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Castlegate now offers a bespoke Shopify Ecommerce service

If you’re looking to sell products and services online, then Castlegate IT’s bespoke Shopify service could be for you. As standard, Shopify is a feature-rich eCommerce platform that allows easy management of products and the ability to sell to the UK and beyond.

by Jim Semlyen 11 Dec 2015

Google Ads Mangement Service

Google AdWords is an easy way to draw in new visitors by paying for online advertising. We offer Google AdWords account management, helping you to save time and get the best out of your budget. We plan and create your campaigns, determining which formats best meet your needs, and building up your account to get the best return.

by Jim Semlyen 27 Nov 2015

Mobile-friendly responsive design and development

Smartphones and tablets are now the primary means of accessing the internet. They are inexpensive, easy to use, and they are always to hand. Making your website work well on mobile has become a necessity.

by Jim Semlyen 10 Sep 2015

New office!

Anyone who’s come in to see us in the last year will probably notice that things were getting a little …cosy. So we’ve made the move to a new office. We’re out of the basement that’s functioned as our subterranean nest whilst we’ve been growing, and we’re up in a new, sunlight-filled first-floor office on Walmgate.

by Andy Reading 15 May 2015

CKAN and WordPress integration

We’ve just launched York Open Data, built on two open source platforms, CKAN and WordPress. At first glance, CKAN and WordPress integration seemed like a complex task but it needn’t be. This article explores our approach.

by Andy Reading 27 Mar 2015

Opening up data

Over the past few months we’ve been working with the City of York Council Business Intelligence Hub on a new Open Data platform for York. This website will act as a repository for publicly available data on almost any aspect of life in York. Initially the data is being supplied by the Council’s own internal business systems, but other public-sector organisations will be coming on board. The system could become the clearinghouse for anyone in York who wants to open their datasets to the public.

by Andy Reading 24 Mar 2015

York Museums Trust – new sites go live!

We recently completed the first part of one of the most interesting projects we’ve ever taken on: five responsive websites with interconnected navigation, shared content and a sophisticated third-party database. The sites are for York Museums Trust – the charitable body responsible for managing a number of York’s leading museums and galleries. The websites of each of their four leading attractions badly needed an overhaul, as did as the York Museums Trust’s own website.

by Jim Semlyen 15 Jul 2014

Portfolio update: e-commerce sites from Castlegate IT

We demonstrate some of the essential features and qualities of an industry standard e-commerce website, using recent Castlegate IT projects as case studies.

by Jim Semlyen 10 Apr 2014

Portfolio update: bespoke WordPress development

Examples from our portfolio demonstrate some of the ways in which Castlegate IT has used WordPress development to enhance websites or design them from scratch.

Portfolio update: web application development

Web apps allow websites to perform functions which go far beyond the simple presentation of information. The following projects from our portfolio demonstrate how web applications can enhance a website, improve user experience and even change the way in which a business operates for the better.

by Jim Semlyen 26 Mar 2014