Cosmic Egg Productions - SquareSpace Circle Member

Cosmic Egg Productions - SquareSpace Circle Member

Cosmic Egg Productions is now a SquareSpace Circle Member.

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So what does that mean and how is that helpful to someone needing a new website?

SquareSpace describes SquareSpace Circle as:

“Squarespace Circle is a program designed to support, inspire, and engage the community of creatives, developers, and designers who use Squarespace to build beautiful websites for themselves and their clients.“

As a web designer and developer who builds websites on the SquareSpace platform it gives me access to resources and priority support. That means if I have an issue or a question I can get it resolved quickly. It also gives you the client reassurance that you are working with an advanced SquareSpace website builder.

It gets better though as I can offer you 20% off the first year of your subscription plan! I can also offer extended trial periods of 6 months! That means we have plenty of time to make your website perfect before it is launched and you start paying your subscription.

So why SquareSpace?

I have been building websites since 2003 and to date this is the best platform I have come across. The websites I can produce on the platform look so professional and modern. My clients are always delighted.

There is so much other functionality built in too. There are very good analytics behind the scenes, so you can see how many people are visiting your website, and where they come from. It is possible to have contact and subscription forms as well as the ability to create email campaigns.

You can also have a fantastic online store to sell your products, services or digital downloads. All the hard work of setting up a payment gateway and shipping/postage rules is a piece of cake.

So why not get in touch and we can have a good natter about your idea for a new website or an upgrade of an existing one. Advice and ideas come free and with no obligation to you.

Contact me via email on steve@cosmicegg.co.uk or click over to the contact page here on the website.

Check out some previous websites I have created:

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Creating a new website for The Chalet, Eastleigh
Creating a new website for The Chalet, Eastleigh

Creating a new website for The Chalet was part of a larger project that also including photography and a promo video. As The Chalet also does food then a table booking integration was essential.

Creating a new website for Learning Design Solutions
Creating a new website for Learning Design Solutions

This could be the best looking website I have built yet. I really like the parallax scrolling effect on the home page. As usual the website is built on the Squarespace platform.

Creating a new website for Cordie
Creating a new website for Cordie

Huge thanks to Cordie for asking me to create a new version of their website. I had worked with Cordie previously so it was brilliant to get re-acquainted with the directors and wider team. Cordie, who are based in the New Forest, “delivers world class training in procurement, sales, negotiation and contracting”. Cordie offers “a wide range of practical online and classroom learning options, with training and study centre locations throughout the UK.”

Online store and product photography for AnnB Crafts
Online store and product photography for AnnB Crafts

Roll forward and it was time to upgrade the site to a full e-commerce store. Ann had been running the site for that period and was receiving great feedback about how fantastic the site looked, but now it was time to make it easier for customers to buy the jewellery items directly on the site.

Website upgrade for Tweedy Clothing
Website upgrade for Tweedy Clothing

The Tweedy Clothing team had already set up their website complete with a shopping cart on Squarespace but had ran in to some problems and needed some help to get the store functioning better and to show the extensive range of clothing products in the best way and to make the user experience for the shopper as smooth as possible.

I reconfigured the online store, made improvements to the home page as well as adding a whole load of content.

Creating a new website for the Punk Scholars Network complete with a shopping cart
Creating a new website for the Punk Scholars Network complete with a shopping cart

As I write this in May 2020 we are in the middle of the Covid 19 pandemic with the lockdown restrictions still in place. Not a great time to be a freelancer! When the Punk Scholars Network asked me to build their new website a couple of weeks back the timing couldn’t have been better.

Creating a new website for Ann B crafts
Creating a new website for Ann B crafts

The key to a great website is great content and great photography. That is why in the initial meeting with Ann I suggested some new photography to really show off the craft jewellery pieces to their best advantage.

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Creating a new website for HitsvilleUK.com - a fantastic punk graphic design resource

HitsvilleUK.com is the website that showcases the research and graphic design work of Dr Russ Bestley.

Russ’s research in to punk graphic design from 1976 to 1984 is visually represented on the site alongside Russ’s portfolio of punk graphic design work. If you are a graphic designer or interested in the punk era then this is a great resource and a site that is well worth a visit. A highlight is the punk singles matrix which is a visual timeline of all the punk singles released in the punk era.

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New website for photographer and researcher Sarah Dryden

Sarah Dryden is a photographer, researcher and academic specialising in documenting western frontier towns and dwellings. Sarah’s work has been exhibited and published across Europe, Australia, and the United States of America.

Header image by Austin Prock on Unsplash

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Written and published by:

Steve Hogg