What We Did
Jane had done a fair bit of research upfront and had already chosen the Brunch Pro theme which she felt would best deliver the clean design she was looking for.
We installed the Bunch Pro theme and customised it using a limited colour palette complementary to her header logo, and neutral elsewhere.
Next we set-up the front page making the best use of available widgets and space to showcase Jane's content. We used the video widget to add one of Jane's latest videos under the top three latest posts, giving it more prominence on her blog.
Other Credits
Logo supplied by client
The Brief
Jane is a food writer, photographer and recipe creator and has been blogging at Hedgecombers since 2008. Her blog was already in a Genesis (WordPress) theme but looking a little outdated, and Jane wanted a theme refresh with a simple clean design, lots of white space and a neutral colour palette.
Client Feedback
I've been blogging at this domain since 2008, and have always done all my theme changes, updates and tech stuff myself.
Whilst this may have saved me money over the years, it definitely didn't save on the stress, and it's also led to my site being slowed down by years worth of bad habits.
Having Callia Web on call to redesign, update and untangle some of those messes has been a godsend. My site is faster, easier to navigate and the whole process has been a positive one.
The best bit about getting help for the more technical aspects of my site, is that it frees up my time for content creation, which is the part that I love!
Hedgecombers
I am so pleased I contacted Callia Web as I was looking for some help to design a website for my nutrition business. I had seen a couple of their beautifully designed websites online and was interested to see if they would be able to create something for me as well. I chose the Quick launch Package as I wanted a website that would look professional but could be built fairly quickly, all at a reasonable price and, although I knew roughly the look and feel I wanted, I needed the technical help to put it all together. Jo at Callia Web outlined the process for me with a clear proposal so that I knew exactly the costs and time commitments involved. We had a planning session about a month before we started on the build and she was very clear about I needed to prepare in that time to allow maximum use of the time we had together.
The build afternoons were split into four 2.5 hour online sessions and Jo was great at allowing me time to ponder over the fine detail, for example, which photo to use whilst, at the same time, giving the sessions direction and making sure that all points were covered. She was very patient and coached me through many of the technical aspects of the website build, showing me how to edit pages, photos and blog posts, something that was very important to me as I wanted to be able to manage my website myself on a day-to-day basis. I am delighted with the end result and feel that the vision I had in my mind has come to life on the screen. I would definitely recommend Callia Web and would not hesitate to use them again in the future.