codegent is a full service web development new media agency, based in clapham, london, uk, that delivers well-designed content managed sites, microsites and flash games supported by robust technology and integrated marketing solutions including search engine optimisation, pay-per-click and html email.

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Codegent launches new Web Apps Business

Posted by Mark McDermott on 21 January 2010 at 06:41 PM
Categories: Codegent News, Web Apps, Dash
Mark McDermott
Mark McDermott
Co-Founder
BLOG: Codegent launches new Web Apps Business

I am very excited to announce a new business venture for codegent in 2010. We have partitioned the agency, focusing a small team of developers in our Bangkok office on building web applications.

Our ambition is to launch around four apps this year with a target audience of Entrepreneurs, Digital Marketers and fellow Developers. You can find out more on why we are doing this and what our initial ideas, such as DASH, are on codegent.com/apps. I will also be blogging and twittering frequently as things begin to take shape in the next few months so do keep an eye out for more.

STOP PRESS!

The apps business has already received a major helping hand in its quest for world domination by being chosen to represent the best of the UK Digital Community as part of the Digital Mission to South by South West Interactive in Austin, Texas. To quote the Press Release:

"39 of the UK’s leading digital companies have been selected for the second annual Digital Mission to South by South West interactive (SXSWi), taking place in Austin, Texas from 11-17th March 2010. [...] The successful companies were chosen from over 120 submissions by an advisory board of industry experts drawn from the UK community including: VC’s, export specialists, journalists and industry pundits to take part in the Digital Mission to SXSWi."

We would like to thank chinwag and UK Trade & Investment (one of our clients!) for making this possible. Personally I can't wait to get out there to start marketing our work to the wider world.

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The London Press Service website launches

Posted by Julie Coassin on 28 October 2009 at 11:40 AM
Categories: Site Launches
Julie Coassin
Julie Coassin
Project manager
BLOG: The London Press Service website launches
Over the last few months, we have been working on an exciting new project for UK Trade & Investment, a Government department that supports business. Today, I am really pleased to announce that the new website is now live: https://www.londonpressservice.org.uk/. The site aims to offer weekly stories and pictures that are free to use by journalists worldwide. It reports on latest innovations and developments in UK business, covering all sectors of industry, science and technology as well as creative, cultural and sports articles. Some stories are available in French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese.
 
The back-end of the site had to be very easy to use as the editors, uploading numerous stories each day, will not always be technical wizards. We produced a bespoke content management system allowing them to easily add news stories and translations as well as the ability to add, crop and resize images directly within the CMS. The great thing about this is that users don’t need to spend valuable time editing pictures in Photoshop before putting their stories up. In less than a week, the editorial team have uploaded more than 50 stories and countless images onto the site!
 
The front-end is simple, fresh and attractive. Users can browse stories by category, sub-category, author and date and we have created some really cool usability features to enhance the user experience of journalists, such as the image library built in Flash. Beautifully executed, it makes it really easy to scan through images quickly and to see the information associated with it such as the credits and linked story. Users are also able to download the high-resolution version and add images they like to a virtual lightbox which does not require any login or registration. This cookie-based feature is particularly useful as it means that journalists can quickly find the images they have saved on previous visits to the site without having to dig around again.
 
This is, of course, just a snippet of the site’s functionality, to have a full experience, check it out: www.londonpressservice.org.uk
 
Finally, it is worth mentioning that one of the crucial requirements of the site was that it was secure. Consequently, the whole site (back-end & front-end) went through an extremely rigorous security assessment (performed by an information security company) and has been built in line with security best practice guidelines.
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