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Welcome to Shaw Solutions Web Site Design, Web Site Development & Database Development Company.
Shaw Solutions based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, design and develop web sites for clean, clear, no fuss, professional, high quality, but affordable web presence. Shaw Solutions offer a truly flexible custom web site design service. We can provide anything from a basic page, upwards.
Shaw Solutions are currently marketing a special price e-flyer, this consists of a one page web site, with registration of domain name, hosting and comes with email accounts. Shaw Solutions Web Flyer is the ideal solution for affordable web presence for the small start up business wanting internet marketing.
The technical content of our web sites can range from simple graphics through to dynamic database driven web sites. Artwork can be provided including digital photography. Our service can also include domain name registration, arrangement of site hosting as well as search engine submission. Shaw Solutions offer content management web sites, allowing you to alter and update your own web site content whilst online. Shaw Solutions also offer ecommerce web sites, allowing you to sell online and take payments over the internet. The ecommerce web sites that Shaw Solutions produce, also have full content management, so that you can keep your online shop fully up to date, whilst online over the internet.

Database Development
Shaw Solutions are currently developing a bespoke Microsoft Access Database for BHServices.
BHServices are gas installation specialists located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
The Database that Shaw Solutions are developing, will allow BHServices to record job activity, produce job sheet and create invoices. The Access Database will also incoporate a management report system and a marketing report system. The Database will be menu driven for ease of use.
If you are interested in our database development work and would like more information please click here to contact us either by telephone or email.

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Just completed SYT Shrewsbury Youth Theatre fully content managed web site featuring Flash intro, Flash header and subscribe to newsletter feature! Visit Shrewsbury Youth Theatre site here


About Us. If you are looking for a refreshing off the wall approach you have come to the right place, where thinking outside the box is the 'norm'. Shaw Solutions web design are based in the heart of rural Shropshire, in the UK. We specialise in creating bespoke solutions for the small to medium sized business. We provide professional, affordable web design, website promotion, general internet services and database design. With over five years’ experience in designing and building websites, and ten years of database design, we can create the professional image you need to help your business stand out from the crowd! Creating bespoke solutions for the small business. We offer a truly flexible service providing anything from a basic page upwards. The technical content can range from simple graphics through to dynamic database driven sites. Artwork can be provided. Our service can also include domain name registration and arrangement of site hosting. Our aim is to provide an outstanding service at a truly competitive cost. Who knows quite what we will hatch for you !
Contact. Shaw Solutions, Yew Tree Cottage, Stanwardine, Baschurch, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. UK. SY4 2HB telephone 0845 0095427 Email us. enquiries@shawsolutions.co.uk

Web Site Design Shaw Solutions provide affordable web site design. We offer complete customised solutions to suit your requirements. Shaw Solutions internet services can include hosting and managing your web site, providing you with support and ensuring your web site is working efficiently for you. To complete your online look we can provide you with design of logo.
Web sites tailored to your requirements, flexible packages allowing you choice of size and technical content.
Custom designed - no pre-made templates are used in any of our designs or packages. Your website will be a unique one-off design built from scratch to your specific requirements.
Search engine friendly -Our website designs are built search engine friendly, this means your site has a much greater chance of being found on the major search engines such as Google, msn or Yahoo. Affordable - our websites are professionally built at an affordable price. Just contact us to look at our 'packages & prices' and see how affordable they are.

Content Management. Shaw Solutions develop content management web sites. Harnessing the power of Mambo and Joomla to bring you content management. With a content managed web site you can make changes to your content whilst online through your browser. This allows you the flexibility to update any changes to you web site as when they occur. Giving you a fully up-to-date web site.

If you've read anything at all about Content Management Systems (CMS), you'll probably know at least three things: CMS are the most exciting way to do business, CMS can be really, I mean really, complicated and lastly Portals are absolutely, outrageously, often unaffordably expensive. Mambo is set to change all that ... Mambo is different from the normal models for portal software. For a start, it's not complicated. Mambo has been developed for the masses. It's licensed under the GNU/GPL license, easy to install and administer and reliable. Mambo doesn't even require the user or administrator of the system to know HTML to operate it once it's up and running.

Ecommerce. Shaw Solutions develop ecommerce web sites. Our ecommerce web sites allow you to sell goods or services online and also take payments over the internet. Content management is included in our ecommerce web sites, this gives you the advantage of being able to update your online shop with new products or price changes. Shaw Solutions ecommerce web sites are powered by Joomla and Virtue Mart.

Flash. Shaw Solutions can create Flash driven web sites Shaw Solutions have extensive flash capabilities and can produce flash intros, flash elements or full flash sites. Flash is fantastic for creating sparkling animated web sites. It is great if you have lots of images, photos or information that you wish to portray graphically.
The down side to flash is the initial loading speed. Although with broadband so common place now, it is gaining increased popularity. Shaw Solutions have recently developed a Flash web site for One Port Ltd in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Click here to take a look at the flash version of our site.
Web Hosting. Shaw Solutions be more than happy to arrange hosting of your web site. We use affordable and reliable web hosting. Included with your hosting package is a web based control panel that allows you to create email accounts, manage databases and view comprehensive statistics.The hosting that we can arrange for offers the following features: Unlimited email accounts Unlimited subdomains Unlimited MySQL databases Unlimited FTP accounts Web based email Set up new email accounts and change passwords instantly Email autoresponders Email forwarders (redirect incoming email to another account - even to a different domain) Mailing lists - send messages to a large group of people Spam filter - set criteria to filter out junk email PHPMyAdmin (online database management)
Search Engine Optimisation SEO, Search Engine Optimisation, Search Engine Ranking, Search Engine Submission, Guaranteed Number 1 ranking
What a lot of jargon! Are you confused? Here is our simplistic explanation.

SEO meaning Search Engine Optimisation, that's the easy bit!

Put simply search engine optimisation is the process by which a web site or page is made search engine friendly. The search engines have strict guidelines for search engine friendly web sites, sticking to these guidelines and having content rich web pages, along with good keywords, site title and description (meta tags), all go a long way to optimising your web site for search engine indexing.

Now for all those terms!

Search Engines - major search engines are Google, Yahoo and MSN, of course there are lots more.

Search Engine Submission - this is the process of submitting your site to the search engines, we recommend hand submission to the major search engines.

Search Engine Robots - these crawl through submitted web pages in order to index them.

Robots.txt file - this file contains information that the robot must adhere to upon their visit of your site, for example any files, directories etc that you do not want indexed should be listed here with the relevant coding.

Search Engine Indexing - Information that has been captured by the robots is stored on a database. This information is drawn upon when keywords are typed in to the search bar on a browser.

Keywords - are made up of phrases, these are generally two or more words, (a phrase). Each phrase is separated by a coma. These are placed in the web sites meta tags.

Meta Tags - information pertinent to the web site, such as Title, Description, keywords and such like, this is placed in the HTML, if you view any web site and right click the mouse, you will see 'view source code' as one of the options. The meta tags will be listed here, near to the top of the page.

Search Engine Ranking - a guaranteed number one ranking? The thing to bear in mind here is if you search using the keywords 'search engines' you will see that not even google is in the number one spot! But if you work hard at the web page content, keywords and follow the search engine guidelines, you will be heading in the right direction.

Shaw Solutions do all of this as standard for every site we develop, and we can do any or all of the above for an existing site. If you are interested in this service or wish for more information please don't hesitate to contact us.



Email Advertising When you collect e-mail details from customers or visitors to your site, are you making the most of these to generate return visits? We can advise you on producing effective e-mail marketing activity to create more business from your website
Online Marketing There are a variety of ways to promote your business online. Some methods include search engine marketing, banner advertising, email marketing and reciprocal linking. Search Engine Optimisation Surveys show 9 out of 10 customers use search engines to find information on the web. A well ranked listing with the major search engines dramatically increases your website traffic. We research the keywords associated with your business that will help your website rank well. We also work with you to write keyword rich text for your homepage - a key to high rankings. We also write search engine friendly titles, meta tags, and other web text. We have compiled a list of the major search engines and directories that allow free website submission. We manually submit your website to the top search engines to guarantee inclusion. Just as importantly, we research general and industry related directories which unlike automatic search engines are edited by people. We target directories that will improve your search engine rankings. At the time of writing, Google is still the most popular search engine followed by Yahoo and MSN. Major search engines are committed to minimising spam - each have their own algorithmic methods for determining site credibility and detecting indiscretions, with Google being the most pro-active. Reciprocal linking involves putting a link to your site on a business directory or relevant website. Sometimes it is necessary to provide a link back from your site.
Pay Per Click Advertising Do you want to achieve top listings on the main search engines? Pay per Click Advertising lets you bid on selected keywords. You only pay when a user visits your site and this technique can be ideal for small budgets, short-term campaigns, testing different search terms, or just increasing the number of targeted visits to your site. We can prepare a costed estimate for this activity and then offer a professional setup and management service for a small monthly fee.
Database Development
A database has the potential to save hours of work. A true relational database could be used to store important information, safely and securely. This information can then be manipulated quickly and professionally, to produce all sorts of reports. For example customers names and addresses which could be used to produce invoices or for marketing purposes. Other information that could be stored are sales and purchases, this information could be used to produce management reports and statistics.
We develop our database systems using Oracle, MYSQL, Microsoft Access, depending on your budget and requiresments.
Shaw Solutions database systems can be used for booking events, recording jobs, managing enquiries, invoicing, management reports and statistics, marketing, the list is endless. Each database is custom written to meet your specific requirements.

Pricing and Packages
Shaw Solutions prices for set packages are the total cost payable by you with no hidden extras. The set prices do not include flash. Any extra work that you require will be quoted for in advance. This gives you total control of cost.


Job Vacancies
Shaw Solutions currently have the following vacancies


Portfolio
Shrewsbury Youth Theatre

This web site has been developed for the Shrewsbury Youth Theatre, located in Shrewsbury Shropshire. This web site has a Flash intro leading into the main site which contains full content management. The web site also has a Flash header element and a subscribe to newletter feature.

One Port Ltd

Flash driven web site. This web site was developed for a group of financial advisers, located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The main web page has been developed using Flash. From the main group web page, access is given to the branches of the group via HTML link pages, which also contain Flash elements. The theme for this site is a central sphere, symbolising the hub of the group, which is orbited by the satellites symbolising the branches of the group.

Andrew Mason & Company

Developed for Andrew Mason Independent Financial Advisers, located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. This is HTML based, but includes Flash elements, linking the group site to the Andrew Mason web site.

Reece Norton & Company

Developed for Reece Norton Independent Financial Advisers, located in Wem, North Shropshire. This is HTML based, but includes Flash elements, linking the group site to the Reece Norton web site.

Carmichael School of Theatre and Arts

This web site was developed for The Carmichael School of Theatre Arts, located in Ketley, Telford, Shropshire. The opening web page consists of a Flash inro with sound, linking through to the main content management web site. The main web site incorporates a subscribe to newsletter feature as well as Flash elements, to allow consecutive viewing of photographs.

Image21

This site was developed for Image 21 a digital photography company, located in Market Drayton, Shropshire. The opening page is a Flash intro, with sound and the main site is HTML. The main site contains Flash elements, such as the 'photograph' page which has a Flash driven 'photo movie'. The new Image 21 web site is currently being developed for ecommerce to facilitate online sales to include a shopping cart, using MySQL and php.

Shaw solutions Flash

This web site is fully Flash driven. This site was the fore runner to the current Shaw Solution's site. It is particularly interesting that although it is a Flash site it was still possible to acheive decent search engine ranking.

Byway DIY

This web site was developed for Byway DIY hardware store, located in Baschurch, Shrewsbury, North Shropshire. The web site is HTML based. Byway Diy was the very first web site Shaw Solutions produced. All digital photography was undertaken by Shaw Solutions.

Pick-Nick Kitchens

This web site was developed for Pick Nick Kitchens, kitchen and bedroom supplier and fitter, located in Baschurch, Shrewsbury, North Shropshire. The web site is completely Flash driven with sound. The overall theme of this site is bright and clean, which is reflected in the colour and design.

Red Rose Restaurant

This web site was developed for The Red Rose Bangladeshi Restaurant, located in Oswestry, North Shropshire and Llangollen, North Wales. There is the option to view this web site through either Flash or HTML. Both versions contain within them the restaurant's Menu. The HTML version contains frames, although we would not normally advocate them, in this instance it was considered appropriate to faciltate easy scrolling of the Menu.




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