Mucky Puddle are happy to announce the launch of a new website for Landed - the peer education service based in Motherwell, on the outskirts of Glasgow. The Landed team wanted their site to have a fresh look that appealed to their youth audience, and lots of dynamic and interactive elements such as videos, photo galleries, website quizzes and more.

The web design is eye-catching and appealing, and the content management system gives them the freedom to constantly update their content to keep abreast of new trends and information. The new website means they can easily display pictures from all of their events that they run around North Lanarkshire and Glasgow, and it has been well received by the volunteers who help out at Landed.

The new Landed website contains lots of valuable information for people of all ages, check it out here: www.landed.info

Well it's that time of year again when we have to shut our doors and recharge our batteries for a couple of weeks. We have lots planned for the New Year and will be beavering away on our new services over the break. For your diaries, and incase you are looking for us but cant get in touch, we will be closed from Friday 19th December until Monday 5th January 2009. We will still be checking our emails periodically so anything urgent, or any great parties you want to invite us too, then just drop us a line.

We will be heading down the Brunswick Hotel this Friday night to celebrate the end of another brilliant year! If you find yourself in the Merchant City then pop down to ?WTF with special guest DJ's and lots and lots of great Disco tunes!

Mucky Puddle Graphic and Web Design are currently relocating to another office in the Glasgow area and as such our contact details are going to be changing. We should have our new number in the next few days but meanwhile if you need to get in touch please use our enquiry section or if you are an existing client please contact us through your Basecamp log in. Apologies for any inconvenience meantime.

There's quite a few of you out there who have been in touch with CV's and portfolio's lately, we are trying to get back to as many of you as possible but are extremely busy at the moment so apologies to those who have been waiting a while. At the moment we are not looking for new designers but are considering setting up some placements for later on in the Summer so if anyone is interested then please get in touch via email. We are happy to accept portfolio examples from anyone who thinks they would like to work with us and always keep details on file for when we are actively hiring. Good Luck out there! Mhairi

If you would like to learn more about the basics of website design then why not come along to our 'Web Design Essentials' seminar in Glasgow. Get to meet the team and learn more about different types of website, designing and writing content for the web and see an overview of how you can keep your site updated. Anyone interested in coming along to the free afternoon on Wednesday 28th May please contact us to book your place. Hope to see you there!

Last week saw Creative Director Mhairi invited to facilitate a networking event as part of the Glasgow Edinburgh Creative Collaborations event at The Lighthouse. Following on from guest speaker Sir Terry Farrel, Mhairi led the group in discussions about how to encourage the two cities to work more closely together to improve competitive advantage. (Mhairi now thinks she might steal the ideas and run off with them all!) Watch out for more MP collaborative ventures soon, it's the future!

Anyone that joined the MP team at the GFT on Tuesday night would have viewed the lovely little movie that is 'Helvetica'. We all had a great time and enjoyed watching our Creative Director, Mhairi Mackenzie join the panel of Bruno Maag (Dalton Maag), Jonathon Jeffrey(Bibliotheque), Hector Pottie (Third Eye Design) and the lovely Gianluca Amadei (Blueprint) in discussing the merits of the Helvetica font with the audience. If you missed it you can now buy the DVD from Amazon although you will miss all the brilliant banter from our panel.

At a loose end on Tuesday March 11th?  Why not pop down to the GFT to see an exclusive screening of Helvetica, a documentary about typography, graphic design and global visual culture.  Following the screening our very own Mhairi Mackenzie will join three other leading graphic designers to chat about the film and this famous font!

Mucky Puddle are delighted to have won the pitch to design and build the new website for the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. Following the guidelines on National Park, Breathing Spaces, the new site will be centred around four main 'portals' relating to the ways in which people relate to the park. We have been hard at work on the initial build and design and look forward to showcasing the site in the near future.

Web Design in Glasgow and Scotland

Mucky Puddle is a website design agency based in Glasgow. We have been designers of professional & affordable website designs and web solutions for Glasgow and Scotland since 2003.

Mucky Puddle Website Design Glasgow is a partnership established in 2003 based in Glasgow, Scotland.

Websites from Glasgow with Love

Mucky Puddle design and develop bespoke websites to meet our client's every need, from the initial unique graphic design process, to the tailored aftercare and support we provide with every website package.

Through meetings and conversations, Mucky Puddle research the client's website design needs and create a graphic design to complement their brand (or we can do a nice rebrand for you!). Once approved and refined, the website design and development process is then launched from Mucky Puddle mission control (we make our websites in Glasgow, the Hidden Lane to be exact!).

Website Design and Graphic Design

As stated, Mucky Puddle has over 5 years of experience in creating unique websites, individually designed so as to give the client a website that matches their brand and identity - no nasty website templates here! Also, Mucky Puddle graphic design is not just for websites; we also offer a wide range of professional design services, including branding and corporate identity. We also provide leaflet and newsletter design, and have plenty of experience in designing corporate reports.

Websites - Content Management Systems (CMS)

All of Mucky Puddle's websites feature content management systems (CMS). This means that you can update your website yourself, in a very easy point and click manner. Mucky Puddle also include website training (for Glasgow and surrounding areas) in all packages.

Website Accessibility and Web Standards

Mucky Puddle websites are all built with accessibility in mind, meaning the potential audience for the site will be at it's theoretical maximum, and the users will have a better experience on the website. Our websites adhere to all web standards, so all web users will be able to visit your site, and it will be accessible to search engines.

Search Engine Optimisation

As well as website accessibility, we also build our sites with search engine optimisation (SEO) in mind. This means making content managed websites that are search engine friendly. These search engine optimisation techniques allow your website to achieve a higher ranking and visibility in search engines. It is important that your website is indexed (seen) by all the major search engines. There are ways of increasing the visibility, and Mucky Puddle build websites with this in mind. We also advise clients on what content will improve their site's search engine ranking. In addition to an accessible, well built and constructed website, the actual content is very important for the search engines. They trawl through the text looking for key phrases and terms that people may search for, and we will advise you on how to search engine optimise your text. Listing your website in Glasgow directories (and website directories for Scotland if it is relevant) will also help your search ranking.

Website Hosting, Email and Support

Mucky Puddle offer a high-quality website hosting service, with reliability guarantees (please contact for exact details). All of our packages include hosting for a year, email solution and free aftercare/support!

Does your business recycle its ink cartridges?  Why not join Mucky Puddle Graphic and Web Design Glasgow - for every ink cartridge we recycle a donation is made to help the Chibobo community in Northern Zambia and we help the environment too! The money we raise will help build a much needed hammer mill for grinding maize . 

Just a quick note to welcome you back and wish you a Happy New Year from the team here at Mucky Puddle. We are busy finalising the new Metropolitan Bar website and are also celebrating winning a great new contract, more details of that will follow soon. It's going to be a busy year as Mucky Puddle continues to grow and build on it's strong client base, we will have more great events in the coming months and our website has some exciting features in progress at the moment. To keep up to date why not sign up for our newsletter. 

To those of you who came along to Pecha Kucha tonight, we hope you enjoyed it!  Mhairi will be uploading her slides to the site soon incase any of you would like a wee reminder or would like to go and check out some of the things she was chatting about. You can also sign up for our newsletter and we'll send you a reminder when the slides are ready.

We've just heard we have been shortlisted for the Creative Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Lighthouse. It is awarded to companies who demonstrate continued creative and commercial success and we are delighted to have been selected for the final stages. The award forms part of this years 1999 Gold Medal Design award and takes place on 16th November. We will keep you posted on how we get on.

Mhairi will be sharing some of her creative ramblings with the Pecha Kucha audience in The Arches on the 5th December. You can check out the Creative Entrepreneurs website for more info here. Come along, it's going to be great!

We will be running our first Perfect Web Design event here in Glasgow at MP HQ on Friday 16th November from 3-5pm. If you are interested in a new website design or if it has been a while since you last visited your own, then come along and learn about how to make the most of the web. We will be discussing all you need to know when setting up your site as well as having some fun experimenting with the design process. Refreshments will be provided so you can make the most of the networking opportunity and sneak out of the office early! The event is free but places are limited so email us now for more details and to reserve your place.

This summer has seen a change in the Mucky Puddle team.  The start of August saw Zoë join us as Marketing Coordinator, so expect to see and hear a lot more about Mucky Puddles activities very soon!  We also say goodbye and a big thank you to Laura, our Multi-media Coordinator who heads off to pastures new.  As our first real member of staff, Laura will be greatly missed and we wish her all the best in the future. 

We have revised our website packages to bring you some fantastic deals, with something to suit every budget.  Having been there ourselves, we understand the costs involved when establishing a new business and  have created a unique business start-up pack for those setting up for the first time. This includes a website, logo and stationery design for a fantastic price. Drop us a line for further details.    

So it looks like Summer is over (did it ever really happen!), and it has been a hectic one here at Mucky Puddle HQ!  There havent been any lazy afternoons as we have been busy doing some great graphic and web design work for our clients and building our brand new shiny website.  Check out our Stomping Ground with helpful downloads, hints and tips, and links to other super-cool sites.

Before Mucky Puddle in its current incarnation existed, Mhairi wanted to design trendy welly boots for grown ups. This was long before every other store in the country had realised this was a really good idea and way before anyone paid attention to Mhairi's wet weather forecasts for the coming decade ;-)