f3 Internet's Work
This portfolio illustrates some of the web development work carried out by f3 Internet.
Web Application Development
Custom web applications built to your requirements.
Musicming
Searchable directory for the music industry
Musicming approached f3 with ideas for a large scale project to develop an online application that serviced the UK music industry.
After working together honing the requirements, we identified the first stage to be a searchable directory of UK music businesses. f3 developed a custom application for the directory and added a range of enhancements over time to provide additional capabilities, such as online payments, a blog, content management system (CMS) and various administrative utilities.
Site features
- Search engine with filters.
- Online payments via PayPal.
- Multiple listing types, with quotas and features like search-based adverts.
- Listing profile pages with extended details and interactive map.
- User signup and listing maintenance. Full site administration capabilities.
- Blog, online survey and other communication tools.
Enterprise Web Sites
Larger web sites offering a wider range of functionality and total control of publishing.
Recycling Machinery International
Sales driven site for used recycling machinery
Start up company Recycling Machinery International required a site to showcase their used recycling machinery and generate enquiries.
f3 delivered a site that makes it easy to browse, search and discover the machinery for sale and quickly send in an enquiry. The site is easy for RMI to update with their latest stock.
Organic SEO and AdWords campaigns drive traffic to the site. The number of product enquiries has vastly exceeded expectation.
Site features
- Integration with Campaign Monitor email marketing software.
- Product enquiry forms.
- Custom content types for recycling machinery.
- Image galleries.
- Search.
- RSS feeds.
Leas Lift Beer Festival
Information resource for a beer festival
The organisers of the Leas Lift Beer Festival required a web site to provide news and information about the festival, with utilities that enable them to keep in touch with interested parties.
f3 created a site that provides several methods for people to stay informed - Twitter, RSS and email newsletters. Tasting notes provide information about the brewers and drinks. Image galleries show photos from past festivals. A CMS makes it easy for the organisers to update the site.
Site features
- Twitter feed.
- RSS feeds.
- Newsletter mailing lists, with online archive.
- Custom content types for brewers and drinks.
- Image galleries.
- Live map.
- Search.
WABCG
Information resource for a conference
The World Association of Beet and Cane Growers (WABCG) held their 2010 international conference in Cambridge in July 2010. Conference organisers Project 4 Marketing asked f3 to help them produce a multi-language site that provides information on the conference to potential delegates, acts as a gateway to their registration system and allows easy management of content and sponsor advertising space.
f3 implemented their design, developed the functionality and deployed the site to a content management system on Project 4's own hosting.
Site features
- Rotating adverts and sponsors.
- Tri language - English, French and Spanish.
- Site RSS feed.
- Design by DesignPoint.
MMH Recycling Systems
Marketing/sales site for a recycling machinery distributor
Having had a small brochure site for years, MMH Recycling Systems needed a marketing site that allowed them to better engage with customers and would be easy to update with new products and information.
f3 designed and delivered a basic business blog that provided the core functionality at an affordable cost. The site has proven a great success and now MMH and f3 Internet are working on a next release with enhanced content management functionality.
Site features
- Site search.
- Site RSS feed.
- Contact form.
Tanylan Farm Holidays
Holiday cottages and camping site
Tanlyan Farm Holidays required their existing site to be updated with information about their holiday cottages and new tools to manage their services, with their new logo incorporated into the design.
f3 migrated their existing static site into a CMS so they could take control of its content, designed a new section to promote their holiday cottages and tweaked the camping section to share aspects of the design. Various features have been added to the site over time to meet business requirements, such as the availability calendar that can be easily updated as bookings come in.
Site features
- New landing page and cottages section with conversion of their old camping site to accessible XHTML/CSS.
- Availability calendar alongside tariffs, with easy one-click updating for owner via Ajax.
- Contact and booking forms.
- Live map.
- Weather feed.
Cape Machinery International
Marketing/sales site for a recycling machinery distributor
As a new company, Cape Machinery International needed an affordable, effective web site to market their products online.
Given the core requirements were to provide a clean, easy to use and easy to update web site, we recommended the company start small with a business blog before deciding to move on to an enterprise solution. This approach has proven successful and f3 are helping CMI to improve their content by using services like YouTube.
Site features
- Site search.
- Site RSS feed.
- Contact form.
Simple Web Presence
Small, brochure-style web sites promoting your business to new and existing customers.
Footprinter
Information site for an environmental consultancy
Natural Interest required a multi-language brochure site to publish information about their new environmental footprinting service, with a design based on that of a partner site.
As existing happy customers of f3, when we worked together to develop their company site, we could quickly implement the design and deploy the site to the CMS that they were already familiar with.
Site features
- Multi language - Finnish and English (with Swedish and Norwegian pending translation).
- Semantic web support with hCard microformat and vCard download for personal details.
- Twitter feed.
Natural Interest
Information site for an environmental consultancy
Natural Interest required a multi-language site to provide information about their environmental consultancy services, based on a design that they provided.
f3 developed the language switch functionality, implemented the design and deployed the site to a lightweight CMS.
Site features
- Multi language - Finnish and English (with Swedish pending translation).
- Twitter feed.
Chelsea Electronics
Information site for a computer shop
Chelsea Electronics required a simple, friendly site that was easy to use, provided clear information about their services and encouraged people to phone in.
After working together to define the information architecture and hone the language for novice computer users, f3 designed the site based on their shop sign to strengthen recognition from the street and deployed it to a lightweight CMS for easy control over the content.
Site features
- Live map.