website design

for spiders of all sizes . . .

Mixing traditional design skills with new media technology, Nutcracker’s approach to web design combines eye-catching visuals with functionality to inspire the user.

Driving traffic to your site and holding the user’s attention is our key objective. We deliver a comprehensive solution whether it be a static information site, content-managed (CMS) resource or a secure e-commerce facility.

Information sites
E-business
E-commerce
Content Management (Smart CMS)
Smart Commerce XP
Project management
Online Marketing
Animation
E-shots

Smart CMS - Overview >

SmartCMS gives you the opportunity to edit the content of your own website via an easy to use Administration facility, accessed via a secure username and password system.

No web design skills are required to administer your site. This system gives great flexibility to add and edit content when required using a Microsoft Word style editor. The SmartCMS system is extremely flexible and offers many add-on features suitable for medium or large scale websites.

Features >

WYSIWYG page editing
Publish/un-publish content easily
Automatically publish/un-publish time-sensitive content
Add pictures & captions
Create/delete users with different access privileges
Extensible 'modular' system
additional features such as product catalogues, streaming media, news systems and animated menus are available
Flexible page templates
All CMS sites do not look alike!

Support >

Telephone and email technical support available
Full training given at nutcracker offices

EziCMS >

Content Management made simple!
Simply login to your web page directly in your web browser, via your unique username and password, and click on the edit icons and adjust the content in a predefined style.

The advantages of this system are:

Ease of use
Style sheets control the layout, colours and fonts
Consistantly presents your content with a professional look and feel in a simple, easy to use format.
Minimum Training Required

Smart Commerce XP - Overview >

SmartCommerce XP provides increased profitability without the usual increased overheads associated with business expansion.

We offer fixed-price and bespoke solutions to provide your business with an online shopping facility available to millions of potential customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 128bit data encryption, ensures a safe and secure shopping environment.

Product database features >

Multi Currency
User specific pricing
Delivery pricing options
Stock level control
Multiple images
Variable VAT rates
Credit account facility
Product options
Specification table
File download eg. brochures etc
Add new products
Amend existing products

Reporting Features >

Top product sales
Top product viewings
No. of customers & acc. types
New registration statistics
Active customers
Order statistics
Payment method totals
Website unique hits

Customer Management Facility >

Customer details
Account type
Country & currency
Account details
Full training is included

E-shots/Mail Merge >

Customer details
Account type
Country & currency
Account details
Full training is included

Website Refurbishment >

Customer details
Account type
Country & currency
Account details
Full training is included

Nutcracker Design & Marketing specialise in the following services:

Strategic Marketing
Strategic marketing strategies applied to the foundations of your business, we will outline and diagnose what steps area required to make your business a success.

This includes driving potential customers to your website using search engine optimisation or effective advertising with effective graphic design or marketing campaigns.

Mobile Web Design
Creating great web experiences for your clients who use mobile devices is much easier than you might think.

Nutcracker offers a complete mobile web design solution and services in the search engine optimisation, internet marketing, web development and email advertising field all available to bolt onto an original or new mobile website.

Exhibition Design
We provide a complete design, build and project management service for bespoke exhibition stands of any size, providing all ancillary requirements including graphic design and production, audio visuals, furniture and equipment hire, catering, logistics and storage.

This will also aid your strategic marketing and advertising or marketing campaigns.

Signage
Our signage can be seen throughout shopping centres, hotels, restaurants, office buildings, industrial estates, business parks, factories and the high street.

Vehicle livery can be seen on trucks, vans and company vehicles throughout the UK.

Bespoke signage services from nutcracker are proven to be an effective sales aid to be used along side your marketing campaign or web design.

Graphic Design

We can help you stand out from the crowd using graphic design and print services to best help communicate your messages.

High quality graphic design, corporate identity and illustration services create the perfect design solution for your company.

Graphic design services are steadily becoming more popular for business start ups in order to create a strong and lasting image right from the start.

SEO
There are a number of SEO (search engine optimisation) techniques - Nutcracker offer them all.

We realise search engine optimisation is essential for every new business web design or internet campaign.

We offer a complete PPC (pay per click campaigns) or sponsored listings to rocket your Google ranking along with other white hat social marketing campaigns.

Search engine optimisation is an ever changing area and we endeavour to keep at the front of the market and show this expertise alongside your new web design.

Photography
Nutcrackers photographers are not only highly skilled technically but offer a high degree of creative flair and input whenrequired.

We are experienced in producing photography to a tight, controlled brief or working more creatively with clients to produce images that communicate the wider aims of a particular campaign.

Business Gifts
Ideal products to support your marketing campaign are available to order from our Graphique Business Gifts Collection.

Most of the items we offer are from stock with delivery times kept to a minimum, even allowing for personalisation. Catalogue available on request.

Web Design
If you are looking for web design or a dynamic on-line shop and e-commerce services, we pride ourselves on offering our clients affordable, high quality web design that will perform for you and your business.

As well as web design services, we are also specialists in the complete internet fields where search engine optimisation, internet marketing, web development and email advertising strategies are concerned.

Internet Solutions
We offer a complete, secure, high-speed web hosting service which is renewable monthly or annually.

This services also provides access to multiple POP e-mail accounts to match your registered domain. E-mail forwarding is also available.

Hosting is provided via UNIX and Windows platforms providing full access to .cgi and .php scripts.

Advertising
Driving potential customers to your business using effective advertising techniques combined from a number of our services. Get our advice on PPC (pay per click campaigns) or sponsored listings – proven that this will rocket your
Google ranking.

We also use strategic marketing strategies which are applied to the foundations of your business, we will outline and diagnose what steps area required to make your business a success in the field of graphic design and web.

Copywriting
Have you looked at your website recently? More importantly, have you read it? For many people your website will be the first impression they have of your company so is it working for you as hard as it could?

It should be: informative and benefits orientated, easy to read and understand, look pleasing to the eye, search engine optimised with effective web design.