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    Cross Browser Support

    We test in all major browsers.

    Inline with current practises we no longer support IE6 or IE7.

    We design for you and with you

    We design sensible websites to suit your business and message. We use modern ideas but we do not include functionality just for the sake of it. Our sites are easy to navigate and simple for the user to both see and to understand what the site is about.

    Website Design

    Tools / methods we use:

    CSS2 + CSS3

    Html4 + 5

    Javascript / Jquery

    Dojo js

    MySql Database / PHP

    Asp.Net

    Sql Database + Access MDB

    Joomla

    Wordpress

    other CMS

    eCommerce

    Photoshop

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    Website Maintenance

    How we help:

    Add Functionality

    Change Text

    Change / Adj. Images

    Repair Structure

    Redesign

    Website Advice

    Update service

    Update logo's

    Add Sliders

    Add Modern Functionality

    Check SEO

    Update Joomla

    Update Word Press

    Website Hosting

    From £26 per annum

    Hosting HTML

    Hosting Asp

    Hosting PHP/ MySql

    Short or long term

    FTP Access

    EMail accounts

    Database

    Unlike many host companies we allow full access to your files via a FTP connection so you can change your sites content anytime. We also support both Asp.Mail and PHP.Mail (php pears)

  • Contact

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    Our Address

    RWS

    7 South St, Caistor

    Market Rasen

    Lincolnshire

    7NP 6UB

    01472 852037

    079 662 60711

    Our aim is to answer all emails within the same business day and we are happy to receive reasonable questions about your website.

  • Storyboard - Examples

    Storyboards

    view some storyboard ideas

    Magazines in the design stage used storyboards to show possible content and layout. Items were drawn, printed or cut out from somewhere and then pasted (origins of cut and paste) onto the board so the overall visual look could be assessed.

    Our designs are not standard templates, each design and layout is particular to a client - our clients deserve individual attention.

    Our Storyboards

    Illustrations on these pages are merely examples of what has been, not what is. We start each clients design with an empty storyboard and zero preconceptions.

    view some storyboard ideas

    Focus Changes

    At RWS we tend to view all designs, launched to the web or in the draft stage, as storyboards because we consider that a website design is never really complete, it merely rests at a particular stage. Information changes, ideas and focus changes and so does the online method to display and convey a clients message. The web is about information; it's birth, it's journey and it's evolution.

  • Galleries

    Professional Gallery

    Birds In flight example

    The Birds in Flight example as well as the Urban Flow storyboard example both use a professional gallery - image upload, comments, the galleries (yes, plural, it can have as many image categories as are needed) structures are all controlled by the site owner without recourse back to us so there are no hidden maintenance costs.

    Simple Slider Type

    Example Gallery

    Hunter Johnson example - home page

    Many slider designs

    Sliders come in many designs. Search for JQuery Sliders and you will find loads of examples which can be incorporated into your website. However, there are exceptions. CMS systems such as eCommerce, Joomla, WordPress etc tend to either not facilitate sliders, or only 'accept' sliders of a certain type. Such restrictions can also vary between released Joomla, WP, CMS versions. That said, something can usually be done.

    At RWS where a design warrents use of a simple slider to cycle images we include these into our HTML / CSS website designs automatically; see the Hunter Johnson link (above) for an example.

    Image illustrating Birds In flight Photographic Gallery
    Image illustrating a Gallery
    Image illustrating Hunter Johnson Associates Website
    coloured squares image linking to tripwire magazine - 70 jquery sliders

    Slider Examples

  • Logo's + Artwork

    Logo design / redesign

    view a Logo design journey

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    We can design, redesign, redraw or draft out logo ideas for you. We use photoshop and illustrator so the files can be used by most printers or good design companies should you wish to pass the designs on.

    Simple Artwork

    view a few Artwork examples

    We can produce simple artwork to emphasis parts of a page or to reflect any 'company image ideas' you might have. The 'swinging' sign on this design illustrates better what we mean.In principle, most ideas can be reproduced in Illustrator and or Photoshop and can also be made 'print' ready.

    Simple Artwork - The logo - the Curved Top plus the backgrounds
    Simple Artwork - A Mock logo for RWS ( Rays Web Studio )
  • CMS

    CMS - Is it essential for a website to use?

    Wordpress, Joomla Drupal, eCommerce etc.

    (CMS = Content Management System)

    As expected there are pro and cons with using CMS systems. It isn't just the background colours that creates a sites look, it is the content presentation, the wording used and the image type and quality which make the design, design factors which can disappear when updated incorrectly.

    Before choosing a CMS system consider both the time needed to learn the software and skills needed to update the site.

    The Right Solution?

    CMS isn't always the right solution for a website owner, particularly when time is a factor, also failure to use the CMS facility correctly can be an expensive lesson.

    That said, CMS can be the right solution and we do provide a service or can offer assistance for those who prefer a CMS driven site. We recommend Joomla or Wordpress but there are many other good systems available, Contact us if you need some pointers. Undertake a bit of research to find one which suits your needs - list of 7 free CMS systems

    Joomla and Wordpress update or repair.

    Should we not be able to assist you directly - for example updating Joomla 1.5 to 2.5 (difficult and time consuming to achieve but essential to take advantage of recent Joomla changes and new Joomla themes) we can recommend the following US based Joomla and Wordpress specialist:

    Cmshelplive, they can sort out any technical Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal or CMS problems you might have. Their link is: cmshelplive - Joomla + Wordpress experts

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  • Articles

    Marketing your website

    To answer client questions this considers what Marketing is and why a website must be marketed.

    Marketing your website

The World Wide Web is crucial to maintaining Freedom of Information while well designed websites encourages information to be read and spread
Ray's web design studio - RWS - helping to spread the word
Ray's web design studio - RWS - helping to spread the word
Ray's web design studio - RWS - helping to spread the word
Ray's web design studio - RWS - helping to spread the word
Ray's web design studio - RWS - helping to spread the word
Ray's web design studio - RWS - helping to spread the word

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A well designed website is key to successful marketing.

Care about your website.

A website is visited because a visitor seeks to fulfill a need. A well designed website helps to confirm and to satisfy that need.

A good website should enhance a businesses image while improving their customers ability to buy or to understand their products or services, even when a business does not sell direct from their website.

You see an advert for a kitchen supplier, do you just phone for a brochure and wait or do you browse their website?

For more information please contact us.

A simple single web page makes a difference.

One page can impart information and enhance an organisations image.

A single page can make the difference between the success and failure of a marketing campaign. It can say, we are here and show why your business is unique.

View our florist 'quick roughs' (below right) to see what we mean.

Regardless of the size and type of business operated a website will add dimensions to any marketing campaign and enhance a businesses image.

For more information please contact us.

Using a website as an onLine brochure?

Interactive online brochures.

A website is an excellent place to show or actually to become, an expanded product brochure.

Online brochures can be cheaper, plus there is little, if any, cost restriction on the amount of information included and they can be downloaded in pdf format?

At a minimal cost the online brochure can be changed whenever needed and contain much more information. Interaction can help the user to make a product selection.

For more information please contact us.

My business is too small for a website plus it costs a fortune?

Can you afford not to have a site?

The cost of hosting a site per year can be less than the cost of one semi display 'ad'.

An 'ad' is an important 'we are here pointer' but link the 'ad' to a web page illustrating your service and you have grabbed your customers attention.

The cost of a simple page could be as low as £50.00 and having it updated monthly by us can be as little as £36.00 per year, while the cost of a full site can start at £200. We'll happily answer your questions.

For more information please contact us.

The success of your website is important to you and to us.

Care about your business.

Based in Lincolnshire Ray's Web Design Studio ( RWS ) has designed, advised on and maintained websites for businesses and individuals since 1995. In 2007 to aid clients we added website hosting to our portfolio.

We don't claim to be the best but at Ray's Web Studio (RWS) we do provide an all round no nonsense, one to one personal, considerate, unbiased and affordable web service tailored to a clients needs.

tel:  01472 852037  and  079662 60711 or email us using this link, thank you.

Our Website Advisory Service:

We are happy to offer simple advice on your website but for protacted advice please use our donate facility. Thank you

Interesting copy and images will encourage visitors to browse.

Care about your message.

A well designed website should invoke from a visitor positive emotions while making them feel at ease using your site with information appearing quickly and clearly to satisfy their need.

Information presented should be easy to see and the purpose of the message clear.

Service(s) or product(s) illustrated should be simple to understand, preferably at a glance and easy to both navigate and to obtain. Copy should be informative.

For more information please contact us.

Get a voice:
Reading your website message.

Be heard above the crowd.

Visitors will settle in to read your sites copy (text) once they are comfortable that the information offered will either validate or encourage or fulfill their perceived needs.

Images and site ascetics are important for creating perceptions but good copy is what keeps them browsing the site. It also gets the site talked about and searched.

Your copy is your voice so make it heard. Visitors need to feel they have gained by visiting your website. www = information.

For more information please contact us.

We judge organisations by their website.

Like it or not it's a fact

Websites that are confusing to use or websites which fail to function correctly detract from the message being delivered.

It matters little that a site looks good if the information is hard to obtain, or it is confusing to use or just badly written. Your message deserves better.

Users are canny with their time and will appraise content at a glance. If that can't be done then your site will fail and that will reflect on your business reputation.

For more information please contact us.

We look forward to hearing from you

If you have a website but would like some advice or you are thinking about starting a website or have got part way through writing your own but need a pointer then please contact us.

We are happy to help where we can but in situations where detailed help is needed then please consider the adage - time is money - and use our donate facility.

We undertake to provide an unbiased and where we can, a timely, response.

Thank you

For more information please contact us.

peeking over the wall to see our work at Rays Web Studio (RWS) Lincolnshire

A few storyboard layout ideas:
plus a few live sites.

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Flooding in the Philippines:
Tip of the global warming iceberg?

Close to our heart: ray's web studio Lincolnshire gets involved - flooding in Manila 2012 what if this was London or Washington? The Philippine people need help and they need jobs

Can you provide jobs in the Philippines?

Or, can you give help to Oxfam?

Please read our short article. Thank you
Fili Jobs - product trials - canvasing -.IT

The Philippines - flooding

Annual floodings within the Philippines is on the increase but I have yet to read any article associating the change in weather patterns there with global warming. Even Asian news articles seem to ignore this possibility. One thing for certain is that the Philippines have contributed little to the build up effects causing global warming but yet they seem to be the nation continuously punished by its effect. Of course being situated on the edge of the world the rest of the world seems to be little bothered by their continuing plight and their problems rarely hit the news.

The Philippines - escaping Ondoy

rays web studio - focus on the philippine floods - image is of a family heads just above the waters trying to swim to safety

The Philippines one of the most diverse, beautiful but economically challenged countries in the world continues to be ravaged by floods. Recently we read about flooding in Manila but sadly the reports didn’t focus beyond the immediately sensational. The real story is that these floods are occuring across the Philippines on a regular basis. The peoples of this already struggling country are fighting for survival on so many levels. If we in the western world had to survive in the same difficult way then goverments would undoubtedly fall but poverty, sickness, floodings, contaminated water, lack of food and basic medical care take a toil on these wonderful people. People the world seems to ignore.

Short Term Help is being offered by: Oxfam but in the longer term the peoples here need to be able to generate income so they can build more suitable homes and better lives.

Creating Work in The Philippines

If you are a business then helping to create outsourced jobs in the Philippines could be the right step for you. Here's why you should and a couple of start off ideas ....

The Philippines - In the longer term: Making Jobs Available

To help solve these problems in the longer term the Philippines need foreign investment by way of job creation. China has emerged, India is also growing, so as a company who outsources, don’t be scared to look elsewhere for help with your business. The Philippine culture is a healthy mixture of Americanized ideals with Asian morals, work ethic and friendliness.

Looking to outsource? - try the Philippines

Maybe as a company if you outsource data entry or run IT processes that can be operated away from your base or have a production process that is simple to set up but is labour intensive then outsourcing within the Philippines or setting up production there will help your business grow while helping them?

Maybe you are marketing a new product and want unbiased and untainted consumer opinions? There is an army of eager people willing to walk your products around the towns and villages and to collect the responses you require. They use and enjoy many western type products and hold similar lifestyle aspirations. Small products can be flown and delivered within a few days.

Whatever legitimate work you can provide to the Philippine people they will welcome your interest and of course the financial help that will provide. Employee loyalty is an important part of a successful business venture. If we were to ever set up a call centre then that is where we would establish it, without reservation. British Philippines Outsourcing Council. It isn't just us who think the Philippines is great for business.

A little help?

In a small way Ray's web studio .co.uk provides a little employment by using Philippine personel to check a new websites functionality, the spelling (yep!) and to garner opinions from their friends and relatives. Culturally our contacts design ideas can differ from ours, mainly to do with the use of colour but we find their opinion on a sites functionality and navigation and ‘at a glance’ understanding of a websites message irreplaceable. If this idea appeals to you then why not contact us? We will be glad to put you in touch with our contacts regardless of whether you are in competition with us or not. We believe the wider issues to be more important than any perceived commercial advantage.

Could you find a more loyal and dedicated work force? Personally we doubt it.

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One rainy Saturday afternoon:
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