New website coming soon!
In the meantime you can contact me here:gary@garyhartney.com
I have over 15 years experience in the field of professional Graphic Design
Including 8 years in the field of New Media & Web Design
I have a happy client base, including: The African Conservation Foundation, Jacobs-Danone, The Lancashire Wildlife Trust, and many others.
1.The ability to design visually memorable websites with a strong focus on creating brand awareness
2.An ‘end results’ approach to any web design project, i.e. a constant focus of on the results of implementing a website for you, whether it be increasing sales, creating publicity, increasing enquiries, or any other outcome required by you.
3.The ability to design and program websites that are search engine friendly from the beginning - at no extra cost to you.
4.The ability to design and code websites that meet with the strictest ‘Best Practice’ guidelines as set out by the WorldWideWeb Consortium
5.The ability to design and build websites that meet with current U.K. (and international) Accessibility legislation.
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The visual design of your website will be created from scratch, and will reflect any existing branding you may have and will also take into account any expectations your customers may have.
Your website will have a purpose: increasing sales, creating brand awareness, increasing footfall etc. etc. The desired end result will be the drive behind the development of your website.
There are many companies around today that will promise you the all important good search engine placement - but at a cost!
My websites, based on the best coding practices as outlined by the WorldWideWeb Consortium are search engine friendly straight out of the box, at no extra cost!
Many web design companies will build you a sub standard website - then charge you extra for ’search engine optimisation services’.
My existing clients have benefited from my approach by achieving excellent placements in all the major search engines, because the job was done right, first time , and at no extra cost!
All my websites are coded to the strictest standards as outlined by the WorldWideWeb Consortium (or W3C)
The W3C was founded by Sir Tim Berners-Lee - the inventor of the worldwide web, and exists, in partnership with major software vendors, such as Microsoft, Apple, Sun Microsystems, IBM etc. to outline and develop best practices for the web as it exists today, and as it will be in the future.
By coding your website to these exacting standards, you can be assured that your site will be compatible with any Internet device that may be invented in the future, as well as with the Internet devices of today, and those of yesterday!
The code behind your website will be approved by the W3C as being correct and free of errors.
Just as any ‘bricks and mortar’ business within the U.K. Must provide accessibility aids to the disabled, so, under recent legislation, any website offering a service must adhere to accessibility guidelines too.
Many people with physical disabilities rely on the Internet, and it is a legal requirement now to make your website accessible to people with various disabilities, ranging from motor-neurone issues to blindness.
This legally required accessiblity compliance will be built into your website at no extra cost.
This website was commissioned by the African Conservation Foundation to promote it’s “Art for Africa” project.
The project’s aim is to raise funds fr the foundation by selling limited edition high value prints of the work of Canadian high-realism wildlife artist Daniel Taylor.
My role in this project was visual design, coding, project management - in liaison with the directors of the African Conservation Foundation, while also co-ordinating with volunteers in Munich, Tanzania, Chicago, Brisbane, and the U.K.
"Without Gary’s creative vision and great commitment, Art for Afric would not have such a magnificent foundation. By integrating origina design with state-of-the-art technology of the web, Gary’s work is evidence and confirmation of his commitment to excellence."
Arend De Haas
Director, African Conservation Foundation.
Greater Web Design Studio - New Jersey have commissioned me for over half a dozen web design and graphic design projects so far.
"Gary - you're just too easy to work with!!!"
Ron Edgecomb II
Director, Greater Web Design Studio, New Jersey
Morecambe Net have worked with Gary on many occasions over a period if 4 years and he is a valuable member of our team. He has a good rounded skills set and excels in several areas of web design in particular CSS and design. Gary is capable of handling a job from the conecpt to the completed design in a realistic timescale.
Andy Shawcross
Director, Morecambe.NET Ltd.
I was commissioned to design and develop a small website for the owner of a luxury holiday villa on the Balearic island of Mallorca.
The website has been a great success for the client in it’s purpose of supporting regular advertisements in Dalton’s Weekly.
"Smashing, we’re chuffed to bits!"
Alec Sharples
Director, Sharples Transport Ltd.
I was sub-contracted to design and produce a media pack that would enable Jacobs to showcase their seasonal range of products to buyers for all the major supermarket chains.
The pack also contained an interactive CD-ROM, which I also designed and developed.
I was recommended to the proprietors of UpSi bar in Accrington, and was commissioned to design and build a website for them that would raise the bar’s visibility within the local area.
An integrated Content Management System (CMS) allows the client to easily keep the site up to date, with news about bands, events, and parties at their Function room in accrington.
The website has been a great success, leading to an increase in enquiries and bookings for the function room.
"Having a website designed was a step in the dark for us, but Gary made it a painless experience. We are delighted with the result, and with Gary’s ongoing enthusiasm and support"
Clive Dewell
Proprietor
UpSi Bar, Accrington.
Working in conjunction with the Lancashire Wildlife Trust I designed and developed this website as an information resource and a platform for the volunteers at the nature reserve to promote their activities and increase awareness of the reserve within Hyndburn.
The website has been very successful and attracts visitors from across the world.
The site also has a very strong standing in the results of all the major search engines.
"The whole reason I agreed to get on board was actually because of Gary…
He’s always curteous and helpful — just the sort of person I like to work with".
Andrew Krespanis
author of award winning web design blog:
www.leftjustified.net