Website Update for Island26 Photography
Island26 Photography has just been given an update. Tony Lomas is the owner of Island26 and also the designer of the website. Tony is not just a great photographer but a very good website designer. Tony has been building websites for some years now and is a partner in this website, Hobart Website Design. You will find Tony’s number on the contact page. Why not give Tony or myself a call...
Read MoreNew website for Waterworks Estate
The latest website by Hobart Website Design is now on-line. Waterworks Estate is a clean website design using WordPress to showcase the promotion and sale of real estate near Hobart. Located within 3 kilometres from Hobart’s CBD, Waterworks Estate boasts large north facing blocks in a bushland setting. There are 8 allotments ranging in size from 1084 sqm to 17,200 sqm with all day sun and...
Read MoreWebsite update for McHenry and Son’s Distillery
A new update for Bill McHenry and Son’s Distillery is now on-line. Bill’s website has had an overhaul with a different look and it now includes on-line purchasing of his products including Whisky, Vodka and Gin with more to follow.
Read MoreNew Website for Hobart Heating
The latest website from Hobart Website Design is for Gary Ashlin who is highly experienced in the installation and maintenance of heating and gas systems. Gary is expert in the supply & installation of quality heating & cooling products from reverse cycle split systems ,including ducted systems, through to gas heaters, ducted gas heating, Gas & heat pump hot water systems, & all...
Read MoreCustom or Pre-designed WordPress themes, what to use
With WordPress, there are two options regarding using a theme. There are custom themes and pre-designed themes. Which is best and what are the advantages and disadvantages? Custom WordPress theme advantages: More closely meets the needs of the user. All the clients requirements are taken into account during the design phase and implementation with such things as layout, fonts and function. What...
Read MoreNew Website for McHenry and Son’s Distillery
The latest website from Hobart Website Design is for William McHenry who is building a whisky distillery near Port Arthur. Bill is using the crystal clear water from natural springs on his property to produce his line of whisky, gin and vodka. Bill has all three ingredients available, pure spring water, clean air and the best climate for whisky production. Further work is to be done on the...
Read MoreWebsite update – Hobart Wedding Photographer
Hobart Wedding Photographer website has received a new complete redesign. The changes greatly provides additional functionality and a lot more images. The Hobart Wedding Photographer website is built upon WordPress, the world’s best and most popular Content Management System (CMS) using a professionally designed template and framework. The new website is fully responsive for the new world of...
Read MoreNew Website for Red Kelpies Project
Our latest design is now online and it is a website for Alain Philippe Coltier and is entitled Red Kelpies Project. RedKelpiesProject.com.au is an independent Australian physical and digital publishing house based in Tasmania. On-line purchases are now available with the release of their first manuscript, a hard hitting stage play with the promise of more to come. – Peter...
Read MoreReasons to redesign your website
How old is your website and is it overdue for a redesign. Find out the reasons why you should consider updating your branding and website over at...
Read MoreNew Website for KAM Joinery
The latest website from Hobart Website Designs is now online. Our latest design is a for KAM Joinery one of the leading Joinery businesses in Tasmania manufacturing a large range of quality kitchens, bathrooms, office furniture and shop fitting components and fitouts. Using the latest in computer aided design techniques and capabilities, KAM Joinery will happily discuss your building needs and...
Read MoreNew Website for Australian Huian Association
The latest website from Hobart Website Designs is now online. Our latest design is a for the Australian Huian Association one of the leading welfare organizations catering for the interest of over 500 members of the Huian community living in Australia. The Hui An Association head office is in Melbourne, having 8 branches distributing in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra, Adelaide, Tasmania, and...
Read MoreSOPA
Stop SOPA. The internet is a fantastic thing to have but it is coming under threat from legislation about to be voted on in the US. On January 18th, many large internet companies will be blacking out for 24 hours. There is a short video below that gives an insight into what is proposed. PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on...
Read MoreOptimising Images for Websites
Optimising the images for use on your new website is an important part of good website design and use and it is best to do this before uploading them. Why should you optimise an image. Most modern digital cameras produce images of several MB in size. This is much larger than you need and will slow down page load speed particularly for any one browsing with a slow connection. Slow page load speed...
Read MoreYellow Pages or a Business Website
More people than ever before are now searching online for products and services that they want or need. This begs the question for a small business owner whether to advertise with Yellow Pages or go online or perhaps both and the answer to this question largely depends on what sort of business you are in. If I want to hire an excavator or similar business or trade for example, I personally would...
Read MoreNew Website for Condo Rossa
The latest website from Hobart Website Designs is now online. Our latest design is a for Condo Rossa, a premium waterfront accommodation property on the beautiful banks of the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania. John and Kerry Edwards run Condo Rossa and are now taking bookings for accommodation starting from 29th October, 2011. Imagine waking to a water view that is nothing short of fantastic...
Read MoreNew Website for Trout Fishing Tours
The latest website from Hobart Website Designs is now online. Our latest design is a for Trout Fishing Tours of Tasmania and can give you some idea of the work we can do to help your small business build an online presence. Alex and Charles Gilmour run Trout Fishing Tours and will take their clients to some of the best fly fishing areas in Australia. They can provide overnight accommodation in...
Read MoreWebsite update for Tasmanian Waterfront Properties
Tasmanian Waterfront Properties has received a new complete redesign. The changes greatly improve functionality for both people listing and visiting. Tasmanian Waterfront Properties focuses entirely on waterfront and waterview properties in Tasmania only and offers a free listing service for those real estate agents with waterfront properties to sell. Private sellers wanting to sell their...
Read MoreWordPress reaches 50 Million
WordPress reached 50 million websites last Sunday (July 10th, 2011). Congratulations to Matt Mullenweg and all contributors for their achievement. WordPress now powers 14% of all websites worldwide with over 280 million users per month and 2.5 billion page views. It is powering websites, blogs, portfolios, stores and much more. Business, companies, organisations and individuals such as CNN, NFL,...
Read MoreWho Uses WordPress
One thing I hear all the time from people, particularly those who have been advised by other web designers who don’t use WordPress, is that you shouldn’t or can’t use WordPress for your business because it is a blogging tool. Well yes, it is a blogging tool and arguably the best one but it is also much more. WordPress is a great Content Management System (CMS) with an enormous...
Read MoreKeep on Blogging
Blogging is important for many reasons but the two main ones are that it helps to keep your website fresh and increases your exposure to web search engines such as Google, Bing and others. Websites that are regularly updated with fresh blogs help to keep users coming back to visit and also for new users to find you. The web is now the place to be. Many people are now spending more time browsing...
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