Web Development

AI-assisted web development that saves clients time and money: custom CV parsing built into a client's CRM in about a week, rather than months.

Bespoke web applications for businesses in Colchester, Essex and across the UK: CRM systems, online databases, ticketing, catalogues and automated documents.

Bespoke CRM systems built around how your business works: contacts, sales, documents, reporting and automation, from a Colchester developer.

Take your Access database or Excel spreadsheets online: secure, browser-based systems for orders, documents, reporting and automation, used from anywhere.

Hand-coded custom websites, built without WordPress or frameworks: exactly the design, responsiveness, SEO and CMS you need, and no third-party updates.

Over 25 years' web development experience: e-commerce, payment gateways, online applications, CMS, SEO and project management, with PHP, MySQL and JavaScript.

Professional WordPress websites built quickly and cost-effectively, with easy content management, strong SEO and thousands of themes and plugins to choose from.

Responsive websites that work well on phones, tablets and desktops alike: one site to promote and maintain, better accessibility and what visitors now expect.

SEO built into every project: search-friendly structure, permalinks, sitemaps and meta tags, plus Google Analytics and Search Console set-up and fresh content.

E-commerce websites from a developer with 25+ years' experience: choosing a platform, payment gateways, shop design and SEO, from Shopify to bespoke PrestaShop.

HTML email and mailshot services: design, HTML conversion, testing across email software and sending to your list, with unsubscribe links and web versions.

Integrate Facebook, X / Twitter and YouTube with your website: account set-up, linking with your existing customer base and embedding content in your site.

HTML5 banner ads built from your designs, singly or in batches of standard sizes, with optimised file weight, clicktag integration and GIF or PSD source files.

Web development for design agencies: websites, HTML emails, CRM systems and web applications built from your designs, with over 20 years of agency partnerships.

Red Nova Solutions

Freelancing with Red Nova Solutions of Clacton: online applications, CRM systems and WordPress websites for SMEs, including a secure insurance data archive.

Redface Marketing

Working with Redface Marketing of Reading: online database and CRM systems, HTML5 banners and landing pages, including a franchise portal for a pizza chain.

Website Design Limited

Working with Website Design Limited in Colchester on online applications: pre-sales consultation, specifications, new bespoke applications and upgrades.

Fever Marketing

Working with Fever Marketing, an award-winning Colchester digital agency: responsive and WordPress websites, PHP programming and design-to-web conversion.

Satellite Creative

Websites I produced with Satellite Creative, a branding and design agency in Tring, Hertfordshire: responsive WordPress sites, PHP programming and consultation.

VCG Catapult

Outsourced work for VCG Catapult of Witham, Essex: HTML email production, interactive PDFs, scripting, database programming and turning designs into web pages.

Run Wild Creative

Working with design agency Run Wild Creative: hosting and domain admin, database programming, WordPress set-up and turning visual designs into web pages.

One Hundred Proof Limited

How I worked with One Hundred Proof, a Colchester IT company, delivering web projects through a VAT-registered limited company with extra IT support.

Frinton Summer Theatre Online Ticketing Application

Bespoke online ticketing and staff CRM for Frinton Summer Theatre, with seating plans, online payments, gift cards and donations, built with Red Nova Solutions.