What is Fingermouse Internet?

Fingermouse Internet is Simon Jamie, a freelance web designer / developer based in Southwell, near Nottingham (UK).

Fingermouse has worked with a range of clients across the UK (see the Previous Work section for more details) in a variety of roles. The business was set up in 1999 and has helped out clients with many different needs and technologies. Fingermouse offers a personal service, visiting clients on-site and working closely with them to ensure the best results.

Fingermouse can also work as part of a larger team or fulful just one role in a project. In the past Fingermouse has been asked to provide integration between a database and pre-designed front end, design interfaces for existing sites or develop a full database administration system. Get in touch if there's any way that Fingermouse can help.

Design Services

Whether starting from an existing company brand or creating a new look from scratch, Fingermouse can help. When starting from an existing brand, the site will be designed to maintain a look that is consistent with your existing literature or publicity material.

When starting a design from scratch, the normal procedure is to meet and discuss exactly what kind of look the client has in mind. A number of initial suggestions are made based on extensive research and customer feedback. The process is then one of narrowing down the choices or developing existing ideas until a final design has been approved.

Development Services

The Fingermouse development process normally involves connecting a visual front-end to a back-end that functions efficiently and quickly. Sites can be based on existing template structures but normally the website will be created from scratch, with a structure specifically designed for the purpose. The initial site design process always takes further development into account so that the site can be expanded at a later date without major disruption.

Specific Skills + Technologies

Fingermouse Internet build sites utilising a variety of technologies and components. The following are typical technologies and features built into many sites:

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PHP code
Allowing a database to be connected to the site or adding interactive elements (such as user tracking, feedback forms, members areas, forums etc)
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Flash Material
Flash is no longer simply an animation tool, and now offers a range of interactive solutions to many problems. Used properly, Flash can increase the usability of a site and provide on-the-fly data processing (such as interactive booking forms or context-sensitive menus). Over 98% of Internet users can view Flash files.
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Original Graphics
Using Fireworks / Photoshop and various 3D packages, Fingermouse creates original graphics for every site. Images are never re-used between clients!
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Database Development
If your site handles a lot of information or needs to be updated regularly, Fingermouse can build a suitable Database back-end. The normal method is to use a combination of MySQL and PHP, although custom flat-file database have also been built using CGI scripts (written in Perl) in the past.
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Online Forums / Guestbooks / Feedback Forms
Fingermouse can build any of these components into a site, using custom components created using PHP, MySQL and/or Perl, or utilising trusted off-the-shelf scripts.

If there's something that your site needs, even if you don't see it listed here, get in touch and Fingermouse can find a solution!