Viral campaigns
Tuesday 16th May 2010
A 'viral web marketing campaign' can be a great way to drive business to your website. Just ask Mr Corned Beef and his lovely old backing singers who are kindly representing PUSH Web Design.
These guys love corned beef so much that they want to tell you all about it with this song. It's actually Eric Pridz' song "Call On Me" but we think it sounds like "Corned Beef". See what you think.
You can view the video at a small size opposite or on YouTube here.
If you'd like something similar creating for your business or website then please just drop us an email and we'll see what we can do!
(Eric Pridz and Grace Corned Beef - please don't sue us. We love you!)
PUSH launches "Fibre Architects" website
Tuesday 11th May 2010
PUSH are proud to announce the launch of the new Fibre Architects web site.
Fibre approached PUSH at the end of 2009 and we have been working together on the Fibre Architects brand.
The project involved the creation of a logo, business card design, compliment slip, A4 letter heads, A5 advertising leaflet, Flash website and simple mobile version of the website. Screenshots of the branding materials can be viewed by clicking the image opposite.
For those folk with a technical interest - the project involved the use of the Adobe suite of products including Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver.
The website is written in AS3.0 and utilises SWFObject and SWFAddress so as to maximise the website's potential for performance in the search engines. The mobile version is a simple, 1 page, light-weight, text only version of the website for users that don't have Flash on their mobile device.
"World Cup Wallchart" now LIVE on Microsoft MSN!
Monday 3rd May 2010
Sadly, a 5 month contract for PUSH Web Design at The Press Association in Howden (PA Sport) has now come to an end...
But on a brighter note, those 5 months have been well worth the wait as the new World Cup Wallchart has now been launched on Microsoft's MSN website!
The World Cup Wallchart is an interactive live score and results flash web application featuring group tables and matches for the South Africa World Cup 2010. The first match is due to kick off on June 11th so if you find yourself stuck at a PC for whatever reason (rather than watching the game on the big screen) then what better place to keep track of the scores and your country's progress.
There's an abundance of useful information already available on the site so why not check out the Venues Guide while you wait for the competition to kick off for real.
PUSH to hit Brighton for "Flash On The Beach 2010"
Monday 19th April 2010
PUSH will be hitting the streets of Brighton once more as the awesome conference known as "Flash On The Beach" comes back to The Dome in Brighton for the 5th year running.
The conference boasts some of the best speakers in the world of design and development (not just Adobe Flash) and is a chance to rub shoulders with some inspirational characters and the best of the best.
Whatever industry you're in, it's important to stay on top of new developments so that your business doesn't get left behind. The web world is continuously evolving (at a scary pace) so by attending this event we hope to learn a thing or two that we can apply in our own projects so that customers of PUSH Web Design can really benefit from enhancements in the industry.
Get Savvy with PUSH Web Design!
Tuesday 13th October 2009
PUSH were lucky enough to spend a few days designing for Savvy Marketing in Leeds.
The brief was to design several different concepts for a new stylish, interactive and beautiful website with a view to this being built in Flash.
It's very early days yet but Savvy are looking at a major overhaul of their existing website with the new site being a representation of their design abilities and the creative people at Savvy - something that they'll be proud to show off.
Savvy Marketing are a Leeds based full service agency delivering brand campaigns that make a commercial difference.
Watch this space for future updates!
"Planet PUSH" V1.0 website launched
Wednesday 16th September 2009
PUSH Web Design today launched "Planet PUSH" - the interactive portfolio of PUSH's very own Adobe Certified Expert James Whiteley.
Take "Mr PUSH" for a walk around the world and stop off at the various sections whilst shooting the custard pooing birds along the way. Take a trip to the moon in the custard powered rocket-ship or fall down the black hole to the centre of Planet PUSH in order to sign the guest book.
If it all sounds a bit surreal and strange it's because it is. Basically, it looks like this site is inspired by James's obsession with custard...
You can view the site at Planet PUSH and view some screenshots by clicking the image opposite. Please sign the guestbook (which you'll find down the black hole) and let us know your feedback.
For those folk with a technical interest - the Planet PUSH website is designed with the Adobe CS3 suite of products using Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator for the graphics and animation. Sounds are cleaned up and edited in SoundBooth and behind the scenes it's coded in Actionscript 3.0 and driven by XML with a SQL Server database at the back-end.
PUSH sponsor local football team
Monday 14th September 2009
PUSH Web Design have announced the sponsorship of 2 open age football teams at Battyeford Sporting Club.
The team have 2 sides in the Heavy Woollen Gate Sunday Alliance Football League (one in the Premier and one in Division 2).
They also play in Brooke Butler Cup (Heavy Woollen District competition) and the West Riding County FA Sunday Cup/ Sunday Trophy.
The PUSH logo has been customised for best appearance on the kit. The colours have been converted to a black and blue variation to tie in with the clubs colours and the team will wear the new kit for the first time on Sunday September 20th.
Management team Nigel Saddington and Graham Pickford said "Many, many thanks to PUSH for the generous sponsorship of not one, but two open age teams. Here at Battyeford Sporting Club we have 24 boys and girls teams ranging in age group from under 7 to under 16 years and also three open age adult teams. Come down on matchdays Saturday or Sunday or to any midweek training evening and you will see its a hive of activity. We are run by volunteers and are self financing, so with the additional overhead of our own brand new clubhouse to run, sponsorship from local businesses such as "PUSH Web Design" is essential and very much appreciated."
Battyeford Sporting Club Open Age teams train on a Wednesday evening and are constantly on the look out for new players. If you'd like to come down and train, or to get involved with any of the teams, please email Graham Pickford at GrahamPickford@hotmail.com or visit the Club Website for more information. www.pitchero.com/clubs/battyefordsportingclub
And another big "THANK YOU" to those nice folk at "Dig For Fire"
Wednesday 27th August 2009
PUSH recently spent a couple of days over at "Dig For Fire" doing some Flash and Photoshop work for one of their clients. Dig are a digital agency based in Sheffield dealing in effective direct brand-response communications.
This is just a little note to say "thanks" for looking after us while we came to visit. We're already looking forward to returning and helping out again soon.
PUSH now using the Wacom Cintiq 21UX interactive pen display
Monday 10th August 2009
The Wacom Cintiq 21UX interactive pen display is a graphic tablet that allows you draw directly onto screen. It's got a big old screen (roughly 21 inches across the diagonal) and it's already speeding up the design process here at PUSH with its tilting, rotating screen.
Rather than drawing on paper and scanning in multiple designs to trace and recreate, PUSH are now able to use the Cintiq to draw directly into our favourite programmes Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator.
We managed to get hold of one of these bad boys recently from a kind chap on e-bay and there's no looking back now. Yeah it takes up most of the desk and yeah there's nowhere to put tea and a plate of biscuits any more but it's well worth it.
Telkom Charity Cup - Adobe AIR application available today
Saturday August 1st 2009
The Telkom Charity Cup is a one-day football tournament for Premier Soccer League clubs in South Africa. Fans vote for their favourite team and the four clubs with the most votes qualify for the tournament. The aim of the tournament is to raise money for charity through the votes and gate fees.
PUSH were recently contracted to design and develop a live news and scoreboard application for the competition and this is available to download today.
For those folk with a technical interest, the application is an Adobe AIR application driven by live XML feeds from The Press Asscoiation and is avialable to download from www.charitycup.co.za. The application will be functional for one day only.
A big "THANK YOU" to those nice people at LINE
Wednesday July 1st 2009
It started as a 2 week contract which turned into 1 month and then 3 months. Eventually it ended up being 10 months and who knows where the time went. I can safely say that collectively, those folk at LINE Communications are by far the nicest bunch of people that I've had the pleasure of working with. I put it down to the regular birthday gatherings to eat vast quantities of birthday cake (and breakfast every Friday morning).
The guys here work really hard and play really hard and are creating some fantastic e-learning projects making them a market leader in their sector.
I'm really chuffed that I was able to help out for the past 10 months. Really looking forward to returning some day too.