Alpha House

Alpha House Calderdale approached Hydra Marketing for help. Their web developer had ceased trading and could not be contacted. They had no way of updating the website and needed some content removing as a matter of urgency. They had also lost control of the domain, including email – not an ideal situation to be in, but it’s not uncommon. We were able to help, and quickly too. Within hours, we were able to take back control and get the domain pointing to our servers where we published a “new site coming soon” page, as we set about re-building the website from scratch, giving it a bit of a face-lift too.

Project features:

Complete website re-build
New page layouts
New imaging for partners and staff sections
Fully Hosted
Email Management
Re-establish Domain Identity Service

www.alphahousecalderdale.org.uk

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Complete Re-build

Improved Layout and Design

Email, Hosting and Content Managed by Hydra

New Map and Contact Page

Smartphone and Tablet Compatible

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Home Page – before and after

The original website was rather dated. It wasn’t mobile or tablet compatible – essential these days, not only for viewing but also for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). Google ‘de-value’ your site in the rankings if your site is not retina ready.

The original Alpha House website was a ‘boxed’ i.e fixed width format, and the logo took rather a lot of space in the header section.

Our new design, is full width (it will stretch to the screen size you are using), allowing for full width image slider(s). The logo fits nicely into the header along with a new image we used taken from the Alpha letterhead. The header will shrink as you scroll the page. The overall colour scheme is in keeping with the logo.

Staff Page – before and after

The Staff, Trustees and Service Users has been split from the original ‘About Us’ page into new pages, providing better navigation and search engine optimisation. We modified the images and brought the look of the page up to date. *Though not used in this website, a staff member item can feature links to individual social media profiles such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter etc.

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Contact Page – before and after

The original contact page provided all the necessary information to contact Alpha House. This is an example of how basic information can be better presented. It even includes some animation (modern browsers only, and not on mobile).

Visit the site, and see for yourself, a modern new look to the Alpha House website.

www.alphahousecalderdale.org.uk