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Web Design Insightsfrom Team Wired

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Web Design Top Tips to Boost Conversions

A well-designed website can significantly impact your online success, and one of the key metrics to gauge this success is conversion rate. Conversions, whether it's making a purchase, filling out… READ NOW

What is above the fold Content?

When it comes to web design, the term "above the fold" holds immense significance. It represents the content that's immediately visible to users when they land on a web page… READ NOW

Choosing a Specialist WordPress Agency

In today's digital era, a strong online presence is the cornerstone of success for businesses across the globe. WordPress, with its user-friendly interface and robust capabilities, has emerged as the platform of choice for creating and managing websites. However, to… READ NOW

Page Speed and its effects on Performance

Website page speed is a critical factor that significantly influences a website's performance and return on investment (ROI). It affects user experience, search engine ranking, and the overall success of a website. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the… READ NOW

Micro Moments & Responsive Web Design

Why tapping into micro-moments and making headway in mobile responsiveness are the keys to getting ahead this year Micro-moments. It's the buzzword on everyone's lips, but what does it mean? A micro-moment is the increasingly common occurrence of someone… READ NOW

5 Lessons in Web Design

There are few things we love more than strong website design and The Great British Bake Off….and they have more in common than you might think! When designing a website, as when baking the perfect three tiered pork pie; there are… READ NOW

5 Must-Haves for Profitable Hotel Web Design

Wireframes Start with the basics. Wireframing is a fundamental part of our hotel web design process to ensure that your final website does what it needs to do. This is a planning stage which involves identifying the pages and sections… READ NOW

Get Smart or Get Thinking

Quite a long time ago we began to encourage our customers to embrace the influence of mobile technology, predominantly starting with their websites. For the last 10 years, the laptop has been our favourite way to browse the web.… READ NOW

Tablets Overtake Mobiles for eCommerce

Tablets are widely known to be on the rise in popularity, and research released in June highlights that tablets are taking an increasingly higher share of online traffic. In fact between Q1 2011 and Q1 2012, website traffic to… READ NOW

Retina Displays for Developers & Brands

On the eleventh of June Apple announced its next-generation MacBook Pro, equipped with a brand new “Retina Display” that is also featured on Apple's iPhone 4/4S and new iPad. The new screen means that the premium MacBook Pro models will… READ NOW

Port80 Web Design Conference

The week before last I attended the Port80 Web Design Conference in Newport. It was a great event - the quality of the content was excellent, with topics stretching from responsive web design to speed optimisation, content strategy and bringing… READ NOW

New Website: Signworld

When Signworld approached Wired Media with the dream of building a website that supported the complete learning and teaching of British Sign Language, it is needless to say that we were very excited.It was vital that we truly understood Signworld's values and… READ NOW

New UK Website: Trollbeads

When Trollbeads enlisted Wired Media to develop its brand new UK ecommerce website we were over the moon. Trollbeads wanted a ‘bang-on-brand' site that mirrored the beauty and elegance of their jewellery. Incorporating a theme of ‘play', the website had… READ NOW

New Website: Big Tall

We were thrilled when Big Tall appointed us to create their brand new website. The client had a clear vision of what they wanted; an incredibly user friendly site that converted visits into sales. They also wanted a comprehensive admin… READ NOW

New Website for Start-Up Card Company Hephalump

We were excited when start-up company Hephalump appointed Wired Media to create their first eCommerce website. Our brief from Hephalump was to develop a well-branded, search engine and user-friendly site that allowed them to sell their personalised greetings cards and… READ NOW

New Website: Ellenborough Park

Ellenborough Park provided us with a very clear brief: create a highly usable and fully functioning website that utilised existing booking engines whilst showcasing all areas of the beautiful hotel.It was critical that the new hotel website not only increased… READ NOW

Moving from Confrontation to Collaboration

Paul Boag made an interesting argument when speaking about 'the battlefield of design: designers vs clients' at this years Future of Web Design (FOWD) conference. The key points covered were much alike those of which I've learnt throughout my studies… READ NOW

Stop Worrying and Get On With It

An interesting quote from Elliot Jay Stocks at the Future of Web Design (FOWD) conference in Bristol this year.As web developers and designers, we're faced with an array of compatibility-based concerns that cause us to reduce the design quality or… READ NOW

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