Language No Barrier!

Welsh FlagThe eagle eyed amongst you will have already noticed the new facility we’ve added to our website. Utilising the power of Google Translate our new multi-lingual script allows visitors to view our site in any of 58 different languages! The translations may not be as perfect as a human translator would manage to achieve but, for instance, it’s a massive boost to those of us who live and work in Wales where the prohibitive costs of translation usually puts Welsh language websites out of the reach of many small organisations and charities.

If you’d like to know more about how Black Cat Design can now offer you a low-cost multi-lingual website get in touch with Kate on mail@blackcatweb.com!

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Valley and Vale’s Bilingual Annual Report

Valley and Vale's Annual Report cover designWe’ve all heaved a sigh of relief here as Valley and Vale Community Arts’ Annual Report finally went to print. This year it’s been a biggie as they received funding to go bilingual and the final report is in both English and Welsh for the first time in many years.

You can download a digital copy from their website in either language.

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New Year, New Projects

BAVO Annual Report 2010Well a very Happy New Year to you all, clients or not. We at Black Cat HQ are currently battening down the hatches as it’s Annual Report season in the Voluntary Sector (or is that the 3rd Sector?). Anyway, projects move on apace. Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations’ Annual Report was first out to print and Valley and Vale Community Arts’ is next out of the blocks at the end of this month so we’ll post a link to that once it’s online. Wish us luck, we’re heading back in!

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Black Cat’s First Web App

We’ve just created our first web app. Our website has been given a Mobile makeover so those of you with web-enabled phones/iPads etc. check it out now.

Head to http://www.blackcatweb.net on your mobile device and you’ll be offered a mobile option. You can still browse this site’s regular interface (see the link at the foot of each page for the choices).

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Annual Report Time

Valley and Vale Community Arts Annual Report 2009It’s annual report time at Black Cat towers. Clients are rolling up to get their organisations’ annual reports completed in time for their pre-Christmas launches/AGMs.

So many wonderful, exciting and ground-breaking organisations end up with boring, uninspired annual reports. If you want an inspirational annual report this time, get in touch with Black Cat Design and we’ll help you on your way. Call Kate on 07989520608 to start a new chapter in your organisation’s print history.

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Our New Website

Black Cat Design logo

Just as a builder’s house is usually the last to receive his attention, so it goes with web design companies. However, we are pleased to announce a new look for Black Cat Design’s website. We hope you like it and that it’s easier to navigate.

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New Client Website Launched

Valley and Vale's new website

After months of blood, sweat and tears we finally launched Valley and Vale Community Arts’ new website this week. There were lots of people at the launch and it went really well.

The site received acclaim from Valley and Vale staff and their customers who were invited to the day-long launch. The social media integration, photo galleries and films particularly impressed.

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Valley and Vale’s New Website

Currently hard at work developing Valley and Vale Community Arts’ new website. As always with this charity, it’s HUGE. So much content. It’s a great challenge making it all work well, be accessible, look cool and fulfil everything we all expect of it. Phew, nearly there.

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eShop Tutorial online

Our latest tutorial film is online. This one will help those customers who have the eShop plugin on their websites. You’ll learn how to add new products to your website using the eShop plugin for WordPress. This tutorial will take you through the steps required to create new pages, including images, for each product.

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WordPress Download Monitor Tutorials online now

We’ve just finished our latest tutorial films. These deal with a great plugin which our clients use to upload and monitor the downloads on their sites called WordPress Download Monitor. If you are a customer of Black Cat Design you can view the tutorials now. You can find out more about the plugin on the official site.

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