Listed below are a variety of site designs you might like to see on your own site. As you can see a website can be as individual and unique as it's owner.
Art & Crafts
www.wildtiles.co.uk
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Large Art and Craft site specialising in mosaic commissions and craft courses. On-line gallery, courses, maps and many useful features such as booking form, course calendar and slide show. This site also has both a shop and course booking system which is linked in to Paypal - transactions are conducted securely through Ebay's (the owner of Paypal) Secure Server.
View the Wild Tile's shop
and the online Craft course Booking page on Wild Tiles.
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www.peter-white.net
Small site of 7 pages. Design built to order and focused on the presentation of drawings & paintings.
This site makes extensive use of open source javascript programs which keep the cost down for the customer but at no cost to the quality of the presentation of the images.
The menu system uses DHTML which allows for new pages to be easily incorporated whenever required. |
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www.bridgehouseart.co.uk
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Medium sized site which specialises in art portfolio courses based in Ullapool. There are pages of student's work as well as a helpful course calender for forthcoming weekend and week long courses.
The course calendar is changed annually and course availability details are posted onto the site throughout the year.
The menu system uses DHTML which allows for new pages to be easily incorporated whenever required.
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www.szeilerart.co.uk
Basic site of three pages. Design built to order and based on the same theme found on the Szeiler Art business cards.
The site was created to display a range of hand made Sculptures, Ceramics and Pastels to best advantage.
Features include pop up windows which allow browsers to zoom in on works of art. Contact details are posted throughout the site.
NB: This site is currently being redesigned and will be upgraded soon! |
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www.gerryirvine.com
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Small Art site specialising in paintings and prints On-line gallery with a shop linked in to Paypal.
A convenient Content Management solution which enables the owner to manage the content of her site from home via a Control Panel.
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www.jeanfeeney-art.com
Large site specialising in oil paintings depicting Scotland's West coast. The on-line gallery and on-line shop are the main features. Using a personal login this client can update the content of her own site with news and paintings
www.anthonytaylor-art.com
Large site specialising in the sale and display of watercolour paintings. Again the on-line gallery and on-line shop are the main features. This artist uploads his own paintings through a Control Panel on his site.
Self Catering / B&B / Guest House / Hotel
www.ullapoollastminute.com
Large Accommodation Listing Site. Up-to-date accommodation vacancies for hotels, B&B's, Self Catering & Guest Houeses. Advertising last minute Ullapool vacancies - including the dates they are available.
Used by acommodation providers in Ullapool & the surrounding area. Users members have their own usernames & passwords with which they are free to add/amend/remove their own accommodation/contact details as often as they like. These details include the provision of up to date accommodation vacancy links & telephone numbers. Also included are detailed OS location maps and feedback/contact forms with spam filters.
Information on local activities, Ullapool, available facilities and numerous self catering and other links to local businesses. |
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www.ullapoolfarmbandb.co.uk
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Small Bed and Breakfast site (one cottage on Lochbroom).
Joomla (open source) site with print-out booking forms, google maps and slide shows. The owner has the freedom to login and alter the entire text and picture content of the site without any need to know html or any other program languages.
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www.corranullapool.co.uk
Small self catering site. with a print out booking forms and maps.
Calendar/Prices of available dates (revised annually), contact details throughout with detailed OS location maps.
Information on local activities, Ullapool, available facilities.. |
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www.stacpollaidh.com
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Medium sized Self Catering site (two cottages in Achnahaird and an town house in Ullapool). Online & print-out booking forms, image maps, AA Routefinder, extensive photos and text, useful outdoor pursuit site links and activities page with an extensive use of slide shows to show property interiors. This site is active on three domains
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www.barnhay.com
Small Bed & Breakfast site in Saint Andrews linked to Visit Scotland, prices, photos, useful site links and a slide show. Former customer now uploads his own content.
www.achnahaird.com
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Small Self Catering site (A cottage in Achnahaird ). Online Contact Form & print-out booking forms, photos and text, AA Routefinder, maps, useful tourist information and two slide shows to show property and local views.
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www.sabhalmorcottage.co.uk
Medium sized self catering site. with print out booking forms, contact form, availability calendar, u-tube video, slide show & maps.
Calendar/Prices of available dates (managed by owner from home), contact details throughout with detailed OS location maps. Site location is on Google Maps. Very handy site design allowing owners to update their current availability / rates as often as they like. See Availability Calendar
Google Site Translator, AA Routefinder, directions & information on local activities, information on Ullapool and general holiday activities. |
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www.strathkanaird.co.uk
Small/Medium sized Self Catering site, There is a slide show and many pictures. Location page featuring Ordinance Survey maps
and detailed travel instructions in the text, an additional link to the AA autoroute service.
There is a contact form with the standard spam filter and a link to the booking acent - Scottish Cottages.
Google Route Map and Google site translator. Slide show.
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www.ullapoolholidayhomes.com
Medium sized self catering site. with a print out booking form, terms and conditions and dynamic image maps.
The owner has control over the site's Availability Calendar(s) and Prices on the site (revised annually) from home. There is an Enquiry form with spam filter as standard, travelling directions and an AA routefinder.
The Home page has a Babel Fish language translator, also comprehensive information on local activities, Ullapool, available facilities.. |
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www.rhidorroch.com
Large sized Self Catering (two estate cottages and an estate house) and Estate Sport (fishing stalking and shooting) site linked to Visit Scotland.
Online & print-out booking forms, image maps, extensive photos and text, useful site links with an additional three slide shows featuring estate activities and available accommodation.
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www.strathcottage.net
Medium sized self catering site. with a print out booking forms and maps.
Calendar/Prices of available dates (revised annually), contact details throughout with detailed OS location maps. Site details submitted to Google Maps and frequently appears 1st on a 'self catering Ullapool' search
Google Site Translator, AA Routefinder, directions & information on local activities, information on Ullapool and general holiday activities. |
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www.reiffsteading.com
Medium sized Self Catering site linked to Visit Scotland, There are two slide shows and many pictures. Location page featuring Ordinance Survey maps
and detailed travel instructions in the text, aerial photographs with an additional link to the AA autoroute service.
There is a contact form with the standard spam filter and an online booking form which can be printed out.
The site also incorporates a Visit Scotland 4 star self-catering logo with an additional Restricted Mobility logo.
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Service Sites
www.viking-boats.com
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Very popular medium-sized site designed along the lines of a boating magazine as the owner is both an Ullapool boat-builder and a travel writer. Large online gallery and numerous pdf articles which the owner can upload himelf.
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www.pktenants.org
Medium sized Housing Association site. Many links to other Housing associations, useful information and links to other organisations. This site is updated regularly by the staff through their own Control Panel - The Control Panel is accessed through an encrypted Login / Logout system. | |
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www.antallasolais.org
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Large Visual Art site specialising in arts and crafts. Spam filters for anti spam. This Community site serves as a showpiece and gallery for local artists who can have their own Internet accessible pages within the site.
The site is constantly evolving with more features
including an Archive of former newsletters (stored in pdf format), a News page which is updated regularly, a Course Calendar, an Events Calendar and plans for further content management solutions to come..
Members have their own unique internet-friendly web pages that can be accessed by Google & other search endines directly. Effectively providing a mini website of their own within a much larger site.
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www.macphailcentre.co.uk
Large Community site specialising in Theatre / Event bookings and Continuing Education. This Community site provides an e-newsletter subscription service and an online diary.
Browsers can subscribe to the newsletter via a Subscription page. The newsletter itself, which is managed by the staff, carrys links whereby recipients can unsubscribe.
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www.summerisles-seatours.co.uk
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Medium sized site Specialising in Sea Tours of the Summer Isles. As photographs are the key to this attractive site there are
rolling banners on the home page with a second page devoted to a slide show.
Maps and travel directions throughout along with price lists and departure times.
The site is updated regularly with fresh pictures and new projects added to a 'Special Event' page.
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www.elkcal.co.uk
Small Community Association site. - local businesses listings + contact details.
An archive of past years is gradually being built up as are the minutes of community meetings. Community are now updating their own content using WordPress.
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Retail
www.jeanfeeney-art.com
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Not the only Retail (ecommerce) site here (see Arts & Crafts) but a good example of one.
Medium sized site specialising in oil paintings depicting Scotland's West coast. The on-line gallery and on-line shop are the main features. Using a personal login this client can update the content of her own site with news and paintings that she sells online.
Transactions are conducted via Pay Pal using their up-to-date SSL technology
This site also has an RSS News feed that visitors can subscribe to and receive news updates (with links) the moment they are created. A Handy tool to have with e-commerce solutions.
Jean has linked her site into Facebook so she can blog online via her site as well as use her site to sell her paintings...
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Other
www.northwoodsdesign.org
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The owner asked for a simple design with the emphasis on images which were to be placed above the text.
Sophisticated drop down transparant menu with a rotating slide show underneath. Browers have the option to toggle through the images in this attractive site.
The search engine is indexed into Google's own search engine and gives the optimal combination of both site search and searching the internet.
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www.hope4recovery.co.uk
Medium sized site with DHTML menu. The home page has a rolling banner of 6 images which are timed to replace each other every 5 seconds (timings can be altered to suit).
Personal Blog integrated into the site menu system. See Blog page .
Also online sale of Book and Cards (vis Paypal). Paypal now accommodates the requirements of buyers who do not wish to join Paypal.
There is a feedback form, numerous images (photograps, drawings & paintings) and text throughout the site. Also additional menu at foot of page to accommodate deep pages.
Linked to Facebook to accommodated Hope4Recovery facebook page.
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