romjon.com (website publishers and developers) http://romjon.com/ News from romjon.com, publishers and developers of websites getting more business value out of the Web. Based in Wandsworth, south-west London, England en-gb http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 romjon.com (website publishers and developers) http://romjon.com/r/rn_logo_31hi.gif 44 31 http://romjon.com/ Logo for romjon.com - for harder working websites More engaging descriptions of romjon.com projects http://romjon.com/portfolio Adding an entry for the now complete David Gooderson website prompted a rewrite of large parts of the titles and project descriptions on the portfolio page. The page should now be more engaging for the visitor, whilst still providing key technical information for visitors wanting to know about visibility in search engines, conformance with web standards, and the like.

]]> Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:16:00 GMT David Gooderson's full website published http://david-gooderson.co.uk/ 14-12-09. The initial single page on David's domain name has now been replaced with the full website. From the front page's overview, a visitor can go straight to a page on each of his plays (synopsis, productions, reviews...), or read about his acting roles and directing experience, as well as his publications and radio plays.

As always, differences across browsers have been minimised or eliminated. Surprisingly, even Microsoft's latest web browser (IE8) needed a layout fix to be provided.

A satisfying project to work on.

]]> Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:15:00 GMT New season's programme published (Landmark Arts Centre) http://www.landmarkartscentre.org/ In early December 2009, the spring season was published. The remaining events and classes of the autumn season, and the new spring season now sit in a clearly distinguished subsection of the website - everything to do with the arts programme share the same colour scheme, and key design elements. Some discreet snowflakes hint at the season.

]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:25:00 GMT Vet Referral Website pulled http://www.vetreferral.co.uk/ In the summer, very disappointingly, the client decided not to market the practice's services in this way so the beginnings of a nice website have been replaced with a holding page.

]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:24:00 GMT Vet Referral Website published http://www.vetreferral.co.uk/ On 01-04-09 romjon.com published, just in time for a veterinary Congress in the Midlands, a single web page for the Stone Lion Veterinary Hospital, part of the Goddard veterinary group, giving some key details for vets wishing to refer pet owners for specialised medical services in neurology and ophthalmology. The full website (Veterinary Referral Services) will provide details about the veterinary consultants, their areas of expertise, and other related information for referring vets and pet owners interested in getting a referral in one of the specialties.

]]> Wed, 13 May 2009 07:25:00 GMT A little on keeping the Landmark Arts Centre website interesting, relevant, and visible in the search engines despite changes in structure http://www.landmarkartscentre.org/ The Landmark Arts Centre offers a range of arts events and classes and courses for all age groups. Those nearby in south-west London receive a specially designed leaflet three times a year.

How does this get reflected in the website? Of course, the content gets updated. And, naturally, a redesigned website is out of the question, especially for a charity. romjon.com updates the graphics to reflect the colours used in the new leaflet. It is not a full reflection because colour combinations which provide adequate contrast on a printed document don't do so online. Websites are viewed through computer displays of varying quality and colour accuracy, so the range of colours which can be displayed is reduced.

The structure of this new issue of the website has also been changed. The arts centre puts on a number of fairs throughout the year, and has a growing reputation for these fairs. So the parts of the website devoted to the needs of potential exhibitors have been given more prominence. For the visitors to the fairs, there is already easy to find listings and descriptions on the website.

In changing the structure of the website, visibility in the search engines can easily be lost. Part of what we offer to clients is the ability to manage this process to best effect for the website. A key aspect of what we do is therefore to make adjustments on the server so search engines experience minimal, ideally no, problems in indexing. To them, it can be as if nothing had changed.

For established websites of any size, maintaining visitor interest through refreshing the content and the look of a website is important, as is careful management of how search engines are affected.

Our impression is that more and more clients are realising the importance of these issues.

]]> Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:45:00 GMT Switch to human-friendly URLs http://romjon.com/ What are these, you might ask? Well, if you look in the address bar of your browser which shows the address of the web page, often you see a long string of words and letters, and perhaps numbers too. It's impossible to remember, and conveys no meaning.

So the romjon.com website has been converted so that all the URLs consist of words we humans can recognize and understand (though, unfortunately, the http:// bit has to remain). With these new URLs, the purpose of the following URL will be immediately clear to most: http://romjon.com/portfolio. Or, http://romjon.com/client-service. Some concessions to the requirements of the medium have to be made, but most people agree that this approach is a helpful improvement for the visitor.

]]> Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:10:00 GMT Three recent websites http://romjon.com/portfolio Having neglected to update this feed for years, the website remains on the "to do" list for a refresh, but in the meantime I have updated the portfolio page with some recent new websites.

The latest website is The Golden Treasury children's bookshop, a nice local shop with interesting window displays and good quality offerings. A local artist, David Jones, has the beginnings of a new website for his watercolours.

Why not take a look -- as usual, you should find the website is pretty responsive.

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