29 September 2008
Silkmoth have added a new eCommerce website to their portfolio. Designed to sell wooden sheds, metal sheds, garden furniture and accessories, GardenShedsAndFurniture.com has been designed to provide extensive product information and beautiful photography to make the decision to buy an easy one for visitors.
Denise Sherwood, Silkmoth's Development Leader, commented on the new site:
"By analysing the competition we realised that very few websites in this market do justice to the products on sale. With high quality imagery, alternative angle shots and a zoom facility for every product we believe the products on offer will sell themselves. Coupled with very competitive pricing we think GardenShedsAndFurniture.com has a rosy future."
23 September 2008
As businesses outgrow their accommodation so, occasionally, do their servers.
Yesterday at 11:00am Silkmoth's servers became silent for the first time in three years. An hour later they were re-homed and up and running again selling all manner of things from tyres to labelling machines.
Carl Dean, Silkmoth's Technical Director commented on the need to move servers:
"Essentially we've outgrown our current accommodation. We need more equipment because of the growth of our business and that of our customers' websites. It make sense for us to keep everything together and the space we had just wasn't enough any more." "Many customers have asked us why we didn't do the move in the middle of the night or at the weekend. It's quite simple really. Like all small to medium sized businesses we rely on partners and suppliers. Had something gone wrong in the middle of the night it would have been been virtually impossible to rally the appropriate troops. For instance, had we dropped one of the servers, and it does happen, we wouldn't be able to buy a new one until business hours." "As it happened we planned the move meticulously and it all went like clockwork. We've now got plenty of room for further growth and don't anticipate another move for at least another three years."
"Essentially we've outgrown our current accommodation. We need more equipment because of the growth of our business and that of our customers' websites. It make sense for us to keep everything together and the space we had just wasn't enough any more."
"Many customers have asked us why we didn't do the move in the middle of the night or at the weekend. It's quite simple really. Like all small to medium sized businesses we rely on partners and suppliers. Had something gone wrong in the middle of the night it would have been been virtually impossible to rally the appropriate troops. For instance, had we dropped one of the servers, and it does happen, we wouldn't be able to buy a new one until business hours."
"As it happened we planned the move meticulously and it all went like clockwork. We've now got plenty of room for further growth and don't anticipate another move for at least another three years."
03 September 2008
Cheshire businessman Paul Jenkins has engaged Silkmoth to build an innovative new website to help people move house.
With over 20 years experience as an estate agent in London, Bristol and Plymouth, Paul has returned to the North West to launch HOMEXCHANGER.
The idea behind the service is to connect people who are upsizing with those who are downsizing. The service allows estate agents to register their customer's properties online. Paul and his team then use complex matching algorithms to identify pairs of properties where each home matches the criteria of each homeowner.
Keith Jones, Silkmoth's Managing Director, said:
"we're very pleased to launch Paul's business dream. In many ways it's an internet dating agency for property. So far the site has proved popular among estate agents who are registering and uploading their properties on a daily basis. We believe HOMEXCHANGER will prove an out and out success not only for home owner and estate agents but also for Paul and his team."
02 September 2008
Long standing Silkmoth customer, Linder Myers, have launched their third generation website.
The Manchester based law firm, together with Silkmoth's development team, have re-worked their website's user interface to give it a cleaner, more modern look and feel.
Silkmoth's development leader, Denise Sherwood, commented:
"Linder Myers have been a Wirenet™ user since its early days. By using our content management system we are able to apply a new look and feel without having to rework all of the text and imagery that has grown on the site over the last three years." "For all of our Wirenet™ customers, it is of huge comfort knowing that their website can be reskinned and brought up to date without losing the significant investment they have placed in content building."
"Linder Myers have been a Wirenet™ user since its early days. By using our content management system we are able to apply a new look and feel without having to rework all of the text and imagery that has grown on the site over the last three years."
"For all of our Wirenet™ customers, it is of huge comfort knowing that their website can be reskinned and brought up to date without losing the significant investment they have placed in content building."
01 September 2008
Harland Machine Systems, manufacturers of industrial labelling system, have today launched their new international website.
The new website, built on Silkmoth’s successful web content management system Wirenet™, allows Harland to showcase their product range to prospective customers throughout the world.
The new website includes detailed specifications of all of Harland’s machines including comprehensive datasheet downloads. The site also includes case studies that document the solutions Harland have developed for their customers.
Find out more about Silkmoth's latest developments.