Gavin Sayce Portfolio

Brief: To design an online presence for Elm Furniture to match their existing logo and printed catalogues.
Solution: An @UK PLC template was created which allowed Elm Furniture to use the @UK content management system to edit and amend their site content. Elm Furniture provided a number of flat designs for their website, however these were deemed to be of poor quality, so a new design was started from scratch.
A highlight of the project was working with Elm Furniture to help them sort their catalogues in a meaningful way. This was done in two ways:

Brief: This was a student project with an open-ended brief.
Solution: This site is a hobby site for me. One of my first websites, it has been upgraded over the years and regularly gets new content added (and somewhat less regularly the design is updated/refreshed).
A highlight of this website is the webcam which provides an updated image looking across Abergavenny every 15 minutes.
The site further benefits from a basic CMS for the hotels in Abergavenny section. The accommodation section contains maps with markers for the hotel locations, along with detailed information and images for a number of accommodation entries. The technology consists of a MySQL database, PHP pages, Ajax calls to PHP servlets producing JSON data, plus a PHP admin section for ease of updating the hotel/guesthouse/B&B data. Oh, and a little Apache config.
Additional features of the site include

Brief: To provide a website for holiday accommodation in Brittany.
Solution: The website provides details of the accommodation for a farm-house and associated buildings situated in France.
Getting online is a new venture for the accommodation owner, so providing this website has been (and still is) an educational process!