Little Fire for Custom Web Development in Hertfordshire
Our team members at Little Fire have been developing bespoke websites across the country since the beginning of the internet. We’ve fixed a lot of tricky issues and implemented some outstanding solutions.
In the past, our team have: developed stock management systems for a Sheffield supermarket chain, integrated the Brightpearl order fulfilment system with custom websites, created custom products to sell maps from interactive browsable maps, loans to help build the Plough Lane Stadium for AFC Wimbledon; and a simplified checkout application to sell mountaineering trips online.
Web Development in Hertfordshire – A Solution for Every Problem
Your business is yours and you’ll know more about it than we can guess at. So, instead, here are some quick case studies to show some of the wins Little Fire have achieved.
Custom Web Development for Businesses Worldwide
Aiming for the Top
For over 35 years, Jagged Globe has been one of the leading operators running mountaineering trips for climbers. They were the first British company to organise a professionally-run expedition to Everest. Jagged Globe serve climbers globally.
We didn’t build the Jagged Globe website but we have done a great deal. All whilst retaining its original design with its stunning imagery.
It hasn’t been simple, over the years we have:
- Make the site meets Google’s mobile-friendly standard.
- To meet the emerging PCI (Payment Card Industry) requirements, we implemented the Sagepay (Opayo) payment gateway to take client deposits online.
- Massively simplified the online booking interface. Existing customers can now book a trip in as few as 5 clicks.
- Developed a application for recording customer capacity. Climbing in the wilderness can be risky and is often physically demanding – Jagged Globe need to be certain that each and every client is safe to climb.
- Integrated the site with the SendInBlue mail management system so the mailing lists are fully GDPR compliant.
- To help the client make best use of the many pictures that the clients collect, we have implemented tools to upload and manage clients’ pictures in bulk.
Web Development for e-commerce in Saint Albans
Rails of Sheffield, are amongst the busiest vendors of model railways and hobbies in the North – with a volume of orders to match. When they came to Little Fire Digital, we needed to deliver an enterprise-level e-commerce solution.
We developed a new website on the market-leading Shopify system that has provided the much-needed stability to allow the business to grow.
The new site meets a number of challenges:
- The model railways market has pre-orders with very long delivery timeframes. To manage this, we have created a custom, bespoke pre-order basket and checkout using javascript integrated directly into the Shopify framework.
- Stock management and order fulfilment is processed using Peoplevox. We coordinated development teams to get Peoplevox talking to Shopify and Rails of Sheffield’s two ebay stores.
Whatever you have to sell, we’d love to hear from you.
Website Development for
New Businesses Countrywide
Little Fire Digital constructed the website for West Sussex beauty business, Casafia, when they needed something a little different. This was a dream project for us; we collaborated with our client to design the logo and branding combining soft colours and clean, stylish layout.
The website features online booking through the Pabau CRM – a system designed specifically for the medical aesthetics market.
Pabau smoothly works with Mailchimp to handle customer communications so we built the Pabau email templates so that they matched the lovingly created design of the main site. Mailing list sign up forms on the main website add clients directly a Mailchimp list and the customer is able to manage their contact preferences without ever leaving casafia.com.
To keep things simple, the IRC widget is integrated to work with Facebook Messenger – our client’s regular text platform.
Web Development for Fundraising
AFC Wimbledon were in a spot of bother. They had years away from their historical home ground, Plough Lane, and had finally managed to acquire a site and start building the their new stadium on the same street, Plough Lane, in Wimbledon.
The new stadium was nearly completed but they had run out of money.
Under lunatic time pressure, we stepped forward, worked like slaves to developed a bespoke platform from which the Dons could sell bonds and raise money from their supporters.
It has been the greatest fundraiser in the history of the English football league, and we helped it to make it happen. Read the case study to find out more.
“Wimbledon fans are always at their best in a crisis and we like a challenge. So when we needed to stop control of the club being sold off in late 2019, a few of us suggested launching a Bond scheme.
That idea went from concept to a live website in a fortnight thanks to the tireless efforts of Simon and Little Fire.
They had to deal with all of the standard website challenges (design, layout, content etc) as well complying with legal regulations and compliance policies that were being finalised as we went along.
Oh, and that fortnight included Christmas and New Year. It was a difficult brief on an impossible timescale, but they threw themselves into it wholeheartedly and delivered a well-designed, easy-to-use robust and secure solution under all that pressure.
And the campaign? Well that raised over £5m in a matter of weeks and is the largest bond raise by a British football club ever. If Little Fire can produce work like this so quickly and effectively, I can only imagine how much they could achieve for your business if you give them a sensible timeframe. We are indebted to Simon and his team. You helped Bring The Dons Home.”
Charlie Talbot
The Plough Lane Bond
Web Development and Related Services for Saint Albans and Hertfordshire
Bespoke Web Development, Saint Albans
To get a better idea of what we do, who we’ve done it for and how we do it, check out some of our case studies.
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