Services we offer

Quite simply we are very confident that we can support you in any internet based undertaking that you engage in.

The following list contains services in their broadest terms that we provide, with a more detailed description for each below. However, don't hesitate to contact us if you need support for an area that isn't explicitly detailed below. info@controlthroughpictures.co.uk

• Consultancy
• Requirements gathering
• Development management
• Application Architecture / Solution design
• Web design
• E-commerce - Shopping cart & payment integration
• Web marketing
• Intranet design
• Extranet design
• Graphic design
• Search Engine Optimization
• Usability
• Accessibility
• Technologies, techniques and standards
• Website review & report

Consultancy:

Ranging from helping you identify what work you need doing (and how best to do it) to helping you define the most appropriate end-to-end process for undertaking and managing your in house development work (including: Usability, QA, change management, configuration management, version controlling, development methodologies and techniques and much more).

Requirements gathering:

If you're not clear exactly what you need, or you think you know but you're not sure how to draft a document detailing your requirements, then we can help you ensure that you have covered all the areas that you need to, addressed all the issues that you need to and ultimately support you through producing a fully qualified specification.

Development management:

It's not always easy to know how to go about building a solution against a set of requirements. Doing it the wrong way can be time consuming, involve repeating the same things several times and ultimately take much longer and cost a lot more than you bargained for. We can help you make sure that your development process runs smoothly by selecting and following an appropriate methodology.

Application Architecture / Solution design:

If you have a development problem that you need a solution designing for, we can help you to design the solution or design it for you. Including defining all the hardware requirements, ensuring that the solution fits in with other software or existing in house services and making sure that the design implements best practice standards

Web design:

We'll work with you to collate your requirements and build you a website that surpasses all your expectations! We can also help you give your website a make-over, thus ensuring that it remains appealing to your customers.

E-commerce:

Selling your product range over the internet is an incredible way to increase your client base. People can shop and make purchases from the convenience of their own homes or offices, without needing to visit a shop. Constructing your website to present your products in the most effective manner is of paramount importance to it being a successful e-commerce platform. Providing the facility for your customers to pay online is also a great benefit to them. We can help you design and construct an effective and efficient e-commerce platform.

Web marketing:

Having a well designed and professional looking website is only the first step to being successful on the web. Ensuring that your customers can find your site in the first place is also of paramount importance. Making sure you website ticks all the boxes and provides your customers with a good experience is vital. But 'Active Marketing' can vastly increase the number of customers that come to your site. Keeping them coming back is also hugely important. With our experience and expertise we can help ensure that you maximise the business potential of your web presence.

Intranet design:

An Intranet is essentially an internal website, meant to be viewed and used only by your employees. Intranets are an incredibly powerful tool for disceminating information around your company and providing employees with tools to support their everyday work. For example, you could provide information to employees about benefits schemes, company news, company events or company reports. You could also provide your employees with tools for managing their time, contributing to discussions or even collaborating as part of a work flow for internal processes. A good intranet should certainly be a very effective tool and an aid to your employees everyday operation.

Extranet design:

An Extranet is a website that is meant to be viewed and used only by your company and some third party suppliers or clients. For example, if a photography company wants to provide an area where clients can log in and preview pictures taken of an event for them then that area would be an Extranet. Likewise, if a company process involved the need for a client or supplier to carry out an operation in a work flow (say signing off on a design or document) before that process could be progressed then the work flow process would operate within the Extranet.

Graphic design:

If you need a new logo designing, a letter head or you want to roll out a consistent branding across your printed and digital documentation, your website and advertising then we can help.

Search Engine Optimisation:

If your website isn't performing as well with Search Engine rankings as you'd like then we can help you improve the situation. This is one of the most essential areas that you must get right, as it helps drive customers to your site.

Usability:

Extensive studies show that there are patterns to how people use the internet, along with key techniques and features to making your website more appealing to your customers, including making it easy to use and something that your customers enjoy doing.

We can help you make sure your website is up to scratch.

Accessibility:

This topic pertains to the fact that not everyone has perfect vision and not everyone is as mobile or physically able as each other. People with visual imparements may not see colours the way the original designer intended or might not be able to read small fonts or may not be able to see at all. People with mobility imparements may not be able to navigate around a complex website. Accessibility means taking account of these facts when designing the look, feel and layout of your website to ensure that everyone can use it effectively. We can help you ensure that your website it as accessible as possible.

Technologies, techniques and standards

We have extensive experience in a large number of technologies and techniques so we can help you make the right choices based on your needs, while ensuring that your site is using the most up to date standards and is future proof.

Website review & report

We'll take a look at your website for you and create a report detailing our findings and recommendations.