We have been advised that a hardware update will be undertaken by our service provider between the hours of 1:00am and 6:00am.

Any email sent during this time will release once the update is complete, please do not revise content on your site until the update is complete.

This news item will be updated to confirm completion of the work.

The site is a showcase for her products and a point of contact for potential buyers. We developed the logotype and, using WPFolio as the starting point, created a simple layout with a link to a contact form under each item to allow buyers to send requests directly from the site.

Click on the link to visit the site.

The sketchbook pages work especially well with the LightBox feature allowing the viewer to page through large size images in a floating window.

Click the link to visit Angela’s site

You may see a maintenance page for around 30 minutes while we check your site, you will be notified once the update is complete.

The keywords representing the course; idea material object; now return the top three results on a Google search and the course features on the first page when searching for BA three dimensional design (09 Dec 09).

To view the live site click here.

Developed as a multi-user site, contributions will come from all of who have connections to the course, it also relies on the staff utilising their connections to promote the course so social networking tools are an integral part of the design. As well as embedding social bookmarks into each page we also created a Facebook page and Twitter profiles, and integrated the publication of new items to be broadcast to these networking sites.

A significant amount of customisation was carried out to the side of the site the staff use to make adding content as simple as possible, the front was also heavily edited to create a consistent and clean feel. Heavy cropping gives a strong visual feel despite the fact that many different images will be posted and a ‘lightbox’ feature makes good use of the image galleries allowing a variety of images sizes to be scaled and displayed consistently.

This site will build over time and become a rich source of inspiration for both staff and students; view the live site for BA (Hons) Idea Material Object.

We created a registration page to ensure only bona-fide students could participate, analytics software tracked the overall activity (though not that of individual students) on any items added. Students were allowed to create their own usernames to be displayed against the work and any comments left. A group were assigned as editors for the site who moderated comments and selected featured items. With a significant body of other students voluntarily registering as contributors and a ‘live’ comments box allowing real time conversations between students logged on to the site encouraging others to join in, the site became a dynamic and ever changing community.

The results of the study have now been completed and the resulting paper is being presented at the 8th European Conference on e-Learning in Bari, Italy.

All sites will be checked before going live with the update, we need to do this to ensure that any additions and modifications that make your site unique will work with the update.

You may see a maintainance page for around 30 minutes while we check your site, you will be notified once the update is complete.

Currently busy with a site for Northumbria University’s School of Design which is a little beyond the usual, collaboration is the focus of the site with registered users having access to distinct designated areas. A mix of video and image based content, taking advantage of WordPress threaded comment structure and allow discussion and review of work.

Much of the work on the site is invisible since it’s aimed at making adding content is as easy as writing an email. Primarily for use by students the site has an enhanced version for viewing on, and contributing from, an iPhone or iPod Touch.

We’re presently testing out the site, which should go live within the next month.