All articles from: June, 2009

Telegraph Relaunches Blogs on WordPress

On the night of June 23rd, Telegraph Media flicked the switch on a new project they’ve been working on this Spring – the Telegraph Blogs, relaunched on WordPress MU.

And, proudly, we’d like to say we had a little bit to do with the project.  Not a lot, mind – we provided some consultancy, some code snippets, advice and developer support now and then.  It’s the kind of project we’d have loved to have taken on in full, but the in-house team at the Telegraph were perfectly capable of doing the work and we always say that if you have the in-house skills then you shouldn’t spend a small fortune on external consultants and developers. Read more

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Interconnect IT and has 4 Comments.
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New Site for Us!

After two years with our old site we finally decided it was time to apply a lot of what we’ve learned over the years into a re-launch.

So, what does this actually mean?  A new site usually comes with something different, and in this case we didn’t want to disappoint. Read more

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Interconnect IT and has No Comments yet.
Categorised as: News

Telecoms.com Case Study

Telecoms.com is an example of using WordPress as a news platform.

Telecoms.com uses WordPress Interconnect IT's extensions and theme technology as a flexible news platform

Overview

When we were approached by Informa Telecoms & Media Ltd (part of Informa plc) about whether WordPress could be used as a fully fledged news platform suitable for replacing their Telecoms.com site, we hesitated, but not for very long.  Following a full analysis of their requirements we were able to confirm that in combination with some of our own technology, plus some new development, we could create a very flexible WordPress based news platform that allowed for excellent productivity for the Telecoms.com team. Read more

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Interconnect IT
Categorised as: Case Studies

Sniff Petrol Case Study

Sniff Petrol is an anarchic motor industry and motorsport satire site

Sniff Petrol is an anarchic motor industry and motorsport satire site

Overview

  1. Over 120,000 posts viewed per week
  2. Well controlled costs
  3. High availability
  4. Large peaks in traffic handled well when a new ‘edition’ is released
  5. Highly responsive site

Read more

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Interconnect IT and has No Comments yet.
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Politics & The City Case Study

Politics & The City is a WordPress MU based site with productivity tools added

A visually sophisticated site, delivered in record time

Overview

Politics & The City is a multi-blog WordPress MU based site where a large number of contributors have created an online news system aimed at the female market.  The site needed to be implemented in a short period of time, with no room for delays due to the already planned and paid for publicity campaign. Read more

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Interconnect IT
Categorised as: Case Studies

Danbar Drilling

Danbar Drilling needed a high quality website to help cement their market-leading position

Danbar Drilling needed a high quality website to help cement their market-leading position

Danbar Drilling required a website that would put them above their rivals – they wanted a site that was better designed, had excellent browser compatibility, and was easy for them to work with.

We delivered a WordPress based solution designed to have a striking front page with key product points, with a news section becoming visible to those surfing more deeply into the site. Read more

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Interconnect IT
Categorised as: Portfolio

Politics And The City

Politics & The City is a WordPress MU based site with productivity tools added

Politics & The City is a WordPress MU based site with productivity tools added

For a change, a site we didn’t design. Instead we were supplied mock-ups and a basic design brief from the Liverpool design agency Black & Ginger, which we then turned into a living, breathing, news website using our WordPress skills to help make a dynamic site easy to manage even for relatively untrained staff. Read more

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Categorised as: Portfolio