industry standards and with accessibility in… continue reading ⇢
One thing we talk a lot about is how important it is, for costs, to stick to problems which have already been solved. Get fancy and do something new, and your costs have rocketed away. A developer has just done a nice little piece on spellchecking. In 1984 it was ferociously hard. In fact, if you wanted a decent spellchecker… continue reading ⇢
It’s hard to measure the cost of code. Simple stuff can be ferociously time-consuming to develop, and bad coders often produce reams of poorly structured code. But let’s assume you’re dealing with a typical, decent developer who doesn’t take the long route, or dangerous shortcuts.
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