Due to its inland central location, Birmingham is a major transport hub on the motorway, rail, and canal networks. The city is served by a number of major motorways and probably the best known motorway junction in the UK, Spaghetti Junction. Author J. R. R. Tolkien was brought up here with many locations in the city supposedly being the inspiration for various scenes in The Lord of the Rings. A city of world-class culture Birmingham is home to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. There is also the ICC, a major conference venue and the NIA, a large indoor arena which hosts a range of events with seating for up to 13,000.
Kaweb design and build websites for a wide range of clients including those below who are based in Birmingham.
Our main aim with any new website build is to ensure that an excellent design is supported with the latest in usability techniques (eg. W3C compliance), supportive functionality, as well as answering the brief itself. Whether it be an ecommerce solution, an online application or a more simple service-based information site, this core methodology is behind everything we do. Getting the basics right (in code terms) also helps a great deal with regard to search engine optimisation. So often, sites do not rank well because they do not follow best practice coding in the first place.
Our application for Phil Jones Associates and The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation provides users with a tool that calculates the stopping sight distance (SSD) of a car. This calculator takes into account speed, road types, road conditions and slope to create an accurate measurement. The application also provides users with information about the two companies and the SSD formula.
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We’re excited to have been approached by a new client to Kaweb to develop a tool for helping traffic planners workout stopping distances.
Primarily for the use of our estate agent clients, mappr is used to show property search results on a map. Using feed data, we are able to display the properties on a map (tailored to the user’s specified criteria) as well as show the relevant sales/letting information within the same interface. This makes the user-journey more intuitive than sifting through standard results listing pages as well as offering the user all relevant information regarding proximity to local services, schools and railway stations. The mappr service can be applied to existing online solutions as well as a standalone applications.
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This app features the ability to send property details by email to a friend, get directions via a Google map or contact the branch – the App is targetted at their entire client base, but particluarly the students that use their services across Stafford, Lichfield, Burton and Uttoexeter.
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Kitchen Magic are a kitchen renovation business in Birmingham. We worked with Kitchen Magic to update their company branding, and to rewrite their website to feature a tidier design, more imagery and better information for users. With a new modern design, the site is much more functional, allowing users to view a selection of kitchen ranges and to make enquiries.
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Purely Shutters are a shutter company in the midlands who requested a brochure site to showcase a large selection of custom made high quality wooden shutters. Developed with plans to expand into a full e-commerce site, the site features contact and quotation tools, including a shutter designer and quote page. We put focus on key calls to action, search-engine optimisation and clean, tidy design to encourage users to explore the site.
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Speedaway Motorcycles required a new site that was able to cope with over sixty hundred thousand genuine parts as well other non-part related stock, including new and used bikes. We had to ensure integration into their existing parts/ordering management software (Catalyst) as well as make it easy for users to find their desired part. Using a ‘live search’ look up, users can quickly find the exact item they are looking for. Stock management was also key to development, and a real time stock query was built so as to manage user delivery expectations. Registered users (both Public and Trade User types) are also able to track the progress of their order and delivery.
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With an established business of nine stores throughout the UK supplying a wide selection of beautiful handcrafted jewellery and scarves, The Jewellery Stop are already well known for their creativity and value for money. Kaweb put together an ecommerce solution that enables the easy updating of stock as well as tools to aid quick and simple dispatching of goods to customers. Supported by an HTML email campaign prior to the festive season, The Jewellery Stop have maintained a strong presence in the online market.
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This site allows the user to upload artwork files at point of purchase so that orders are delivered along with graphic panels produced from the artwork supplied.
Possibly the first of it’s kind, the new John German website records every click a user makes on the site, and then adapts the site content so as to make it easier for the user to browse. By recording user activity, the site can display relevant links, properties and suggestions to the user, whilst still allowing them to alter their history by way of a My JG account preference screen. Add to this a mailing list section that auto-emails subscribers the latest properties (based on favoured searches), as well as website designs that change with the seasons, the site really has raised the bar in online solutions for estate agents.
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With a retail outlet already established, Designer Tags wanted an online presence that could be used to sell their discounted designer clothing brands. The site was built bespokely and features an admin area where stock can be managed. The site also features a seamless integration into a third party payment gateway for credit card checking [...]
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