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Got a Design … Need a Website to Match?

We typically don’t use templates or off-the-shelf themes so we can tailor your website precisely to your visual requirements.

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Public Sector Website Accessibility

During 2020 we worked with several public sector clients to audit and revise their websites to improve accessibility.

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New Website for AONB

One of our favourite projects during 2020 was to develop a brand new website for Cranborne Chase AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty).

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Web Application Project for UK Climbing Walls

We’ve been working with startup simianclimb.com to produce and finish a major web application project designed for indoor climbers.

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THANK YOU NHS Message

Two of our customers based at Bournemouth Airport announced last week they were helping prepare an A340 which will fly in supplies as part of the UK’s response to the current crisis.

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New Website for Nursery School Provider

Recently we delivered a completely bespoke new website for Muddy Munchkins, a Forest School based near Bournemouth.

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A WordPress Theme for a Hair & Beauty Salon

Recently we delivered a completely bespoke WordPress theme for a Hair & Beauty Salon in Christchurch, Dorset.

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East Dorset Business Network

This week we took over hosting and maintaining the East Dorset Business Network website.

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WordPress Custom Theme for Recruiter

Recently we delivered a completely custom WordPress theme to a recruitment agency based in Bournemouth.

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Helping Bournemouth sports club with WordPress

We’ve been very happy to help Bournemouth Hockey Club with their WordPress website, fixing technical issues the media library, and setting up a user-friendly dashboard for coaches to view and download their player lists.

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“Convert my site to WordPress?”

Sometimes a brand new customer calls us to say they’ve had a website created (by someone else) and they love it. How it looks. How it performs in Google. Only there’s no content management system and now the designer’s disappeared and now they need to edit it.

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Designing for Accessibility

Enjoyed Graham Armfield‘s talk on Designing for Accessibility at WordPress Bournemouth this month. Graham noted that 11% of the UK population is affected by low vision. The key elements we should be thinking about when creating accessible websites are: • Headings • Landmarks • Keyboard Interoperability • Focus Management • Forms Some useful tools to […]

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Web Portal Project for Bournemouth Customer

Recently we delivered a completely redesigned web-based customer portal to a major customer at Bournemouth Airport. Users can now log in and search/review their inventory using a faster, more secure and easier to use database portal. For more details see our portfolio page.

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Wimborne Beer Festival 2019

The bands to play the 2019 The Wimborne Beer Festival in October have been announced. 🍺🍺🍺🎸🎸🎸. The event will offer dozens of great real ales and ciders as well as hosting fantastic live music entertainment, courtesy of local Dorset-based bands.

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Notes from WordCamp Bristol 2019

Some notes on WordCamp Bristol 2019, the South West’s biggest ever WordPress conference.

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Small Business Website

Last month we delivered a brand new website to Wimborne-based upholstery business The Dorset Chairman. Alan and Wendy were great to work with, and passionate about what they do. For more details see our portfolio page.

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Successful Customer Portal Delivered

Our latest successfully delivered project is a customer portal for Ferndown small business MP Calibration.

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Our “Go Live” Checklist

When we make your website live we go through a 28 point go-live checklist covering everything from backup to page load speeds. Cheap solutions and DIY website builders can’t give you this kind of attention to detail.

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Battle’s Over

Thousands of events will take place across the country this Sunday, marking a century since the end of the Great War. Find out more at the cemetery website, Facebook or Colehill Council’s website.

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Press coverage

Here’s one of our websites featured in the local paper.

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Partnering up with local Graphic Designers

We have started working with new business Graphfix in Broadstone, Dorset for specialist graphics, artwork and custom WordPress theme layouts and designs.

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What is SSL, does your website need it and how much does it cost?

There has been a lot of news in the press about website security and specifically SSL encryption, so what is SSL, does your website need it and how much does it cost?

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Dorset Search Dogs

We were excited to start work with Dorset Search Dogs this week. They are a voluntary organisation set up in 2006 with the purpose of assisting Dorset Police and other statutory bodies int the search for missing persons.

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Flyer created for Wimborne Rugby Football Club

We created and printed 200 copies of this flyer to assist them in their current recruiment drive so they could be handed out at the bag packing event which took place in Waitrose, Wimborne over the May Day bank holiday weekend.

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New Office Space

We are converting a previously unused space into a new usable office. So we can continue to create the beautifully designed websites we always have for our fabulous clients.

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Wimborne Business Systems Welcomes a New Team Member

Wimborne Business Systems are very pleased to announce that Richard Clark has recently joined the team as an IT Consultant.

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Is This a Website I See Before Me?

This month we were excited to start helping Wimborne Community Theatre with their website. The site is five years old but it contains documents, video and audio from productions dating back to 1991.

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Lets discuss your project!

We are a team of specialists each with different areas of expertise. We are based in Wimborne, Dorset. We are open to visits by appointments so please contact us now to discuss your requirements.

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