• Research your market looking at the demographics and key focus areas
• Generate conversation with you asking important relevant questions about your business, market and site plans
• Design a site that suits your target audience
• Build a template that is useful to you now and in the future
• Make it usable and accessible
• Code and test the template ourselves

With this service you will receive a one-off bespoke template which is packaged and ready to be installed or can be installed for you. We can also help to create the right environment and Joomla! installation for the template, making sure everything is working as it should.

If you would like a Custom Joomla! Template contact us on the form opposite or call us free on 0800 228 9933.

The Wintercorn team have over 20 years of technology experience from business analysis, coding, designing, building ecommerce systems and consulting for some of the sectors leading brands. We know what works, what will not work and how to get the best from technology to achieve your objectives.

Wintercorn don't use the latest technologies just because they are trendy. We will determine what best suits your business based on in-depth discussions with you.

We will always give you hard, honest advice - even if you don't like what we have to say.

Full Service Agency

Some agencies specialise, some do everything. We specialise in everything Joomla! and most things Open Source. We can fulfill every stage of your project from initial systems and business analysis to ongoing consulting, design to project launch with regular training and support if required. Sometimes we work with other agencies to bring a project to fruition quickly and sometimes we just need a niche skill from a subject matter expert.

Either way, you know that with WIntercorn we can deliver your project to your specifications, budget and timeframe.

Specialists In Joomla!

Wintercorn have been working with Joomla! since 2006 and its predecessor Mambo before that. As we specialise in this single content management system and work with it every day, we are able to keep our knowledge and skills right up to date.

The more we work with Joomla!, the more we learn. Each client brings us a unique set of problems to solve and we use this incremental knowledge for the benefit of all clients.

Security Of Your Data

We take the security of our clients data very seriously. Our intranet is password protected and encrypted, client passwords are encrypted before storage, our backups are encrypted, FTP accounts use encryption so that usernames and passwords are not sent as clear text and we monitor access to all sensitive areas at all times.

After a project is complete, we shred all paperwork containing any client information or identifying details of any kind. The only paper we keep regarding clients is securely stored off-site.

Where possible, Skype is used to communicate usernames and passwords with clients.

Fully Insured Work

We hope it's never used, but it makes good business sense to carry insurance for the unforseen eventualities which may come into play during or after a project.

Wintercorn carry:

• £250,000 Professional Indemnity Insurance
• £1,000,000 Public Liability Insurance
• £10,000,000 Employers Liability Insurance

Insurance provided through Royal & Sun Alliance.

Free Web Hosting

When you commission a project with Wintercorn we will give you free, basic web hosting for the life of the project as long as the site stays with us and doesn't exceed the account limits. You can upgrade to a Managed Hosting account at any time.

Norfolk Heritage

Norfolk Heritage is the first of its kind for the history of Norfolk. Featuring 30 museums, windmills ...

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Norwich City of Culture

We're very excited to be backers of the Norwich UK City of Culture 2013 bid. We approached the bid team offering ...

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Golf Frontiers

Two of the UK's leading amateur golf companies merged this year to create Golf Frontiers, we were...

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BLT

BLT UK tasked us with creating a Joomla! Virtuemart site packed with tasty goodies. Integrating SagePay, Community Builder and....

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International Pairs

As ever International Pairs keep up-to-date with the latest web technologies and design.....

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		World Carp Classic 2009 Joomla! 1.5 content management system. Community Builder user management, forum, multiple blogs, video... Read More >> www.worldcarpclassic.com
		World Carp Classic Magazine 2009 28 page gloss staple fold magazine for the World Carp Classic event. The magazine added that extra wow to the event pulling together information ... Read More >>
		World Carp Classic Flyer 2009 DL Flyer for World Carp Classic's promotional materials. Printed in full colour double sided... Read More >>
		Joomla! User Group Norfolk 2010 As official carers of Joomla! User Group Norfolk we thought it wise to take advantage of Joomla!'s... Read More >> www.joomlanorfolk.com
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		Soul By Auction 2009 Soul By Auction is an online auction site for bidding on soul records. Soul By Auction incorporates all the best features of other record auctions but... Read More >> www.soulbyauction.com
		Chapelbreak Tardis 2009 This was an extra special project in collaboration with the children at Chapel Break Infant School in Bowthorpe. Working with the very astute ... Read More >> www.chapelbreaktardis.co.uk
		Hairy Tunes 2009 This ecommerce meets Flash backed by Joomla! 1.5 site has plenty of fringe benefits, neatly plating Flash, using XML... Read More >> www.hairytunes.com
		CJS Eastern Postcard 2009 Postcard produced for CJS Eastern as part of the launch of the new site. Printed in full colour both sides..... Read More >> www.cjseastern.com
		My Discount Voucher 2009 My Discount Voucher is a Joomla 1.5 site with a heavily customised directory component. The site also features seasonal changing templates.... Read More >> www.mydiscountvoucher.co.uk

		CJS Eastern 2008 A Joomla 1.5 site with bespoke design and unique custom forms... Read More >> www.cjseastern.com
		David Southern 2008 David Southern, a tax barrister at Temple Tax Chambers in Londons beautiful Temple Gardens ... Read More >> www.davidsouthern.co.uk

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Joomla!^TM, the award winning Content Management System (CMS), currently one of the best open source systems in the world.  Joomla! is renowned for its ease of use, even for those people who doesn't understand programming.

Joomla! is used all over the world to power everything from simple, personal home-pages to complex ecommerce sites.

Wintercorn use Joomla! because it allows us to create powerful websites which can be used with the minimum of technical knowledge. Clients love it because it's simple to use and changes can be made within minutes.

Why consider Joomla!?

There are dozens of Content Management Systems around, including 'hand built' systems which sound good on paper but only allow you to work the way the developer thinks you should work. Others are badly written, full of spelling errors and if the developer falls under a bus, your code is orphaned.

Joomla! is flexible, has a planned upgrade path, a dedicated core development team, thousands of easily installable extensions and best of all it's Open Source. This means that any competent developer can start working with Joomla! straight away.

Why not take a look at our portfolio whilst you are here?

Virtuemart is a fantastic tool but out-of-the box it can need that little bit of TLC and customisation. We're pretty good with Virtuemart we use it for most of our e-commerce sites including sites for some large blue chip firms we can't tell you about.

If you need guidance, a helping hand or are fed up and need your whole e-commerce site built we can custom code, design the graphics and get your shop looking the way you want.

contact us now for more info >>

We can work from your own ideas, existing designs or simply sit down with you and put together some ideas. Designs can incorporate your current company identity or we can create a whole new look for your business.

We can design, submit proofs, incorporate your changes and create an easily installable template in about 5 days.

Prices start from only £650.00 plus V.A.T.

If you've got a Joomla! site built on the old platform of 1.0.x, then you may be aware that it has been replaced by Joomla! 1.5. It's not an upgrade, in fact it's a completely new content management framework built from the ground up and, for the moment anyway, mostly compatible with its previous incarnation.

Joomla! 1.5 represents a significant improvement over 1.0 and offers developers, users and webmaster the chance to really make their site perform as it should.

We can convert your Joomla! 1.0.x site to the latest version from only £250.00.

Why not ask about our Joomla! managed hosting as well?

Freelance technical developer, potential partner

Whilst we can manage most development work in house, we have an increasing need for a motivated and flexible developer who can work with us as part of our team.

Our company is uniquely structured as a freelance team and we share the profits of each project whilst building a brand and a framework for growth. We have high quality clients, interesting projects, revenue is growing and when our product range is fully launched we will have a good, long-term income stream.

We have great ideas, ambitious plans and excellent prospects for the future.

Ideally we are looking for someone who is maybe working freelance as a coder/developer but wants to work with others in an office and share the marketing and admin support we have.  You can still work on your own projects as well.

The work will include working with existing and new clients, custom coding in php/mysql and developing our in-house projects. We have business development and graphic design areas already.

If it goes well, we would expect the right person to be a shareholder and director within a short while, say 6 months or so.

Maybe you are running your own one-man firm and like to work with other people? Or you could be looking for something to do alongside your own work? Either way, we should talk.

This is not a salaried position, so if you're looking for a safe job with pension and benefits it's not for you.

Our office is based in Central Norwich and as many of our clients are based in London, we have tentative plans for an office there as and when we can devote the time to develop it.

Please contact us with contact details and examples of your work.

Internships

How about joining a company that will help you to apply your skills in an interesting, creative, smart, well-run web design agency who won't just get you to make the tea?

We are looking for an intern who can take one of our projects and make it their own. You'll be responsible for whatever you feel you can take on - coding, marketing, design, testing, analysis and everything that makes a new website tick - with experienced developers to call on should you need help.

You will have a genuine desire to get stuck into the world of web work, do something positive and interesting, make great things, fix broken things and take responsibility.

Sounds like your kind of gig?

Please contact us with contact details and examples of your creative/coding/whatever work.

Ever wondered how to get your website on the first page of results on a Google, Yahoo, or MSN search page? Contrary to popular belief, presence on the search engines doesn’t need to involve funding the search engines with a never-ending pay-per-click program.

So how do you get to the top of the search results without paying a fortune? Welcome to the world of organic search engine optimisation. Organic search engine optimisation involves feeding the search engines with relevant and informative copy, sound website structure, clean code, and technical purity.

Search engine spiders look at a website and use a formula to determine just how relevant a page is for any given search query. When they see relevancy in the right proportions, the engines reward websites with a great ranking. The job of a search optimisation firm is to make a website as relevant and as focused as possible.

An effective organic SEO effort is very much like designing a beautiful, compelling website. Each element on the page has a consistent feel and tone, and there’s nothing superfluous about the site - everything has a purpose.

Achieving a good ranking isn’t about ticking items off of a checklist, or stuffing keywords into your existing copy. Instead, it’s about giving the search engines what they want while simultaneously making a website more relevant and rewarding for visitors - which is the whole point of it in the first place.

SEO examples from our own site in Google:

Custom Coding - Wintercorn are ranked 4th out of 2.75 million results

Agency Outsourcing - Wintercorn are ranked 2nd out of 5.86 million results

Read our helpful guide on Commissioning a new Project available here for download

Or read the Design Councils comprehensive guide to Finding a Designer click here

For support queries, please call +44 (0) 1603 858 963 or email hello@wintercorn.com

Thanks for letting Wintercorn quote for your project.

We'll put our heads together and get back to you within 24 hours, probably sooner.

If it's outside office hours, we'll get back to you just as soon as we get into the office, and even before we put the kettle on, promise.

If it's urgent or you just want to chat about it, why not call, Skype or email us?

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