Blue Cedar Landscapes’ site blooms into life

We are pleased to announce a new site launch this week for local firm, Blue Cedar Landscapes, who devise and implement quite stunning gardens – and we should know, as they did a super job on ours ;-)

Blue Cedar wanted a very simple site to give the basics on their services, as well as a gallery feature to show off some of their finest creations.

Lovelywork built this quickly and efficiently, and we are looking forward to tending to the site with the odd prune and sprinkle of new content. Ok, enough already with the gardening theme!

If you are a sole trader or small business and you need help getting a simple web presence together along similar lines as Blue Cedar, then please do drop us a mail and we’ll be only too pleased to help with your requirements.

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We’re *so* HipLogic

There’s nothing like getting involved with a piece of innovative technology – in this case, the US mobile technology firm, HipLogic Inc, a company formed by key members of the J2ME engineering team at Sun Microsystems.

Their invention – a runtime installation, called HipLogic Live – redefines the way people consume content on their mobile phones. The platform improves content and application discoverability, provides a consistent user experience across all handset models, and optimizes data traffic on cellular networks.

The platform is available for smartphones (including Symbian, Windows Mobile, and now Android) as well as feature phones (LG, Samsung) running closed real-time operating systems.

You can view a demo of the Symbian version on You Tube.

Over 2009-10, Lovelywork deployed HipLogic for The Carphone Warehouse, Europe’s leading independent retailer.

Off that back of this successful launch relationship, HipLogic contracted Lovelywork’s for the following services:

• Retail Customer Management: responsible for the attainment of revenue goals from retail customers such as The Carphone Warehouse and territory expansion into CPW’s european markets.
• Media Partner Acquisition and Management: Lead relationships and direct strategies for key Media and Content Partners such as Sky, Google, Microsoft and Publicis Group
• Content Developer Recruitment: assisting in the expansion of HipLogic developer network throughout Europe.
• Product Marketing: Assisted US technical and product teams in creating a world-class wireless portfolio of solutions by identifying and communicating key market opportunities.
• OEM Expansion: Responsible for developing and managing relationships with OEM’s that supply phones to the European market.
• Operators Development: Responsible for developing and managing relationships with major European Operators.

iPhone app for Dennis Publishing brand

In conjunction with development studio, Missing Ink Studios, Lovelywork delivered a very useful iPhone application for Dennis Publishing’s Know Your Mobile brand.

With MiS, we approached Dennis to pitch the idea that they should be deploying their editorial and strength in journalistic reviews within the app marketplace. What resulted from this was an app review app (!) launched under the KYM brand.

Lovelywork contributed creative and product management to this App deliverable. The end product has the following features:

• Tips section & How To guides to iPhone use
• Tricks section – cool things to do on the iPhone
• Reviews – the heart of the product, with over 800 reviews
• News – latest postings from KYM website

The app is powered by XML feeds from the KYM servers and is updated as regularly as the posts are made on the main site.

Key functional features:

• OS3 and 3GS content
• Page flip navigation
• Regular feed updates from KYM servers
• Adjustable notifications to alert users to new content
• ‘Mark as Read’button across sections and within categories

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Davies Mckerr launch web presence

Davies Mckerr, the successful research and planning agency, approached us to build them a web presence, which we rightly did – the results of which can be seen here.

The build involved the following:

• Scoping & Wireframes
• Template design/HTML
• Image optimization
• Project management

The site provides users with more information on Davies Mckerr and their services, along with a client area and contact form

We launched this site in 2005 and we’re very pleased to see that Davies Mckerr are still using Lovelywork’s delivered simple, uncluttered web presence to promote their firm and its work.

www.daviesmckerr.com

Lovelywork tee off for Crown Golf

Our build for Crown Golf involved a number of important factors – all of which needed to be co-ordinated closely between client and our IT partner, Ioko, to ensure a sucessful launch.

The Crown Golf web overhaul involved the following elements:

• Functional scoping & wireframing
• Project management through to launch
• Design/HTML of templates
• Integration of templates with off-the-shelf CMS
• Flash map section to browse to specific locations
• Specific content filling for 25 individual golf club modules

Below are a few images from the original site which went live in 2005. It has since been redesigned, by another team, but we’re proud of the results we achieved with this site – and getting it live on Xmas Eve!

Cocolobo goes global

Lovelywork completed delivery of a lush presence for Cocolobo – an upmarket hotel residence on the beautiful island of Roatan in Honduras, one of the world’s best places to take a scuba-diving holiday.

The site is cleanly designed and built, giving users the ability to browse the hotel’s services, its room rates, view images in the gallery as well as make a booking request.

We worked closely with the hotel owners to deliver them a compelling experience, delivering project management, web design and HTML services and a degree of maintenance to keep the site fresh.

HipLogic successfully launched for Carphone Warehouse

Over the course of 2009-10, LovelyWork’s services were contracted by The Carphone Warehouse digital services team, who needed a technical project management team to across a range internal initiatives.

Over the course of our contracted term, LovelyWork successfully delivered the following:

• Content & supplier strategy for laptop ‘CPW Image’ rollout
• Technical and deal management of HipLogic mobile content platform as ‘SnappLife’ whitelabel
• Development with CPW handset OEM manufacturers of HipLogic mobile platform

CPW’s ‘SnappLife’ brand has since devolved to the supplier’s own global brand, HipLogic, and is being rolled out across Symbian, Windows, Android and WYSE operating systems, to mention a few.

Here are a few press links about the original launch that LovelyWork played an integral part in bringing to market.

Press

• 3G.co.uk
• Pocket Picks
• T3.com

More on HipLogic

• Hiplogic Inc homepage
• A YouTube demo of HipLogic in motion… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKGPKeZ_QIQ

Housebible opens its doors

LovelyWork are proud housebible builders – a new blog for a team of design-for-living inspired writers, featuring a daily dose of advice, tips and features on how to spruce up your habitat.

We built this off the WordPress framework, deploying bespoke design and CSS elements, while making sure all went well with project management a go-go to ensure a safe delivery of a new blog baby.

http://www.housebible.com/

LovelyWork build blog for local author, Jo Tatchell

We have just completed work for journalist and author, Jo Tatchell, overhauling her previous site to give her a lovely new blog all of her own, housing information all about Jo, and her published work, including ‘Nabeel’s Song’ and her latest book, ‘A Diamond in the Desert’, which we cannot recommend highly enough!

Lovelywork scoped the blog and deployed templates across WordPress to deliver a clean, crisp site, that Jo can now easily maintain herself via the WordPress CMS toolset

Check out Jo’s new website here.

Jo Tatchell's new blog

LovelyWork deliver for Egmont ‘I Can Learn’ project

LovelyWork recently completed work on Egmont Publishing’s ‘I Can Learn’ website.The site provides parents with an online resource for young children aged 3-6, allowing parents to set a learning scheme, utilizing the site’s directory of ‘printable’ learning sheets, as well as setting a reward plan with a selection of fun flash games.

Lovelywork provided scoping and project management services to Missing Ink Studios, contracted by Egmont to deliver the project.

Go check it out and if you have very young kids (3-5) then we recommend the free trial and bargain subscription of 4.99!

Egmont's new subscription service