Taking security seriously – GOGO Padlocks
Posted by megan on October, 27th 2011
GOGO Padlocks are one of our newest clients, who enlisted our help to re-design their ecommerce site and improve its functionality. They sell a large range of high quality padlocks from top brands including: Henry Squires, Abus and Faithfull. GOGO Padlocks stock padlocks suitable for both everyday and specific purpose use, so you can be sure that they’ll have the right padlock to protect your valuable items. They understand just how distressing burglary and theft can be, and take security very seriously to ensure that they provide only the best, and most secure padlocks to their customers.
Using the wonder that is Magento, our web design experts created an ecommerce site for GOGO Padlocks that was simple and safe for their customers to use. They chose to implement a blue and grey colour scheme, ... (Read more)
Read moreDesigner sunglasses at Sunglasses Save
Posted by megan on October, 24th 2011
Ever since the Juno Web Design team re-built Sunglasses Save’s ecommerce website back in June 2009, they have been working to ensure that it provides a great online shopping experience for customers. Using Magento they have been finding ways to improve their conversion rates – which is the percentage of traffic that turns into actual sales. This has included altering specific elements to make the site run faster.
Sunglasses Save sells high-quality, designed sunglasses from brands including Ray-Ban, Oakley and Nike. They offer their customers these sunglasses at a 30% lower price, than they would find shopping on the high street. When our web design team re-built the ecommerce site, over 10,000 products were added, including both new and major brands, highlighting just how much choice Sunglasses Save has to offer. Their top ... (Read more)
Read moreDoor Knobs from Graham and Green
Posted by megan on October, 19th 2011
Here at Juno Web Design we have been working closely with the contemporary furniture designers, Graham and Green, to improve their e commerce website’s functionality. Graham and Green have a great range of designer kitchen furniture, as well as contemporary home accessories including their very popular selection of unique door knobs. Our web design team have worked hard to ensure that the website has the most convenient layout possible, making shopping online a more pleasurable experience for Graham and Green’s customers.
Graham and Green have a number of detailed door knob designs featuring glass, chrome, wood and ceramic materials. In order to display the fine detail and colour of the door knobs it was necessary to display high quality product photographs on the website. High quality product photography is so ... (Read more)
Read moreWrestling Shoes – Hitting the Mat
Posted by Dave Wiltshire on October, 18th 2011
Here at Juno Web Design, we work with such a huge variety of clients and industries it is always nice to have something different on the books, maybe even slightly quirky. When My Wrestling Room approached us about re designing their ecommerce website and improve it’s functionality and search engine optimistaion we were in awe. Not only was My Wrestling Room a dedicated store to the incredible sport of wrestling, they are based over the ocean in the USA. Their best range of products are many of the top brands of Wrestling Shoes, which are both practical for the sport and really stand out with vibrant colours and designs.
This project included creating a visually pleasing site that was simple to use and tied in with the existing stock and products My Wrestling Room had to ... (Read more)
Read moreQuality Management Software – Union Square
Posted by Dave Wiltshire on October, 4th 2011
Throughout every stage in a construction process there has to be an element of quality control and management. If you work in the construction industry, you will know there are so many rules and regulations that go alongside the preparation and physical construction of a building.
By preparing, planning and adhering to documents, quality can be managed throughout the whole process, and documents can be called upon to discuss plans, make any changes, and to back up agreements on the building process.
The amount of documents, which are an integral part of the construction process, are ever increasing. Those documents need to be stored easily and called up at a moment’s notice.
There are a range of Quality Management Software programmes available on the market, which can be installed into construction businesses to allow the safe storage of documents.
Workspace is one system ... (Read more)
Read moreHas the Internet helped or harmed journalism?
Posted by Dave Wiltshire on September, 2nd 2011
As technology continues to develop, more and more people are consuming their news online every day, meaning that the internet has become an invaluable tool for journalists. Both broadcasting and print companies are now focussing much more on their online content in order to stay a float, and keep up with the likes of bloggers and social networking sites, which have become very relevant in the world of news. Like with most changes there are both positive and negative implications, and the internet has certainly helped journalism, but it could also be argued that to some extent it has harmed it.
There are a number of positive implications that the internet has had on journalism, for one it provides mass distribution of content, meaning news companies can reach a much larger and diverse audience. Another key benefit of the internet is ... (Read more)
Read moreNew PHP Developer Job – Nottingham
Posted by Dave Wiltshire on August, 9th 2011
The web design team here at Juno Media are looking for a new PHP developer to join the growing team in our new Nottingham based office.
We are looking for an experienced PHP programmer to handle, manage and progress high-end clients on WordPress and Magento Ecommerce platforms. You should have a deep knowledge of PHP scripting, at least a year experience in the ecommerce sector and basic skills in spreadsheets and data handling.
Juno Media in Nottingham operates a relaxed environment in which to work in with new unique challenges on a weekly basis. We like to constant evolve our development work with improvements, add-ons and experimental tweaks; this philosophy eliminates boredom for our team and allows us to focus on quality over quantity.
If you have the skills and would like to be ... (Read more)
Read moreGuide to Internet Cookies
Posted by Dave Wiltshire on August, 8th 2011If you are new to the internet then you could be forgiven for thinking that cookies are a type of delicious biscuit. If you’re not new to the internet then you will be aware that on 26 May 2011, the rules and regulations regarding cookies changed and that website owners have had to become more proactive in explaining to users how their details are used and stored.
We have put together a quick guide to cookies that will explain everything that you need to know about the regulation changes and what you can do to stay on the right side of the ICO.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that are downloaded to a device e.g. a computer or mobile phone when the user accesses certain websites. These cookies allow the website to recognise the user’s device.
There is usually nothing sinister at all ... (Read more)
Read morePayment Gateway Choices
Posted by Dave Wiltshire on August, 1st 2011
There are many payment gateway options out there for e-commerce stores and when you are new to selling online, choosing between all the payment gateway providers can be really stressful.
Some providers charge all kinds of fees, joining fees, per transaction fees and % of transaction costs, but with so many companies out there offering completely different payment gateway solutions, how do you decide which is the best for you and your business?
Unfortunately, it’s not as straightforward as choosing the cheapest provider based on the size of your business and your average basket value. If problems arise then you would need to speak with someone about the matter immediately and come to a swift resolution. When it comes to something as vital as your payment gateway, the level of customer service your provider offers should be a top concern for you.
Paypal ... (Read more)
Read moreGraham and Green Number One for Home Accessories
Posted by Dave Wiltshire on June, 29th 2011Some time ago we were approached by the well known contemporary home accessories brand Graham and Green. Our remit for the project was to create a new website with better technology, targeted infrastructure and better order and customer management. In the early discussions we set out our intentions (on the block) to help grow the online business by 30% this year.
Graham & Green set out the search Home Accessories as the dream keyword and they we not ranking at all well for it. Along with a lot of other target phrases we have gained Number 1 (Numero Uno) result for the search phrase, just above Debenhams and House of Fraser.
Heres a screenshot
Home Accessories | Graham & Green
We are celebrating and thinking of new strategy and targets for the guys at ... (Read more)
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