Homepage of Otley based Multimedia and Web designer Mark Langdale

Bradford East1 Website Launched

Bradford East 1As a result of the work I did for My BD5 extended services group in Bradford I was asked to create a website for another local area partnership – Bradford East1.

Bradford East1 co-ordinate support services for local children and their families across their area, including 17 Primary schools, 2 Secondary schools Hanson and Immanuel College.

The website is fully content managed and includes a blog, a diary, gallery pages and much more.

Please click here to take a look.

co-ordinating support services for local children and their families across their area
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My BD5 Makeover

I recently added several animations and a more vibrant colour scheme to the My BD5 website to help them incorporate child friendly aesthetics into the design. Please click here to take a look!

 

Simple Flash animations such as these cost less than you would think and are a great way to make your pages look more fun and dynamic. Feel free to get in touch if you would like to discuss animation.

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Appleton Academy website goes live

Appleton AcademyI was recently involved with the creation of a website for Appleton Academy in Bradford. The site was designed by Dave Preston of DP Creative and I was tasked with building the template, developing the website around a content management system (CMS), adding the initial content, delivering training to the staff and providing ongoing technical support.

Appleton Academy will soon be featuring some of their exciting new developments on the website and I look forward to working with them to develop the website further and make great use of it.

Please click here to take a look.

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EURAGE website launched

EurageI recently completed a website for international project group EURAGE – ‘European Research Group on Attitudes to Age’.  EURAGE are currently analysing the findings from over 30 countries and 50,000 respondents and have links with other large organisations such as Futurage and AgeUK.

The website is fully content managed so their team can edit and maintain it themselves and it features a blog to include their latest news.

Please click here to take a look.

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New projects launching soon

A number of web projects that I have been asked to complete will be launching soon, including an academy website, an extended services group website and my first international project for a not for profit organisation. Please check again soon for more details.

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Independent Academies Association video

In February I provided some supporting camera work for Wraith Design at the Independent Academies Association National Conference at the Royal Horseguards Hotel in London. Chris, owner of Wraith Design, has done an excellent job of putting together a highlight video. Please click here to take a look (opens in Windows Media Player).

I have worked with Chris for several years now and we can be hired for conference and event filming, corporate videos, educational videos and promotional videos for schools and academies. Please feel free to get in touch with either of us for a competetive quote.

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Limited availability between 29/04/10 and 07/05/10

Just an advanced warning that between the 29/04/10 and 07/05/10 I am moving house. My availability will be limited, but I will still be checking and responding to emails and phone calls.

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Open website in all browsers with a batch script

An important part of website design is to make sure that a website displays correctly in all of the most popular internet browsers.

I’d like to share a little batch script I created that saves time and effort by opening a website in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari and IETester in one go (provided you have these browsers installed on your computer).
@echo off
set /p var= Which URL would you like to open?
start "Internet Explorer" "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" %var%
start "Firefox" "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" %var%
start "Opera" "C:\Program Files\Opera\Opera.exe" %var%
start "Safari" "C:\Program Files\Safari\Safari.exe" %var%
start "IETester" "C:\Program Files\Core Services\IETester\IETester.exe" %var%
exit

To use this script simply copy and paste it into notepad and save it as a .bat file (eg. browsercheck.bat) then double click the batch file to use it. A window will appear that prompts you to enter the URL of your website, hit Enter and you’re away!

To add functionality to open Google Chrome it’s a little more complicated. You need to find the target location for Chrome’s executable file. This can be found by right clicking on the shortcut to Google Chrome and clicking “Properties”. Typically the final command will look like the following, with username replaced with your username:

Windows XP

start "Google Chrome" "C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\chrome.exe" %var%

Windows Vista/Windows 7

start "Google Chrome" "C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\chrome.exe" %var%

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Nexus Workspace

nexus workspaceI recently completed a content managed website for Leeds based office design and fit out specialists Nexus Workspace. The website, developed in Joomla, features a latest news blog and numerous contact forms.

Their staff were great to work with and very enthusiastic about the website and they have plans to develop it even further in the future.

Please click here to take a look.

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Collection of recent work

In response to a suggestion that I recently received from a client, I have put together a collection of some of my recent projects. This can be accessed by clicking the “Recent Work” box in the top right of my website, or by clicking this link (Recent Work)

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  • Testimonials

    Developing a new web site is a challenge. It must present the information required whilst communicating the school's ethos. As a Head teacher with limited expertise in such matters I required a designer who could take the school's ideas, advise on their practicability and then add a creative element. We are delighted with the outcome and recommend Mark's work without hesitation.
    Michael Latham
    Head Teacher
    Newby Primary School