Windmill Media Limited have been established for a decade. We provide bespoke web solutions for a diverse range of clients from across the globe.
We handle the design, development and hosting of a variety of online campaigns, including database driven sites managed with content management systems, and have expert knowledge of ecommerce, audio and video streaming, and community based sites.
We endeavour to build relationships that go beyond supplier/client, delivering a personal service wherever, and whenever required. Many of our clients simply think of us as part of their team.
We intentionally keep the company small so that we can be dynamic and responsive. We can call upon a network of trusted specialists when expertise beyond our own is required, yet retain a single point of contact and responsibility for our clients.
Please have a look at the examples of our work on this site. If you think we can be of help, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
National Convention 2010
London, UK
Site launched February 2010
http://www.nationalconvention.org.uk
London, UK
Site launched February 2010
http://www.nationalconvention.org.uk
Institute of Fundraising
The Institute of Fundraising approached us to design and develop a new site for their National Convention, giving details of the convention, the speakers and the sessions, and allowing delegates to book their place securely though the site.
Most of the content is updated by the Institute themselves, but we are also providing ongoing support for what we hope will be a long term relationship.
Lovebytes enters a new decade
Windmill's association with the Lovebytes international digital arts festival enters its fifteenth year, and it's back to black for this year's web site, as it was right back in '96.
MyWaterDiary
Record your water usage
Keep track of your water usage by selecting the use for the water.
http://www.mywaterdiary.com
Record your water usage
Keep track of your water usage by selecting the use for the water.
http://www.mywaterdiary.com
Record your usage
Just how much did you use?
How much water did you use whilst doing this? And was it shared between your household?
http://www.mywaterdiary.com
Just how much did you use?
How much water did you use whilst doing this? And was it shared between your household?
http://www.mywaterdiary.com
Keep track
Week by week usage
See if you can reduce your water usage, week by week.
http://www.mywaterdiary.com
Week by week usage
See if you can reduce your water usage, week by week.
http://www.mywaterdiary.com
Record you water usage with MyWaterDiary
MyWaterDiary lets you record online how much water you're using. Brought to you by the University of Sheffield in conjunction with the Free Radicals as part of Water Amnesty.
You've got to be in it to win it
Windmill selected to deliver a suite of branded lottery sites for the Gold Bond Weekly Draw. Users can subscribe to the draw and pay securely online. The lottery operator has a suite of secure admin tools for processing the orders.
00 scale brand awareness
Windmill breaks with the no-advertising, no-publicity ethos by taking prime centre-line perimeter advertising at the Christmas Cup!
But it's only for little people. It's a Subbuteo tournament, that strangely given the name will be hosted at the end of August at Polzeath, Cornwall.
Monies raised from the event, including our advertising fees, will go to aid the Cornwall Air Ambulance.
Expected launch July 2008
Windmill starts work on overhauling a site for a Sheffield Gallery, enabling gallery staff to maintain and control content and exhibits on the site.
April 2008
From 1st May 2008 Windmill Media Limited will cease domain registration and hosting services. But fear not, it's not going far.
AllOneWord has been created as a new, wholly owned subsidiary to take care of all the server-side of things, leaving Windmill to concentrate on creating feature-rich new media content.
So, from 1st May, if it's domain registration, renewal or any hosting issues, it's AllOneWord. For top notch web projects, it's Windmill Media Limited.
January 2008
A video interview with Sheffield United boss, and ex-england star Bryan Robson's view on David Beckham's non-selection in Capello's first England squad.
The footage was filmed for United's BladesWorld service, but then picked up by BBC News for use on the Six O'Clock News, BBC News 24's rotation, and for bbc.co.uk
January 2008
One of our photographs was picked up by the Daily Star for their Sports section. It was of Ugo Ehiogu signing for Sheffield United from Rangers. And by coincidence it was also used by the Sheffield Star.
1,000 Fundraising Ideas in Three Days
The Institute of Fundraising approached us to design and develop a new site for their National Convention, giving details of the convention, the speakers and the sessions, and allowing delegates to book their place securely though the site.
Most of the content is updated by the Institute themselves, but we are also providing ongoing support for what we hope will be a long term relationship.
http://www.nationalconvention.org.uk
Most of the content is updated by the Institute themselves, but we are also providing ongoing support for what we hope will be a long term relationship.
http://www.nationalconvention.org.uk
International digital arts festival
Lovebytes is an annual international festival of digital art in Sheffield UK, bringing together a vast array of creative work from the frontiers of music, film, art and design.
One of Windmill's very first clients. We have used the Lovebytes sites as our showcase, as reflecting the commissioned artworks on the web often calls for cutting edge design and development.
Site launched March 1996.
Brought back into the fold after missing two festivals, Windmill provided a future-proof template site allowing Lovebytes to grow the site for each festival, year by year.
A showcase site for the exhibitions and artists commissioned by Lovebytes for the 1996 festival. A decade later the site remains one of our favourite creations.
A series of six new media public artworks for Sheffield city centre commissioned by Lovebytes as part of Photo'98 the Year of Photography and the Electronic Image.
Lovebytes returns in 2010 with a cultural festival for the digital age.
A season of extraordinary events taking place at some of Sheffield's landmark venues and public spaces.
http://www.lovebytes.org.uk
One of Windmill's very first clients. We have used the Lovebytes sites as our showcase, as reflecting the commissioned artworks on the web often calls for cutting edge design and development.
Site launched March 1996.
Brought back into the fold after missing two festivals, Windmill provided a future-proof template site allowing Lovebytes to grow the site for each festival, year by year.
A showcase site for the exhibitions and artists commissioned by Lovebytes for the 1996 festival. A decade later the site remains one of our favourite creations.
A series of six new media public artworks for Sheffield city centre commissioned by Lovebytes as part of Photo'98 the Year of Photography and the Electronic Image.
Lovebytes returns in 2010 with a cultural festival for the digital age.
A season of extraordinary events taking place at some of Sheffield's landmark venues and public spaces.
http://www.lovebytes.org.uk
Record you water usage with MyWaterDiary
MyWaterDiary lets you record online how much water you're using. Brought to you by the University of Sheffield in conjunction with the Free Radicals as part of Water Amnesty.
Keep track of your water usage by selecting the use for the water.
How much water did you use whilst doing this? And was it shared between your household?
See if you can reduce your water usage, week by week.
http://www.mywaterdiary.com
Keep track of your water usage by selecting the use for the water.
How much water did you use whilst doing this? And was it shared between your household?
See if you can reduce your water usage, week by week.
http://www.mywaterdiary.com
Supporting the Blades since 1996
Launched in 1995/96 season, sufc.co.uk was the one of the first official sporting club sites, and the message board developed for the fans was the very first for an English football club.
As well as day-to-day management of the site, Windmill now acts as consultants and representitives for Sheffield United to the Football League, and has also been a part of the latter's Technical User Group steering the way the future sites are built.
Site launched in January 1996, many revisions since.
In its current form, the official site runs on a platform common to most Football League clubs.
Since 2002 Windmill has been filming, editing and publishing daily news videos for exclusive viewing by 'BladesWorld subscribers'. Our video footage has also been carried by BBC North and YTV, and audio used on BBC Radio Sheffield and Real Radio.
Windmill has also undertaken non-matchday photography assignments for the club, and has had photographs syndicated in the national press.
The site is administered through a complex content management system.
Windmill also manages the SMS news alert to keep fans informed by text message.
Over the last decade Windmill has built and maintained many versions of the Official Site, and many micro-sites for related activities such as online Super Draw, Superstore and Box Office, as well as sites for fan groups, including message boards and chat channels.
http://www.sufc.co.uk
As well as day-to-day management of the site, Windmill now acts as consultants and representitives for Sheffield United to the Football League, and has also been a part of the latter's Technical User Group steering the way the future sites are built.
Site launched in January 1996, many revisions since.
In its current form, the official site runs on a platform common to most Football League clubs.
Since 2002 Windmill has been filming, editing and publishing daily news videos for exclusive viewing by 'BladesWorld subscribers'. Our video footage has also been carried by BBC North and YTV, and audio used on BBC Radio Sheffield and Real Radio.
Windmill has also undertaken non-matchday photography assignments for the club, and has had photographs syndicated in the national press.
The site is administered through a complex content management system.
Windmill also manages the SMS news alert to keep fans informed by text message.
Over the last decade Windmill has built and maintained many versions of the Official Site, and many micro-sites for related activities such as online Super Draw, Superstore and Box Office, as well as sites for fan groups, including message boards and chat channels.
http://www.sufc.co.uk
Campaign site for Samsung and the European Olympic Committees.
This campaign site for Samsung and the European Olympic Committees. The programme focuses on providing schools and after-school clubs in Croatia, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and the UK with a wide range of sports equipment and teaching materials.
Windmill worked with design partners DED Associates to a loose brief and very tight deadline to be ready for a pan-european launch. The client is able to update the site through a secure content management system.
Site launched in August 2007.
http://www.samsunggetupandgo.com
Windmill worked with design partners DED Associates to a loose brief and very tight deadline to be ready for a pan-european launch. The client is able to update the site through a secure content management system.
Site launched in August 2007.
http://www.samsunggetupandgo.com
Jardine Lloyd Thompson
London, Singapore, Hong Kong
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Flash intro screens lead to news, portfolio and case-study sections.
http://www.echelonccl.com
London, Singapore, Hong Kong
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Flash intro screens lead to news, portfolio and case-study sections.
http://www.echelonccl.com
International Claims Consultants.
Echelon was a start-up loss adjustment business in the Jardine Lloyd Thompson stable.
Acting as the negotiators between very large corporations/governements, Echelon required a compact, formal site to provide contact information and CVs for their specialists, and case studies to encourage contact from would-be clients.
Windmill's role was to develop a site fulfilling these requirements from a very strict style guide. The news and case study sections are maintained by Echelon via a content management system.
Site launched June 2001.
http://www.echelonccl.com
Acting as the negotiators between very large corporations/governements, Echelon required a compact, formal site to provide contact information and CVs for their specialists, and case studies to encourage contact from would-be clients.
Windmill's role was to develop a site fulfilling these requirements from a very strict style guide. The news and case study sections are maintained by Echelon via a content management system.
Site launched June 2001.
http://www.echelonccl.com
miiSTOR
Subsidiary project
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miiSTOR produces high-end USB flash drives in precious metals with diamond insets for the business to business and luxury accessory markets.
Windmill re-skinned the Stor-Home concept for this spin-off. Although the resulting site is not in use, superceded by a flash-based site by DEDass, our checkout system was retained, integrating with Lloyds TSB Cardnet/ProTX.
http://www.miistor.com
Subsidiary project
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miiSTOR produces high-end USB flash drives in precious metals with diamond insets for the business to business and luxury accessory markets.
Windmill re-skinned the Stor-Home concept for this spin-off. Although the resulting site is not in use, superceded by a flash-based site by DEDass, our checkout system was retained, integrating with Lloyds TSB Cardnet/ProTX.
http://www.miistor.com
Catalogue and ecommerce site.
Stor are supplier of Swedish furniture - no, not that one. Instead a range of exclusive high-end storage solutions and shelving.
Windmill developed the online product catalogue and checkout systems, interfacing with Stor's HSBC merchant account. The client maintains the site's product descriptions and stock levels via an online tool.
http://www.stor-home.com
Windmill developed the online product catalogue and checkout systems, interfacing with Stor's HSBC merchant account. The client maintains the site's product descriptions and stock levels via an online tool.
http://www.stor-home.com
An international design agency.
DED's output is diverse, crossing print, film, web sites and other visual media and featuring commissions from clients in business, publishing and the arts, as well as self-initiated projects.
You may notice a functional resemblance between DED's site and ours - as DED's new-media partner, we developed the sites concurrently - there's no point re-inventing the wheel!
Site lanched September 2007.
http://www.dedass.com
You may notice a functional resemblance between DED's site and ours - as DED's new-media partner, we developed the sites concurrently - there's no point re-inventing the wheel!
Site lanched September 2007.
http://www.dedass.com
Social and Sheltered Housing for South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire Housing Association has a substantial stock of both general needs and Care and Supported Housing properties, together with a large development programme. We are partnership driven with a strong emphasis on sustainability and innovation.
A site in it's third revision, this client has been with us since 1996, and includes the public facing information for tenants both and prospective tenants, together with both open and restricted access sections for financial analysis/information for the industry.
Windmill's designed and developed all three revisions of the site from the floor up, though the latest to a very strict style guide.
The latest development was to move the association's human resource procedures online, with a full content management system allowing vacancies to be advertised, applied for, and processed online.
http://www.syha.co.uk
A site in it's third revision, this client has been with us since 1996, and includes the public facing information for tenants both and prospective tenants, together with both open and restricted access sections for financial analysis/information for the industry.
Windmill's designed and developed all three revisions of the site from the floor up, though the latest to a very strict style guide.
The latest development was to move the association's human resource procedures online, with a full content management system allowing vacancies to be advertised, applied for, and processed online.
http://www.syha.co.uk
Michelin recognised restaurant
This start-up restaurant with chefs Jamie Bosworth and Lee Vintin quickly attracted the plaudits, with Michelin recognition, and a recommendation from the Lonely Planer Guide.
Windmill's role was to provide a classy site portraying the reputations of the staff, together with frequently changing menu and special events pages administered by the staff.
Sadly, the backers pulled the plug before the public at large cottoned on.
Site launched February 2006.
Windmill's role was to provide a classy site portraying the reputations of the staff, together with frequently changing menu and special events pages administered by the staff.
Sadly, the backers pulled the plug before the public at large cottoned on.
Site launched February 2006.
Part of BBC Shooting Live
Between April 2003 and March 2004 we travelled around England, meeting people, asking them about their own Englands and asking what Englishness is these days. As part of the BBC's Shooting Live funded this Third Angel/DED Associates collaboration.
Windmill developed the site to gather user data, and allow the artists to send email postcards from around Blighty to all those that request them.
http://www.pleasantland.org
Windmill developed the site to gather user data, and allow the artists to send email postcards from around Blighty to all those that request them.
http://www.pleasantland.org
Recruitment agency for the catering industry.
Scattergood's Agency Ltd is a specialist in Catering and Hospitality recruitment and currently supplies permanent and temporary staff to a wide range of clients.
Windmill developed this site in conjuction with Minka (design) to provide a searchable database of current opportunities. The database is populated by filtering a databurst from a recruitment portal, selecting only the appropriate positions.
Site launched April 2006.
http://www.scattergoods.co.uk
Windmill developed this site in conjuction with Minka (design) to provide a searchable database of current opportunities. The database is populated by filtering a databurst from a recruitment portal, selecting only the appropriate positions.
Site launched April 2006.
http://www.scattergoods.co.uk
Product design, manufacturing and online retail.
A consumer-centric, multi-disciplinary design and manufacturing company whose talents and expertise extend to all areas of retail, interior, exhibition and public environment sectors.
Windmill developed this single page portal to allow TCO's clients and prospective clients quick and easy access to detailed, downloadable PDFs for the whole range of services.
Site lanched September 2007.
http://www.tco-design.com
Windmill developed this single page portal to allow TCO's clients and prospective clients quick and easy access to detailed, downloadable PDFs for the whole range of services.
Site lanched September 2007.
http://www.tco-design.com
Innovative performance art
One of the most exciting theatre companies to have emerged in recent years, Third Angel's work is shown in theatres, galleries, art centres, festivals, cinemas and on TV, as well as in a range of alternative sites.
Windmill delivered the site in conjunction with our DED Associates.
Site launched 2003.
http://www.thirdangel.co.uk
Windmill delivered the site in conjunction with our DED Associates.
Site launched 2003.
http://www.thirdangel.co.uk
South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau
SYFAB is a voluntary sector support organisation specialising in funding advice and information for the local voluntary and community sector.
Windmill took over an in-house site, brought the technologies up to date and ensured standards and access compliance, and enabled SYFAB to fully control their content, including uploaders for various formats of documents and media for their information service.
http://www.syfab.org.uk
Windmill took over an in-house site, brought the technologies up to date and ensured standards and access compliance, and enabled SYFAB to fully control their content, including uploaders for various formats of documents and media for their information service.
http://www.syfab.org.uk
A pop at the popular.
Bored Of produce T-Shirts with slogans voicing disdain for such modern-day brands as the Beckhams, Big Brother, ebay and the record industry.
Windmill provided the company site, and an ecommerce site linked through to WorldPay.
Site launched 2004, relaunched September 2006.
http://www.boredof.com
Windmill provided the company site, and an ecommerce site linked through to WorldPay.
Site launched 2004, relaunched September 2006.
http://www.boredof.com
Clear-thinking creative design.
A creative design freelancer working for clients in a variety of sectors.
Windmill supplied a single page based on the corporate stationery to act as a point of contact.
Site lanched April 2003, redesigned September 2007.
http://www.j-design.co.uk
Windmill supplied a single page based on the corporate stationery to act as a point of contact.
Site lanched April 2003, redesigned September 2007.
http://www.j-design.co.uk
Chartered Loss Adjusters.
Singapore based, internationally dealing loss adjusters and claims consultants.
Windmill developed a simple site to illustrate the proprietor's CV and experience, and just as crucially the magnitude of the clients that have relied upon his expertise.
Site launched in 1998, redeveloped in 2005.
http://www.pjsa.sg
Windmill developed a simple site to illustrate the proprietor's CV and experience, and just as crucially the magnitude of the clients that have relied upon his expertise.
Site launched in 1998, redeveloped in 2005.
http://www.pjsa.sg
SEI
Dublin, Ireland.
Dublin, Ireland.
Irish programme to encourage greener business.
Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI), formerly the Irish Energy Centre, was set up by the government in 2002 as Ireland's national energy agency to promote and assist the development of sustainable energy.
Windmill was brought in to develop a suite of surveys and reporting tools for businesses taking part in the system to report back on how useful SEI's services and representitves are.
Site launched August 2007.
Windmill was brought in to develop a suite of surveys and reporting tools for businesses taking part in the system to report back on how useful SEI's services and representitves are.
Site launched August 2007.
Windmill Media Limited
53 Argyle Road Sheffield S8 9HG
UK Freephone 0800 197 5064
hello@windmill.media
53 Argyle Road Sheffield S8 9HG
UK Freephone 0800 197 5064
hello@windmill.media
Windmill Media Limited
Company Director: Step Firth
Registered Office: (c/o Brown McLeod Limited)
51 Clarkgrove Road Sheffield S10 2NH
Company No. 04723665 VAT No. 763 5527 13
Company Director: Step Firth
Registered Office: (c/o Brown McLeod Limited)
51 Clarkgrove Road Sheffield S10 2NH
Company No. 04723665 VAT No. 763 5527 13