Beetlebrow

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Beetlebrow have been building web sites using Plone technology since 2004. Beetlebrow are a specialist web design agency based in the UK South West. We do not outsource work but provide a full package of solutions including design, development, hosting, email and support. Have a look at our web site to see our portfolio.

Deployed Sites

Holland Park School (United Kingdom)

The web site has a complete Content Management System implemented via a Plone Management Portal and makes use of flash within a minimal stylish design. An additional web application extends the site's funcitonality providing an alumni registration database. This allows ex-students to register, login and volunteer their support to help sudents in the career decision-making. Recently further web development has been completed on a multi-media project supporting the BBC's School Report initiative. Studentscan gain experience in news and media experience by creating their own video/audio podcasts and news reports which are aggregated to a media rich news home page.

Moving Office (United Kingdom)

Our brief was to create a clear and easy-to-navigate site, which incorporated a three-step, traffic light "ready - set - go!" approach to the process of office relocation. We had to build a new listings product to go with the existing content management system, so that companies providing relevant services (estate agents, solicitors, removals and office design and fit-out) are listed by geographical area. The listings come with a built-in search mechanism so users can find the listings for their area either via a drop down post-town selector, or via an interactive, clickable map. As well as the listings mechanism, the site comes with an email newsletter mailer and a nice floor space calculator to help you work out how much office you're going to need. All done with Plone 3.

Richard Max Property Law (United Kingdom)

Plone content management system web design for this London based firm of specialist planning law solicitors. Planning information and regulations are constantly changing so it was imperative to Richard Max to deploy a web site with an easy to use CMS that can be used in-house to ensure the accuracy of the detailed planning information aimed at property owners, developers, lawyers and local authorities, ensuring its is always up-to-date.

SPI Group (Russian Federation)

SPI Group is one of the world's leading drinks companies. They are Russia's largest exporter of vodka and owner of the famous Stolichnaya brand. As well as alcohol production, they have diversified into agriculture for grain production as well as innovative property development. The site is deployed using the Plone content management system that allows content to be managed in both English and Russian using a dedicated management portal. Multiple language support as well as ease of use and scalability were the main reasons behind SPI's decision to use a Beetlebrow Plone solution.

Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education (United Kingdom)

A portal-style web site design developed using the Plone CMS for the Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education. The web design includes a composite portal home page that aggregates information and images from different parts of the web site including news stories, bulletins and gallery images. The website for SALED provides all sorts of information about its parishes, church schools and youth work. Web applications extend the web site by providing a schools directory using a powerful search and map interface and a resources facility that allows multi-tiered resource files to be associated with any page.

Sharpe Pritchard Solicitors (United Kingdom)

A corporate Plone CMS controlled web site for this leading firm of City solicitors. Beetlebrow has upgraded and redesigned their old web site so that it now benefits from using the Plone Content Management System to future proof it and make maintenance so much easier. Sharpe Pritchard act for local authorities, central government bodies, contracting authorities, other public sector organisations and registered social landlords, advising them on public law matters.

Siefers Harrison Chartered Surveyors (United Kingdom)

This website uses the Plone 3 content management system using inline editing to change text and images and has a classic corporate brochure style web design. Siefers Harrison is an independent firm of Chartered Surveyors who provide residential and commercial surveying services to private and corporate clients throughout London and the Home Counties.

Unique Earthenware (United Kingdom)

Unique Earthenware source and import high quality planters and other garden stoneware for the wholesale trade. They wanted a site which reflects their attention to detail and their willingness to do more to make their garden centre sales displays looks great. They focus on helping garden centres to sell their items, and we've focused on giving them a site that's unique, like the name, without being over-designed or fussy. Plone was used to create the web site with a dynamic brochure of their products. They very pleased with the look and feel of the site, with its extensive catalogue, slide shows and zoomable (fancy zoom) images.

Weymouth Angling Centre (United Kingdom)

Weymouth Angling Centre required a web site that promotes them as the South Coast's premier fishing tackle supplier making it easier for existing customers to shop again as well as finding more customers from further afield. An ecommerce system built using Plone provides a dynamic mini shopping basket on each page and an easy to use ordering facility, which together with a powerful search facility and a well thought out bespoke web design allows angling products to be easily found and purchased.