Fantadia Festival – Architecture in Movement

CLIENT: Il Parallelo, Padua, Italy

Il Parallelo organises biannual Fantadia festival in the town of Asolo. Established in the 90’s as a platform for amateur producers of slide shows to screen work to a public audience and to widen the understanding of the medium. Now this has grown to include more international artists and producers, the technology has changed to digital and includes outdoor projections on buildings with performances of live music and dance.

REQUIREMENTS:

To create an new website every two years, with the same branding but different base colour. Include a festival programme linking to individual pages of each show and artist. Content fulfilment to be done by various administrators and in two languages, Italian and English.

WEB SOLUTION:

Photoshop templates for site branding to make colour and sub title changes easy. Duplication of previous festival which is then adapted and content changed for the next edition. This also saves time and keeps costs down. Joomla! and Akeeba Backup make this process easy, keeping all previous user permissions the same.

WEB SERVICES:

Original design and template layout, site duplications, backups, SSL hosting, maintainance and administration.

A.I.D.A.M.A

CLIENT: Associazione Italiana degli autori di Multivisione Artistica

AIDAMA formed in 1996 is a non-profit cultural association, with memberships, that promotes Multivision in Italy as a precise and engaging reference point for Multivision enthusiasts. And to contribute to the artistic and technical growth of members. To aid and interact with national and international organisations, with the aim of providing a platform from which to aid a greater understanding of the potential of this medium. To improve and optimize the Multivision events across the regions of Italy. And to promote author evenings of their, as yet, unpublished shows of Multivision.

REQUIREMENTS:

To recreate a new website based upon the existing template and navigation. Intergrate three areas of existing members areas into the same branded webspace. The old website utilised conflicting design and technologies used in the general site information, the members portfolio of works, for multivision events and in the items sale area.
The new site must be viewable on all sizes of displays. Existing content was to be transferred to the new website.

WEB SOLUTION:

Chosen template design empathic to the display of photography, not too bogged down with text. AIDAMA uses the WordPress content management software. Integration of customized plugins included a membership sign up and payment system. Notifications are delivered automatically to each member as their membership renewal approaches. This allows for minimum administration. Members use simple upload forms to add new works with images, videos and pdf documents. Adding events or articles for sale is also done using custom forms. Administrators have the possiblility of adding content using forms that are inaccessable to members. Additionally, website advice is together in the members area with best practices, and image optimisation.
Transfer of domain to new and reliable server.

WEB SERVICES:

Design, navigational and service solutions, hosting, maintainance, back ups.

WEBSITE

Radio Ice FM

CLIENT: Radio Ice Fm

A brand new online radio station launched in 2018. Radio Ice streams Electronic Dance, Retro House and sub genres of House Music, dating back as far as the early days of the Ibiza era. In addition, carefully chosen selected mixes crafted by some of the world’s top DJ /Producers, as well as offering an opportunity to a few up and coming mixers of the future.

REQUIREMENTS:

Website and branding. Responsive to all sizes of display. The ability to monetize the website using affiliate programs. Offering ticket sales to gigs and festivals, a blog platform for recommended products and services. A paid for Radio Ice membership area for supporters, and for producers/mixers to upload their tracks to be aired online. The main aim though was to have live online streaming 24/7.

WEB SOLUTION:

Simple airy design to not get too bogged down with text. WordPress was used as the Radio Ice content management software. Integration of plugins and integration of live streaming from an external server using VosCast. An extensive training ‘manual’ including screenshots was created specifically to the areas of administration for continued blog posting. This was all done via pdfs, email and step by step training by phone.

WEB SERVICES:

Design, hosting, maintainance, back ups.

WEBSITE

Philip Ball Science Writer and Book Author

CLIENT: Philip Ball, freelance science writer

Philip Ball is a freelance science writer. He worked previously at Nature for over 20 years. First as an editor for physical sciences (for which his brief extended from biochemistry to quantum physics and materials science) and then as a Consultant Editor. His writings on science for the popular press have covered topical issues ranging from cosmology to the future of molecular biology and how life works.

REQUIREMENTS:

Philip needed one central place to store all his articles in document form, available to download. Displaying all his books and publications, news of upcoming talks and presentations. He wanted the ability to add all these items to the site himself when he found time in his busy schedule.

WEB SOLUTION:

A simple airy design.  Joomla! was the content management software used, but a major update to his website later, made use of WordPress. I supplied an extensive training ‘manual’ including screenshots specifically of the areas of administration he needed. This was all done via pdfs and email.

WEB SERVICES:

Design, hosting, maintainance, back ups

WEBSITES:

https://philipball.co.uk
https://how-life-works.philipball.co.uk
https://music.philipball.co.uk

Andrea Oberto Barolo Wines

CLIENT: Andrea Oberto Winery

Andrea Oberto Winery started life as a small family-run concern and now manages an area of 16 hectares of vineyards and a new production facility which was completed in 2003, producing a range of 10 Barolo wines.

REQUIREMENTS:

A complete redesign of the existing website, with the addition of an ecommerce area to better facilitate orders from their international client distributors.

WEB SOLUTIONS:

A responsive design, two languages with the option for more, and a password protected area for the distributors.

WEB SERVICES:

Hosting with SSL, complete design, photography, maintenance and updates, regular backups, Joomla! was chosen as it offers simpler implementation for ecommerce solution.

Pilates Power with Sabrina Horak

CLIENT: Sabrina Horak Pilates instructor

Sabrina Horak is a personal keep-fit trainer, specialising in Pilates.

REQUIREMENTS:

A completely new website, to contain description of all courses, a blog, and an online shop to take bookings and sale of related keep fit products. To be simple to edit and add new articles, change prices and automate inventory. Clients should be able to see how many places are left on a course before purchasing. Automated reminder messages sent to clients signed up to classes.

WEB SOLUTIONS:

A responsive design, two languages with the option for more. Using J2Store ecommerce plugin for simple ordering and shopping cart experience. A simple calendar used as an alternative way to select a course and a module displaying the next upcoming events.

WEB SERVICES:

Hosting with SSL, complete design, photography, maintenance and updates, regular backups, Joomla! was chosen as it offers simpler implementation for an ecommerce solution.

WEBSITE

OW Lana Oberwirt Restaurant

CLIENT: Renato Lustik – Oberwirt Restaurant (OW Lana)

Oberwirt Restaurant di Renato, combine the exceptional hospitality of Renato with outstanding food and Italy’s best wines. The idea to only serve dishes influenced by slow food is great and you can really get dishes you would not find in any other restaurant in South Tyrol.

REQUIREMENTS:

A complete replacement of the existing website which was rarely updated with content, contained no text and therefore did not appear high in SEO and had an ambiguous domain name. To build on the only online marketing strength of excellent review status with Trip Advisor. Whilst the existing photography was good there needed to be more about the food itself. An area dedicated to events needed to be added.

WEB SOLUTIONS:

Typo3 was replaced by Joomla! which was felt to be less complicated to use at a much reduced cost. Designed with large landing page images of food for each of the website menu items, a table reservation button is in a prominent position on those landing page images.

WEB SERVICES:

Complete redesign, SSL hosting, implementation of Joomla! CMS, maintainance, and regular backups.

FotoPrints Photographic Prints and Postcards

CLIENT: FotoPrints (my own photographic archive)

FotoPrints is the home of photography by Alex Rowbotham. The collection of photographic prints spans more than 25 years and all images are available to be bought under license for the many forms of publishing, whether in print or online.

REQUIREMENTS:

Revamp the existing photographic prints website with a new fresher look and simplified ecommerce solution and navigation, use large-scale images, reduce the possibilities to copy images to use illegally.

WEB SOLUTIONS:

Using full screen design to take advantage of high quality images, security plugin to prevent most copying from browsers, Joomla! with J2Store ecommerce software configured simply, specifically for the products on offer.

WEB SERVICES:

Design, photography, Joomla! CMS (content management system), content updates, copy writing, maintainance, J2Store shopping cart software, back ups.

WEBSITE

Lana Lights International Projections Festival

CLIENT:

Luce Dipinta organises many events using projected images, their major event is Lana Lights, an International Painting with Light Festival spread over a number of days. With invited projection artists and free entrance to the public. Events range from video 3D mapping onto buildings in the town, multivision indoor screenings, workshops and light installations.

REQUIREMENTS:

The association needed a website which was stand alone for the Lana Lights festival and related events, rather than being part of their own association website. It was to include a members area for contributing artists, news, video, calendar of events, and sponsors area. It needed to appeal to possible sponsors and partners in order to raise finance and technical support.

WEB SOLUTIONS:

Joomla! was used as the CMS (Content Management System), with the artist and sponsors areas had permission levels set for restricted access. Language translation plugin Falang was used to implement the secondary languages of German and English, whilst the primary language was of course Italian. Video was achieved by using a plugin to connect to Vimeo and YouTube, this meant better SEO and saved server space and band-width.

WEB SERVICES:

Hosting, design, photography, video, written content, language translations, administration, content, regular maintainance and back ups.

WEBSITES:
https://lanalights.lucedipinta.com/
https://lanalights2015.lucedipinta.com/

Luce Dipinta Multivisioni Association

CLIENT: Luce Dipinta Multivisioni

Luce Dipinta is an Italian non-profit cultural association whose members create projections for the screen or 3D building mapping, particpate in workshops and present large-scale projection events.

REQUIREMENTS:

A website which offers a members area with a forum, news of events, and a portfolio of projects undertaken by Luce Dipinta. It was important that video presentations could be used on the site, three languages were needed with the possibility to add more so too was that promotion of the association to raise funding for events and workshops.

WEB SOLUTION:

Joomla! was used as the CMS (Content Management System),  with an existing forum plugin configured to suit the needs of Luce Dipinta Members, this allowed restricted access at various permission levels. Language translation plugin Falang was used to implement the secondary languages of German and English, whilst the primary language was of course Italian. Video was achieved by using a plugin to connect to Vimeo and YouTube, this meant better SEO and saved server space and band-width.

WEB SERVICES:

Hosting, email, design, photography, video, written content, language translations, regular maintainance and back ups, administration of membership and the forum.

WEBSITE

Sorgente Cornish Holiday Cottage

CLIENT: Sorgente Cornish Holiday Cottage

Sorgente Cornish cottage, is a traditional cottage set snugly in a row of granite stone cottages. A terrace that oozes old world charm in the ancient town of Penryn in Cornwall. Open 50 weeks of the year for uptp four guests.

REQUIREMENTS:

Increase SEO and positioning in this very competitive holiday cottage market. To stand out from competitors websites in the area, to be fast to download on all devices. A design that reflects the modern decor of the property itself. The ability to purchase gift vouchers directly online and be linked to social media sites.

WEB SOLUTIONS:

Using WordPress gives the owners a really flexible way to keep the site updated with fresh content and photos, important for SEO. A ‘Book Now’ button in prominent position on each page, with a clear menu to find information and the all important special offers. Social media activity has created reviews which are in turn, placed on the site along with page scans from the holiday cottage guestbook.

WEB SERVICES:

Design, photography, WordPress (content management system), content updates, copy writing, maintenance, shopping cart software and regular back ups.

WEBSITE

Waalhof Holiday Apartments

CLIENT: Martin & Verena Thomann – Waalhof Holiday Apartments

Their new holiday apartments are located in Corces, next to Silandro, in the beautiful Venosta valley between Resia pass and the thermal town of Merano. The valley is famous as one of the driest areas of South Tyrol, that offers mostly sunny days (above 300 sun days per year). The Venosta valley is also the orchard of South Tyrol: wine, strawberries, apricots and mostly apples come from this area. The valley is surrounded by the majestic peaks of the Ortler group (Ortles) and of the Ötztal Alps.

REQUIREMENTS:

Prior to the completion of construction of these new apartments (built above their family home), Martin and Verena needed an online presence with booking facilities. This was good thinking, to get the marketing up and running well before the main season began, ensured a better position to be in once the holiday apartments were ready. The new branding consisted of a hand-painted logo and was the reference for the new colour pallette. They themselves wished to administer as much of the site as possible .

WEB SOLUTIONS:

Martin and Verena gave a lot of thought and input into the final design and layout. They decided upon Joomla! as the content management software. Administration required an extensive training ‘manual’ including screenshots. This was all done via pdfs and email, and one-to-one training.

SERVICES:

SSL hosting and email, design, training, administration, routine maintainance, software updates and back ups.

WEBSITE