Mas Laurent - A French Farmhouse Hotel uses Nutwork Web Design

Mas Laurent have just launched their brand new website: http://www.maslaurent.com/

Mas Laurent wanted a brand new website that would present the farmhouse in a modern and attractive way - showcasing the wonderful scenery and rustic charm of the house.

The site also has German and French translations as well as offering a booking form and enquiries contact page for guests.

Mas Laurent is a 17th Century farmhouse which has offered bed and breakfast accommodation over many years for visitors to the Pays de l’Uzège. It is situated about 2kms from the Provençal town of Uzès, a town having its origins in the Roman occupation of the south of France and which is popular for its markets and its proximity to the Pont du Gard. Mas Laurent can be your introduction to the Uzège region and its ‘terroirs’ which produce truffles, olives, goats’ cheese, wine and fruit ………. all of which you can enjoy with Mas Laurent.

Flash Games by Nutwork Web Design Perth

Cabaret Gaming recently approached us to help them re-create one of their gaming machines in a virtual environment to allow people to get a feel for the real game - online.

We decided to use Flash - and render the machine in 3D as well as reproduce an authentic and life like gameplay and deisgn.

We’re pretty proud of the outcome - and the customer loves it too! You can check out the game by launching it from here.

If you need any work done in Flash, and looking for commercial quality work, then look no further. Just check out our LocoTV.com.au website for more examples of our work using flash, video and new media.

Contact Nutwork Web Design Perth for more information. Click the image above to launch the game demo!

7 Ways To Build A Successful Online Community

Lot’s of people try to build an online community. Lot’s of them fail.

Havin built Loconut.com.au, we know a thing or two about what works, what doesnt work, and what the user wants. Ultimately, it comes own to the user experience being paramount.

There are lots of social networking tools and great sites out there - you don’t necessarily have to be the best, or the biggest - to build and maintain a successful community.

Here’s some great tips from YoungEntrepreneur.com:

1) Pick A Theme

I see so many forums, blogs, and portals that don’t have a specific niche. If you try to be everything to everyone then you’re not going to make a memorable impression and people won’t come back or get involved.

2) Choose Something You’re Passionate About

You have to love what you do. Especially in a community driven website if you don’t have an interest in the topic then there is no way you’re going to be successful. You have to live and breathe the subject matter to drive it forward and you’ll have a lot more fun as well being able to share your passions with others. It can be tempting to jump at an opportunity because it looks like a “sure thing” but if you don’t love the topic, don’t do it.

3) Get It Started Yourself

You can’t have the mindset of “if I build it, then will come.” It’s so easy to set up a new blog or forum - the technology makes it extremely simple to get going so anybody can do it. The key is getting it started, putting up interesting content, and continuing to post and add to the site. If you are not heavily involved at the start to get it to critical mass, it won’t succeed.

4) Get Help!

You’re going to have to put in a lot of work to get your website off the ground (see point #3!) but as soon as possible you need to engage people to come out and help you. Get them to comment on your blog, get them to post responses in your forums, get them to moderate different categories and contribute. You can’t do everything yourself and more people become interested in your website if they see that there is a discussion going (not just you talking to yourself). Start with your friends and people you know and then reach out to others who run related websites who might be interested in participating.

5) Post Interesting Topics

People click through, read, and participate in stories that are engaging and interesting. Be controversial, offer practical advice, be a source of inspiration. If you’re just regurgitating news from a Google Alerts feed then people aren’t going to care and come back to your website. A good trick is to look at the homepage of Digg and see what stories consistently come up on the first page. Adjust the topics to fit your niche and get writing!

6) Get Prizes

People love contests and there’s nothing like a great prize to get people talking. If the prize is related and interesting to your target audience and there is a degree of value associated with it then visitors will increase their participation and help drive more traffic for you. The prize doesn’t always have to cost you money either. How about a feature story on your website or a special report or service from a partner who is willing to donate a prize? If you’re going to be an entrepreneur you need to think outside the box - I’ve never paid for any of the prizes I’ve offered on my site - you just need to get creative!

7) Encourage Your Top Users

You will have a top percentage of your users who love your site and visit it daily. Give them encouragement and recognition in the community. Point out how useful some of their contributions are and thank them for their involvement. You can also profile them as community ambassadors. Stay in regular contact with them and get their suggestions for how to make your website even better. Keep your champions happy and they will help you go out and bring more people in!

Nutwork Web Design on Australian T-Shirts

Nutwork Web Design have just launched a brand new site for a local Western Australian company called Aussie TShirts. You can check out the site here: www.austshirts.com.au

Australian T-shirts is a Western Australian owned and operated family business. For 20 years, Australian T-shirts has supplied printed and embroided garments for the souvenir and corporate industries.Not only do we manufacture in Australia, we also import tees and polos, as well as having access to a variety of other promotional merchandise. We have an extensive range of embroidery and print designs suitable for all ages and sizes.

The brief to Nutwork was very simple - “Take our old site, make it new, interesting, and colourful.”.

This site is a good example that you can have a very professional, unique website (that isn’t built from some template) at a very reasonable cost.

We wish Ben all the luck with his new site, and hope it add’s some real value to his online presense.

The 1 Moment - Romantic Epiphanies

Nutwork is proud to launch a new community - The 1 Moment.

The website is powered by the simple and elegant Wordpress, which is a free piece of software.

You don’t always need to pay thousands for a great and easy to use website. We’re here to point you in the right direction and give you a final product that meets all of your expectations, without the sting of a huge and over complicated website (and bill)!

Websites come down to content. The 1 Moment is a wonderful new site that explores relationships and stories around how couples met.

The 1 Moment is a collection of real life romantic epiphanies. True love stories of insights which were not  based on logic, but something deeper, call it intuition or a gut reaction. Tales of heart over mind, which defy  reason. Stories of deeper feelings and connection that we often cannot explain. Electric moments, created by a touch, a gesture or a gaze. The moment when you knew that this person was the 1.