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Ological Studies Wins SAMA Award

2011-05-30T07:31:00.000-07:00

Fdesign would like to congratulate Ological Studies for winning the Best Contemporary Jazz Album at the 2011 SAMA Awards for their album OS Freedom.

Founding members of Ological Studies Phumlan iMtiti (alto saxophone) and Sibusiso Dlamini (piano) came to Fdesign in 2010 to create the album artwork for OS Freedom. We have since then done some poster designs for them and also designed and developed their official website - http://www.ologicalstudies.co.za

Well done guys!

Illustration

2011-05-23T06:43:00.000-07:00

We have started seeing an increased demand for designs that move away from the standard clean cut corporate image, to ones with a little bit of character. So to answer the call, we found ourselves an amazingly talented young illustrator, who can bring your design vision to life and separate yourself from the mainstream corporate feel, with a little bit of edge. We can incorporate these illustrations to fit your complete ID needs. Bring your vision and we will show it to the world. View our illustration page to get a better idea. http://www.fdesign.co.za/illustration-portfolio-cape-town.htm

Logo Design Travel Junkie

2010-08-24T02:09:00.001-07:00

Logo Design in Cape Town by: www.Fdesign.co.za

Travel Junkie is a local travel company offering tours along the east coast of South Africa.

Fdesign.co.za designed the logo for them as well as the presentation folder and business cards.

To see more on corporate identity design on logo design, click here:
http://www.fdesign.co.za/corporate-id-cape-town.htm

3 Pull-Up Banner Design and Printing Special: R3500

2010-08-19T12:30:00.001-07:00

3 Pull-Up Banner Special: R3500
Get the design and printing of 3 Pull-Up Display Banners. These banners are 2000mm X 850mm in size and come with a carry bag. Light weight and setup in minutes!

http://fdesign.co.za/Banner-design-cape-town.htm

2000 A5 Flyer Design & Printing Special: R2250

2010-08-19T12:27:00.000-07:00

2000 A5 Flyer Special: R2250
Get the design and printing of 2000 A5 flyers, printed on one side in full colour and boost your business enquires now!

http://fdesign.co.za/flyer-design-cape-town.htm

2000 Tri-Fold Brochure Design & Printing Special: R3950

2010-08-19T12:22:00.000-07:00

2000 Tri-Fold Brochure Special: R3950
Get the design and printing of 2000 A4 folded to DL size brochures, printed on 200 gram paper, full colour. Great for guesthouses, but suitable for most businesses!

http://fdesign.co.za/brochure-design-cape-town.htm

1000 Business Card Design & Printing Special: R1950

2010-08-19T12:20:00.000-07:00

1000 Business Card Special: R1950

Get 1000 business cards, double sided, full colour business cards on 350 gram card now! Top quality cards, impress your clients!

http://www.fdesign.co.za/business-card-design-cape-town.htm

Free Fax To Email Number - www.free-fax-to-email-rsa.co.za

2010-06-18T08:25:00.000-07:00

If you are looking for a free South African fax to email number and would like to save the costs of having a fax machine and a fax line, then check out this site. You can sign up for faxes within minutes and receive your faxes directly to your email in box. You do not therefore have to print out each fax you can save them on your pc and access them from anywhere in the world! Check out this site http://www.free-fax-to-email-rsa.co.za/

TravelBru.com - Hotel Travel Deal & Comparison Website Development

2010-05-05T03:05:00.000-07:00

We have just developed an easy to use global travel website for www.travelbru.com, the website aims to simplify the process of searching and comparing good deals for hotels, flights and car rentals online. So, if you are in the market for booking a hotel, flight or renting a car please check out:
www.travelbru.com

Hotel Travel Deals - Web Design Cape Town - Fdesign.co.za

2010-04-06T11:38:00.000-07:00

Hotel Travel Deals - Web Design Cape Town

We have recently designed the travel website for Hotel-TravelDeals.com. They offer an online booking and comparison search for hotels, flights, cruises and car rentals. Please check out their website at http://www.hotel-traveldeals.com/

7 Steps to Developing a Website with Fdesign.co.za

2010-03-18T14:47:00.000-07:00

7 Steps to Developing a Website.
Fdesign has been building and marketing websites for over 7 years, we have built websites for many different types of companies operating in various different industries. The following outlines our tried and tested process to building successful websites.

1. Planning
The first step in building a website with Fdesign is planning. We need to understand your goals and expectations for your website with relation to your allocated budget. We also need to understand your business and the target market, so we can try to maximize the return on the money you are going to spend. A meeting with us or detailed brief supplied by you will likely lead to a more successful website and online marketing campaign. There are no costs involved in planning and we offer a free consultation both at our offices in the Cape Town CBD, or at your place of work within the Cape Town area. We can also consult over the phone or via email should you require.

2. Domain Registration
Your website will need a unique web address so that users can find you on the internet. This address is also referred to as a URL or as a domain name. Your domain would usually be some like www. “Your company name” .co.za which makes it easy for clients to remember. It is important to first check to see if your domain name is available for use and to register it as soon as possible. There are two costs involved in domain names, one is the initial registration and the second cost is the annual renewal fee. The cost will vary depending on the type of domain you buy (.com, .org, .biz etc)

3. Website Hosting & Email Accounts
Your website will need to be stored somewhere online so that it is accessible to users around the world. This storing service is called website hosting. Your hosting requirements will vary according to your disk space, and traffic requirements. The bigger your website is and the more traffic you have visiting your site the more you will need to pay per month to have you website online. You email will most likely also run through your hosting service and the number of email accounts and volume of emails you receive will affect the price per month.

4. Designing the website
Once you have supplied us with your website text and pictures we will begin the design phase, it is important that we have content to work with to ensure that we design your website with a logical navigation system, that makes your information quickly and easily available to users. You will be supplied with 2 – 3 template drafts depending on which package you order. The design template will form the look and feel of your website, it is therefore important to be sure you are happy with it before we begin development. Should you require changes to the look and feel during the development phase it is likely to cost you more. The cost of design is always included in our pricing.

5. Development
With the design complete and signed off, we begin to develop the website. This phase involves making the buttons and navigation work, and adding your content to the website. At this stage we will also add in the search keywords and ensure your site is prepared for basic search optimisation. Once the website has been tested, paid for and approved we will upload it for the world to view! The cost of development is related to the size of the website, the complexity of the website and the type of coding that is required. As a rough guide our average client website ranges from R2950 to about R9950, but can go well into the tens of thousands for more advanced online business models.

6. Online Marketing
These days is not enough just upload a website and expect visitors to arrive. It is very necessary to promote your site on search engines and although we will submit your site online and do basic SEO, you may want to get better results sooner. There are two major methods of generating traffic online, there are pay per click campaigns and SEO or search engine optimisation techniques. We offer both services to help ensure that you get your target market to your website. The cost involved in Google adwords and SEO will vary per website size and the nature of the business and we would need to evaluate your site before giving an indication of cost.

7. Maintenance and planning
As your business grows and new information becomes available, you are likely to want to update your website. If you need to update your website yourself then you may want to consider having a content management website built, however its is often the case that your business website will only need updating once or twice year, which would not justify the additional expense. We will gladly assist you with updating and upgrading you site should you require those services further down the road.

It may seem quite a lot to understand, so why not call us on 021 465 9143 or email info@fdesign.co.za to book a free consultation. We will ensure that you understand the value of our website services, what you are paying for and what to expect with a website and online marketing package from Fdesign.

www.fdesign.co.za

Gemini Corporate Identity Design - Fdesign.co.za

2010-01-19T03:45:00.001-08:00

Corporate Id Design Cape Town - Gemini Corporate ID Design - Fdesign.co.za
Gemini approached us to do the corporate Identity design for their home and concierge services company. We designed their logo, business cards, compliment slips, envelopes, letterheads and some email stationery. We also developed their website: http://www.geminiassistance.com/

Gina Athans PR - Web Design Cape Town

2010-01-12T05:07:00.000-08:00

Gina Athans Websites - Recent Web Design Project by Fdesign.co.za Public Relations Web Design for Gina Athans: Actress/Model/Entrepreneur.

Gina Athans PR offers, PR strategy, brand strategy, reputation management, social responsibility, crisis management, marketing, event managing as well as many other related services.

Please have a look at Gina's Public Relations website at http://www.ginaathanspr.com/ or log on to http://fdesign.co.za/web-design-cape-town.HTM if you are in the market for website design and development in Cape Town.

Blogging - How to burn a blog into your website

2010-01-12T04:28:00.000-08:00

Blogger Blog setup to burn into html using Feedburner - Fdesign.co.za

If you are keen to have your blog show your titles on your website then try the following steps, we struggled with this for a while, but it seems to be working now.

1. Go into your blogger account, choose the blog that you would like to burn.
2. Click on publishing.
3. Copy the Blog Spot Address e.g. designcapetown.blogspot.com.
4. Log into Feedburner.
5. Add the blog address.
6. Go to Publicize and then select BuzzBoost
7. Set your preferences and get the code here.
8. Go back to your website and add the code to the html.
9. Go into Blogger and add the blog url to settings - sitefeed - Post Feed Redirect URL

That should help you add a blog to your website, or at least help us remember how to do it.

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Recent Web Design Project: Heart and Star

2009-07-23T01:53:00.000-07:00

Please check out one of our latest development projects, these guys offer some amazing designs for Journals, Cards, Badges, Stickers, Tattoos, Wrappings, Plushes and Prints. the site was designed by their designers and developed by Fdesign.

They are based in Cape Town, but can ship anywhere in the world if need be.
Website Heart and Star - www.heartandstar.co.za

Please click here if you need any web design

Search Engine Marketing Cape Town | SEM Cape Town

2009-06-30T07:21:00.000-07:00

Search Engine Marketing Cape Town SEM

Search Engine Marketing: (SEM) is the online promotion of websites to people that are searching or surfing the internet via the use of keywords and content matching. There are two main methods, the first being SEO or Search Engine Optimisation, the second being PPC or Pay Per Click advertising. Both try to drive more traffic to your site.

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) When a user searches in Google or search engine partner the higher your site is to the top the more hits you are likely to get. The process of optimising a website aims to get your website as high as possible in the list for targeted search words or words that users are likely to type in to find your products. For example if you sell wooden benches in Cape Town, you would like to appear in the list near the top if some one searches for "wooden benches in cape town". These hits are often referred to as organic hits as they are displayed for free and you do not pay even if a user clicks on your link.

Pay Per Click (PPC) uses another method to drive traffic to your website. When a user searches the results are displayed as well as adwords links that appear along side them on the right and in some cases above the results section. These are text adverts that people have paid for to be displayed in the list. Simply put, the more you pay per click the higher you rank in the adword listing areas. PPC ad are also referred to as sponsored links and adwords.

SEO Cape Town - Search Engine Optimizaton

2009-06-30T07:12:00.000-07:00

SEO Cape Town

Fdesign is now offering search engine optimisation as a full service to compliment our web design and graphic design offering. If you would like your ranking in the search engines to improve then we can help you with this. Please check out our site at www.fdesign.co.za for more information regarding website optimisation. We also offer google adwords campaigns and pay per click advertising services to boost your online traffice and enquiries.