We provide creative and practical design solutions for web, print, exhibitions and advertising. However, the fact that you are looking at this page indicates that you have probably just been looking at one of our web sites.

118 Design specialise in web sites that incorporate a Content Management System. This gives the client full control over their web site product catalogue. Product details can easily be updated from any internet browser. Individual product images can be uploaded and are automatically resized for optimum performance. The client control panel is password protected.

Good web site design requires considerable sympathy for the medium. Most domestic internet users connect to the internet using slow dial-ups. (This is where the expression "The World Wide Wait" comes from). By taking a measured approach to graphical image content and making innovative use of HTML, 118 Design provide a browsing experience that is exceptionally fulfilling to it's dial-up users and therefore exceptionally profitable to it's clients.

Here are some examples of our work:

www.swoptics.co.uk
This is a large and successful e-commerce site featuring a product catalogue approaching 1000 items. Search engine penetration is exceptional. Designed for speed, the site uses minimal graphical content, and yet is stylish and easy to navigate. The catalogue content is managed entirely by the client from his web browser in his Truro shop.

www.salonstuff.co.uk
Once again this site features extensive client control through a password protected web interface. The client uploads product images to the web server which dynamically re-sizes them to create thumbnails on the category pages and correctly sized images on the product pages. The client ranks each product by "importance" and the nine most important products are automatically displayed on the home page. Almost every item on this site is a "one off" so products require frequent updating.

www.globevale.co.uk
This is a simple brochure type web site. It is designed to be easy to navigate and whilst having a pleasing appearance, any unnecessary graphical content has been discarded in favour of speed.