Introduction
Observer Standard Design has been providing web services for Observer Standard Newspapers and its customers for nearly eight years and its designers and developers experience of the industry goes back even further. We are now offering your business the benefits of this experience in the form of a new set of hosting and design packages from basic email contact requirements to dynamic content based, eCommerce site builds.
As a part of one of the largest independent regional newspaper groups in the UK we can offer design and marketing services that cover everything from the web based products mentioned above to logos, stationery, brochures, newspaper ad campaigns, magazine placements, leaflet distribution and much more.
We are sure that our experience in such a broad range of media will prove to be an attractive proposition so why not give us a call to find out what we can do for your business.
Observer Standard News Sites
Built on the back of the newspapers' editorial system, the news sites provide a flexible and easily updateable online presence for each title.
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WOWWW
Another brand new launch in 2007 WOWWW is an XML based what's on guide for Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands. The front of the site also takes content from the newspaper group's editorial system to augment the listings.
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Recruitement Sites
Observer Standard Newspapers run three recruitment sites which are built on the back of a simple database which is regularly updated by non-technical staff from the adverts appearing in the various papers.
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Property Sites
This is one of three sites that are built on the back of the database that runs all the property pages in the papers. The database is updated directly by the Estate Agents. Features such as email updates and saveable properties add to a great user experience.
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The Country Girl
A site for an external client. A straight forward layout without any direct customer control over content. There are downlaodable PDFs for menus which are a useful feature for users. The logo was created in house as well
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Douglass Motors
Another client site this time packed full of areas of content updateable by the owner. Features include galleries, a brochure for their shop and pages for their specialist products.
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Domain only
We do have a range of site packages that we hope will suit most needs but if the customer wants to self build then we can supply the domain name and web space for them to do so.
Cost: £10/year (.co.uk) Cost: £15/year (.com, .net) others (.info, .mobi etc) available on request.
Domain & Email
Gives a memorable and professional domain name on which you can base multiple email addresses.
Email addresses can forward to an existing address if you have one. Options include larger email box capacity, spam and virus filtering, SMS alerts when mail arrives and automatic replies. Email can be accessed in a similar way to Hotmail.
Package can be upgraded to host a website at any time.
Cost: £25/year
Domain With Email & Web Hosting
Gives all the email options of the previous package but with the ability to host a web site (details below).
Cost: £50/year
Site Design Packages
Basic
A straight forward entry level package which will give you a single paged site to include: About The Company Contact Details Product/Service Overview
The equivalent of having a full page newspaper ad online with the added benefit of visitors being able to contact you directly.
Price: £350 + yearly hosting charge.
Updates: £30/hour (quotes based on extent of work agreed before commencement).
Advanced
Adding pages to the site gives more flexibilty in the amount of information that can be comfortably displayed and conveys the impression of a larger operation.
Home page to give details of the company. Contact page all contact details and a map link. Could also hold links to other relevant sites (reciprocal linking can help with search engine ranking). Up to four product/service pages.
Moving towards an online brochure. Most suitable for companies with a fairly static set of products or services.
Price: £600 + yearly hosting charge.
Updates: £30/hour (quotes based on extent of work agreed before commencement).
Premium
This option is designed to cater for the needs of companies with more changable products or services. The size of the site is the same as for the Advanced option but with the added benfit of a 'back end' that will allow for certain areas of the site to be updated by the site owner. These updatable areas could be used to show special offers on the home page and to update product details on the product pages.
Price: £1000 + yearly hosting charge.
Updates: £30/hour (quotes based on extent of work agreed before commencement). Obviously with this package the majority of content updates can be done by the customer.
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If none of these packages suit your needs we can provide solutions and quotes based on a 'wish list' of site features.
Extras including animated elements, video, audio, order forms, pdf downloads etc. can be quoted for on a case by case basis.
We can also design logos/identities for companies and products as well as providing print services for most business requirements.