Project Overview
Web: www.richard-anthony.co.uk
Industry: Accountants
Pages:
21
Page Layouts: 6
Template: 9091 (click to view)
Technology: Flash, HTML, CGI, Javascript, 
MySQL, PHP
First Website: No
Add-on Modules: News Management,
Tax Rates & Allowances, Budget Report
Company Information
Richard Anthony & Company are a firm of Accountants, founded back in 1974 by Richard Simons and Anthony Levy and joined a year later by Peter Taylor. The practice commenced just off Marylebone High Street, but soon moved to the offices it continues to occupy today, in Finchley, Central, London. They have approximately 50 staff and continue to expand the firm in a controlled manner.
Website Requirements
Like many Accountants, our client already had a Website, they had now outgrown. It was not, particularly, nice to look at, was hard to update and, generally, had become very inflexible and static. Our client, therefore, was looking for a Website that, not only gave them a more professional Internet precence, but could also be used more as an every day business resource for their clients and Website visitors. They were also looking for a Website that could grow as the Practice expanded.
Website Template Modifications
The main Flash animated pages header was changed for all pages to include navigation options relevant to our client's requirements. The text colour in the "Click here for details" was changed to compliment the gold colour in the overall design. Client's logo was reformatted to fit in with dark grey background and company name font was changed to mirror font used in client's stationery. The main slogan was also changed and re-animated. Navigation in Page footers were extended to include link to a Sitemap for better Search Engine exposure.
In the Homepage, section headings were changed to reflect client requirements. This included removing the news summary on the right and replacing it with summaries of their Resource area. Supplier logos were also replaced at the bottom of the page with a summary of one of their key services.
The About Us landing page Template layout was reused in the actual design. Since, it was important to make all of the supporting About Us pages accessible with one click, overviews were given of all pages within this section of the site. The left box was, specifically, used to list the Partners in the firm. Although, currently, they all go to the same page, in the future, if each Partner requires their own Web Page, then most of the hard work has already been done by setting up the page the way it has been.
The Service landing page was based, more or less, on the original Template design, with the exception of changes to section descriptions. The Solutions Template page design was not used in the actual Website.
The Product Template page layout was used as a basis for creating the detail pages for the services and about us pages. Depending on which area the visitor is in, an additional Navigation Menu has been included, making all other pages within each section, only one click away.
A new News page was created, based on the About Us detailed page layout. The client also purchased our News Publishing add-on module, enabling them to add an unlimited number of News Articles to their Website. The system also, automatically, groups articles by category and archives them by month.
The Contact page was redesigned to more closely reflect our client's requirements, with the biggest change, being made to the Online Form.
To ensure renewal costs are kept to an absolute minimum with regards to the Tax Rates & Allowances and Budget Report pages, a single page was created for each of these services and an I-Frame included to show the underlying pages. This approach is much quicker and, therefore, more cost effective, compared to creating a new page for every page in the Tax Rates and Budget Report file.
This Website Template is available for purchase @ £695 (plus VAT, where applicable). Design reference: 9091
www.richard-anthony.co.uk
