Home Page of Derek Bryant


Welcome to the web site of Derek Bryant
 
A little about me.
Graduating from Bath University with an  honours degree in Maths, I worked at BAC Bristol for two years on hybrid (digital + analogue) computer systems. This involved working with aeronautical engineers to simulate and test aircraft design features using computerised mathematical modelling.
I then worked for Burroughs Computers selling accounting computers for 2 years before joining Benson Electronics, the English subsidiary of a French company which had just started in the UK. The company sold equipment into the computer graphics market and grew in size to some 100 personnel during my 10 years stay. My final position was UK Sales and Marketing Manager, with a department staffing of over 30 employees.
Seeing opportunities within the computer graphics market, I left to set up my own company - The Presentation Express in 1985. The company specialised in preparing presentation material for companies, initially 35mm slides and overhead transparencies using computers, to full blown computer animation and video presentations in the latter years. In particular I designed and coded a bespoke database/presentation package for Legal & General using the cutting edge software - Macromedia Director. This was a vast improvement on the then current offerings such as Powerpoint, and the quality of their presentations was highly regarded within the Financial industry.
Web design has been a natural progression from my computer programming/graphics background - please take a look at some of the examples which vary from simple one page  to multi-page integrated database/shopping cart sites. Each one has been created for maximum visual effect using "softened" graphics images and colour balancing.
Streaming video (as per Youtube) has also been included particularly on the Baitworks site, which also features a private "members only" section.
Currently hosting & updating
 click on images to view sites

Proper Job Pop Ups - specialist fishing baits
 (shop online - integrated Zen Cart)


Armour Sealed Units (Bristol) Ltd
Bristol based Sealed Unit Suppliers

Bristol Tile Works
Bristol-based tiling specialists
 

The Swan at Hanham
(pub information, news, gallery etc.)
 

Baitworks - Quality carp fishing baits
(shop online - integrated Zen Cart)

Born & Bred - Quality carp clothing
 (shop online - paypal)
 

Smokin Shooz Disco
 specialist motown, rock & roll etc. disco
members database
 

Churn Pool
Coarse & Game fishing in a beautiful setting
 members database
 

Baitworks Products on Ebay
Baitworks products in smaller quantities

for enquiries about web creation etc. please use the following:

email contact
 derek@derekbryant.co.uk
 

Web site design, hosting, maintenance and updating service, some idea of costings

One page web-sites  
Web-site name registration - at cost

£5-£9 / year
Set up/design/"look & feel"/creation of home page.
Create site email addresses and user control panel. First year hosting		  from £120

 
Multi page web-sites  
Web-site name registration - at cost

£5-£9 / year
Set up/design/"look & feel"/creation of home page and navigation structure.
Create site email addresses and user control panel. First year hosting		  from £180
Each additional web-site page  from £40

Subsequent year site hosting - £40/year.

Updating/development monthly cost to be agreed, dependent upon the type of site i.e. whether the site is of a dynamic or static nature.

Proprietary software is used to create/update web-sites giving the customer the option of self maintenance and development.

Open source Zen Cart shopping cart integration
Open source phpBB forum software integration
Please note we are not registered for VAT

Web Hosting details (for the technical!)

  • Each site can be up to 500MB
    Full email capabilities (up to 100 email addresses)
    20GB bandwidth transfer rate per month
    Control Panel.

  • Frontpage extensions.

  • Antivirus protection.

  • Spam filtering.

  • Site Statistics.

  • Secure server.

  • Password protection.

  • MySQL databases (compliant with Zen Cart and phpBB)
     

  • plus more...