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Wednesday 19th July 2006

  • Go Large website launch. newmediaboutique is pleased to announce the launch of our latest site for Go Large Marketing. Based in London, Go Large provide marketing services to a broad range of clients. The comissioned portfolio site is fully XHTML valid and makes use of our PHP/MySQL content management system (CMS) for easy management and maintenance of the site.
    Take a look at www.go-large.com

Thursday 15th June 2006

  • Retro 36 website launch. newmediaboutique is pleased to announce the launch of our latest ecommerce solution for Retro 36. Based in Scarborough, Yorkshire - Retro 36 specialises in 'The unique and the extraordinary' such as cult collectables and gadgets. Requiring a full ecommerce system, the site integrates with an online payment gateway for seamless and secure credit card transactions and has a full back-office facility for stock level and product maintenance.
    Take a look at www.retro36.co.uk

Friday 2nd June 2006

  • MakeYourDaySpecial website launch. MakeYourDaySpecial is a new site showcasing handcrafted wedding stationery and wedding accessories such as tiaras and hair ornaments. Requiring a fresh and modern look for their company, MakeYourDaySpecial came to newmediaboutique for branding and web development for a unique online presence to showcase their products.
    Take a look at www.makeyourdayspecial.co.uk

Friday 31st March 2006

  • We're recruiting! php/mysql developer - £Neg. we are looking for an experienced individual with 2yrs+ web programming experience of php & mysql database web development and integration of xhtml/css. any knowledge of other web languages such as javascript would be a good compliment to our core requirement. please send us your cv with covering letter to jobs@newmediaboutique.com or alternatively you can post it to us. PLEASE NO AGENCIES NEED CONTACT US.
  • We've found the ideal person for the job, so there will soon be another member to the newmediaboutique team!

Thursday 30th March 2006

Tuesday 28th March 2006

  • New site launch! Newmediaboutique is pleased to announce the launch of our latest ecommerce site – Incessant Fad. Incessant Fad specialises in hand crafted, limited edition items such as contemporary jewellery and leather bound stationery.
    Take a look at www.incessantfad.co.uk

Wednesday 22nd February 2006

  • Ahead of his visit to the Chris Moyles' show on Radio 1, the legendary Longman of longman's sandwiches in rothwell, leeds, commissioned us to implement a new message forum ahead of the future launch of his already confirmed main site & Flash game. Having gone live overnight ahead of the breakfast show, take a look at the forum. We also produced artwork for a limited run of lunchboxes, photos coming soon!

Friday 6th February 2006

  • The register reports that German sites for big brands BMW and Ricoh have been removed from Google for deceptive search engine optimisation tactics. Yahoo, MSN and other search engines could follow suit with other offenders who try to artificially bolster their natural search engine rankings.

Friday 20th January 2006

  • In 2005, Christmas online spending was up almost 50% compared to Christmas 2004. How soon before you start preparing your website for Christmas 2006?

Monday 16th January 2006

Friday 13th January 2006

Sunday 1st January 2006

  • Happy New Year!

Tuesday 1st November 2005

  • Today is the day of the CSS Reboot - go check out the website designs!

friday 23rd october 2005

  • an interesting look at the future implications of Internet Explorer 7 by Eric Meyer. We're eager to see CSS work properly!

monday 17th october 2005

  • Bluebird Vehicles have expanded their range of services and come back to us for an updated site. Watch this space!

tuesday 4th october 2005

  • thanks to Design Shack for including our site in the gallery.

wednesday 27th september 2005

  • newmediaboutique are official sponsors of the november 1st CSS Reboot project, aimed at showing that web standards and accessibility doesn't mean boring, as everyone who's signed up will reboot their website with a new CSS-based design.

thursday 22nd september 2005

friday 9th september 2005

  • Just noticed the quality of our web site has been recognised again and now features in the screenspire web site showcase. We've also had a high volume of hits from the newstoday and stylegala websites today.

thursday 8th september 2005

  • having done some web design for ourselves redesigning our site, the website has picked up the Moluv Pick Award from the showcase site. Thanks Maurice!

wednesday 7th september 2005

  • another new website launched! Phase one of the Upstairs Downstairs website to promote their furniture store. An ecommerce site is now in development.
  • just watching and waiting for the new studio 8 web design package to be released by macromedia. it's been announced for a while, surely it must be soon...

friday 26th august 2005

  • two new web projects confirmed with creative emporium. merchandise ordering systems for Precor USA and Octopus Travel.

thursday 25th august 2005

  • Burton Burton & Ho in Leeds confirm a new online project with newmediaboutique for a web based conveyancing system.

friday 12th august 2005

  • an initial website for old headingley afc goes live to promote their charity match against emmerdale allsorts xi in aid of epilepsy action, yeadon, leeds. the full site is under development for the new 2005/06 football season.

wednesday 10th august 2005

  • our updated profile on the ukwda site has gone live.

monday 1st august 2005

  • we launched our new website today. do you like it?
  • the collaborative project for Orange stores undertaken between newmediaboutique + Creative Emporium completed today.

thursday 28th july 2005

tuesday 12 july 2005

  • A new ecommerce & marketing project confirmed with Retro 36, a store selling kitsch toys, film memorabilia and other unique products in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

monday 4th july 2005

  • A collaborative project confirmed with Creative Emporium, a Leeds-based merchandise suppliers, for the development of an internal ordering system for Orange stores nationwide.

friday 24th june 2005

thursday 23rd june 2005

monday 20th june 2005

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