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Holiday bungalow for dog lovers

Screenshot of top part of front page showing rear of bungalow with patio in front of large garden in the sun Screenshot of front page on mobile

A holiday cottage website for a dog lover offering accommodation to other dog lovers.

Notable aspects:

  • website visitor always knows at a glance which page they are on, even on a smart phone (where a hamburger-style menu is used).
  • designed to help visitors quickly find the information they are likely to want to know on this type of website.
  • uses a typeface which is easy to read on a mobile phone and looks good on the Web whilst avoiding the performance and usability issues which this often involves.

Services provided: advice on the text and photos that the owner should produce; adjustment of that content, particularly through the positioning of photos, the owner's love of dogs; technically: coding to web standards and associated testing, basic search engine optimisation, and web hosting on romjon.com's server to improve the speed of response of the website.

Asian art dealer's stock online

Asian art from Harry Douglas-Hamilton, antiques dealer and consultant - front page Screenshot of a category page on Harry Douglas-Hamilton's website Screenshot of an object details page on Harry Douglas-Hamilton's website Screenshot of front page on mobile

A gallery website for Harry Douglas-Hamilton, dealer in Asian art.

Notable aspects:

  • Quick, mobile-first responsive website (so it adjusts to whatever shape of screen you are using)
  • Easy to navigate through each art category, view an object's details, and return to where one left off to continue looking through the category.
  • Content and features change depending on the sale status (For sale, Reserved, or Sold) of an object
  • search engine results:
    - for: Asian art dealer
    - Google's search engine results: 5 (out of 35,100,000 estimated possible results) (PDF). Different now? Read why.

Services provided: advice, copywriting, accessible web design & coding to web standards and associated testing, basic search engine optimisation, & web hosting on romjon.com's server.

Playwright and his plays

Play details page (The Killing of Mr Toad) - David Gooderson & his plays Screenshot of webpage for David Gooderson's stage play 'Hector' David Gooderson & his plays - front page on mobile

Playwright and actor David Gooderson's mobile friendly website is aimed primarily at publicising his nine plays.

David's fact-based plays have all received critical acclaim. Hector, his play about Queen Victoria's favourite general “Fighting Mac”, Sir Hector McDonald, was on tour last autumn.

Example search engine results:

Services provided: advice (via meetings…), accessible web design & coding to web standards and associated testing, basic search engine optimisation, conversion to mobile friendly, domain registration, web hosting on romjon.com server.

Complex of traditional-style holiday cottages in North Norfolk

Front page: holiday cottages, north Norfolk coast Cottage page, Weybourne Home Farm Holiday Cottages Front page on mobile: holiday cottages, north Norfolk coast

The new website makes better use of screen space, highlights clearly the distinctive elements of this multiple holiday cottage offering (17 cottages sleeping from 4 to 7 guests, on and off-site, taking/not taking pets), and provides very easy navigation. The design references the client's existing branding.

Notable aspects:

  • fully integrated offers managed by the client
  • integration of the client's chosen third-party availability and prices system
  • some top 10 search engine rankings in a very competitive market.

Services provided: advice, copywriting, accessible web design & coding to web standards and associated testing, basic search engine optimisation, domain registration, web hosting on romjon.com server.

Out-of-the-way château in beautiful setting

Line drawing of front of Château de Nacqueville Specially drawn schematic of view of the Château over the lake Front page of the website on mobile

To counter the out-of-the-way location of the Château de Nacqueville, the beautiful setting, the history and the possibilities of the local area are highlighted. Comprehensive travel and transport details are given.

Notable aspects:

  • key photos change through the year to reflect the current season
  • seperate English and French websites.

Services provided: advice, research, photography, copywriting, web design & coding, domain registration, web hosting on romjon.com server.

Traditional Greek holiday cottages, island of Patmos

Front page: Patmos villas houses for rent, greek island

With this website the owner of these Greek island villas gained an easily accessed and up-to-date online brochure to refer potential clients to in national press and magazine ads. Maps, many photos.

Notable aspects:

  • Visitor traffic increased substantially following search optimisation of the website (case study).

Services provided: advice, copywriting, accessible web design & coding to web standards and associated testing, basic search engine optimisation, domain registration, web hosting on romjon.com server.

Note: The work listed above is in order of publishing date, very largely.

To help to get the most out of the medium, the websites:
- use up-to-date, modern coding (not the less flexible tables-based way)
- use a lightweight coding style
- are near (if not actually) 100% "web standards"-compliant i.e.:
-- validate to XHTML 1.0 strict (latest work)
-- validate to CSS3 (latest work) or CSS2, with fixes for Microsoft's lagging browsers. (Read about Web Standards: Standards! What standards?)
- and achieve a minimum accessibility of WCAG level A (auto tests) at least, usually. (Read about accessibility: Accessibility, UK law…)

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We're very grateful for your care and attention to detail in keeping our website up to date and by understanding the nature of our business ensuring that the site has as many visitors as possible. Many thanks.

David and Deirdre
david-gooderson.co.uk

The website's clean, elegant and easy to use design has been warmly received by my clients and has enabled them to buy my products with confidence, thereby generating sales.

I have already recommended Romily to my business associates and I would happily do so again.

Harry Douglas-Hamilton
hadh.co.uk

I couldn't be more delighted with Romily Jones’ creation of my website. He has worked with great enthusiasm and skill and it’s been a pleasure to work with him.

As my literary agent commented: ‘it’s absolutely superb - very clear and very straightforward’.

David Gooderson
Playwright, Actor, and Director

I think your web site is fantastic and easy to use.

Guest's e-mailed comments
to the owner of Weybourne Holiday Cottages

I’m very pleased about all the positive feedback that we’ve received regarding our Web site. It’s all thanks to Romily Jones.

What he has done to show how much we offer here and in the area, is truly fantastic.

Thierry d’Harcourt
Château de Nacqueville

I am so pleased with my Web site - I am getting lots of enquiries now, and I have just taken my first booking. Thank you so much.

Owner,
Houses on Patmos

Romily: it has been a pleasure working with you.

Poriya Vaudecrane,
Tukilik PR, Paris

We employed Romily Jones to help us build search engine optimization into our website from the start and we have been very pleased with the results we have achieved through implementation of his advice.

His input has been a key factor in our business success.

Steve Wiles
Managing Director, Glaven Valley Internet & Print Ltd.

Thanks very much for your mail - we've had a look at our website and it's very professional. We like it very much.

Bernadette
French in the Country