Welcome to Lydian Designs

We are an Adobe Partner and specialize in building a business focused online presence for clients.
We build websites with a complete backend system to help grow your business, not just websites that do not provide a business function, explore below to find out the features of our Online Systems.
We have over 15 years experience using back end office systems and looking at solutions to various issues that may arise, we can provide that link to online activity becoming more profitable, see our promo flyer of the moment here!
Full integration with all of the Social networking sites, secure admin as standard, business class hosting and support, custom designed with no hidden extras.

Our Worflow
We aim to follow a project through from initial meeting to launch within 4-6 x weeks of agreed quotation, in some instances depending on the project, this can be done sooner:
- We arrange a meeting to discuss your requirements, either in person or by e mail or phone
- Once we have a clear picture of your requirements, we will detail the brief and provide a written quotation
- If in agreement we would then require a purchase order and a signed contract with a deposit of 50% of the agreed quote
- We then get to work with the initial design and provide an on-line log in to discuss the process
- Once the initial design is done we discuss further with the client, make any changes or ammendments
- We progress this further until happy
- We populate the site with content from the client
- We then start testing the site on the live server
- Again discuss any ammendments with the client and carry these out
- We then ask the client to familiarize themselves with the site and we carry out any training required
- At the agreed time we create any site E Mail addresses, test and launch the site
- Within 7 x days of site launch, the remaining 50% payment balance becomes due
- When balance is paid, we issue a 'launch pack', containing backups of all documents, log ins etc
- We always then follow up the launch aprox 2 x weeks later to check everything is as intended with the site
Good communication is essential when developing a new website, as standard we use Google Documents to share documents quickly and easily, for the design stage we use Acrobat Web Conferencing to share our desktop screen to enable interaction in 'real-time' with the client. The client can access the screen at a pre determined date & time and are able to comment live on the design process.
These two services come as standard and are free within the development process to use.
- Google Documents Integration as standard - More details Here
- Acrobat On-Line Meetings as standard - More details at Here


Our Prices
Wordpress Blog
Custom Designed, Wordpress Blog
(all inclusive prices)
One off site design + setup fee = £399
(includes design mock ups, logos, finished design)
Monthly Hosting and Support = £5.00
Includes contact form, google map, search engine optimization, hosting and domain name setup, up to 10 x e mail accounts, content management, photo gallery, slideshow header, up to 10 x photo images sourced, webmail - ( no busines system solution integration )
10 e mail accounts, 500mb disk limit, 2gb traffic limit
Typical examples = Any type of business requiring a professional Blog solution
Cost calculator = Wordpress Blog £399 + Yearly Hosting £60 = £459 total price
Brochure Website
Custom Designed, Brochure Website
(all inclusive prices)
One off site design + setup fee = £799 (includes design mock ups, logos, finished design)
Monthly Hosting and Support = £11.00
Includes up to 20 x web pages, contact form, google map, search engine optimization, hosting and domain name setup, up to 10 x e mail accounts, basic content management, jQuery photo gallery, jQuery slideshow header, up to 10 x photo images sourced, webmail - ( no busines system solution integration )
10 e mail accounts, 500mb disk limit, 2gb traffic limit
Typical examples = Any type of business requiring a professional image online.
Cost calculator = Brochure Website ( non Business System ) £799 + Yearly Hosting and Support £90 = £889 total price
# Brochure Website Upgrade to Business System(s)
Business System 1-no e commerce
Custom Designed, Standard Business System
(all inclusive prices)
One off design + setup fee =
£1,499 (includes design mock ups, logos, finished design)
(one of the following, can be upgraded any time)
Monthly hosting and support =
£26 for 1 x admin user, 10 e mail accounts, 1gb disk limit, 100gb traffic limit
Monthly hosting and support =
£39 for 5 x admin users, 20 e mail accounts, 2gb disk limit, 100gb traffic limit
Monthly hosting and support =
£52 for 10 x admin users, 50 e mail accounts , 5gb disk limit, 100gb traffic limit
Yearly Fees = none
Includes all items listed in the features below, minus e commerce.
- A fully-hosted Online Business
- Website Management – create and manage an unlimited number of pages
- Email Marketing – send up to 10,000 newsletters per month
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) – maintain unlimited customer records
- Full, in-depth analytics and reporting functionality
- POP/IMAP Email and Webmail
- SMS Notifications
- Access to support resources
Typical examples = Any type of business, any industry, estate agents, sports, music, personal and corporate.
Cost calculator = Standard ( non e commerce) Business System £1,499 + Monthly Hosting Package £ + = £ total price
Business System Extras
- Extra Disk Space £7.00/1GB per annum
- Extra Newsletters £0.01/email, charged in 1,000 increments
- Extra SMS £7.00/month per additional 50 SMS
- Extra users £32.00/month per additional 10 users
- Excess traffic charged at £0.70/1GB
Video training and feature guides here
Business System 2
-includes e commerce
Custom Designed, E Commerce Business System
(all inclusive prices)
One off design + setup fee =
£2,299 (includes all design mock ups, logos, finished design+1st years ssl)
(one of the following, can be upgraded at any time)
Monthly hosting and support =
£26 for 1 x admin user, 10 e mail accounts, 1gb disk limit, 100gb traffic limit
Monthly hosting and support =
£39 for 5 x admin users, 20 e mail accounts, 2gb disk limit, 100gb traffic limit
Monthly hosting and support =
£52 for 10 x admin users, 50 e mail accounts, 5gb disk limit, 100gb traffic limit
Yearly Fees = ssl (secure socket layer) e commerce certificate = £100
Includes all items listed in the features below
- A fully-hosted Online Business
- Website Management – create and manage an unlimited number of pages
- eCommerce – sell an unlimited number of products in your online shop
- Email Marketing – send up to 10,000 newsletters per month
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) – maintain unlimited customer records
- Full, in-depth analytics and reporting functionality
- POP/IMAP Email and Webmail
- SMS Notifications
- Access to support resources
Typical examples = Any type of business capable of selling digital, physical goods, or subscription services.
Cost calculator = E Commerce Business System £2,299 + Monthly Hosting Package £+ Yearly ssl Certificate £100 = £ total price
What is an SSL certificate?
We use Site Indicators: https:// Prefix
Padlock Icon &
Site Seal
Green Address Bar &
Company Name in Green Address Bar
Certificate Verifies: Domain Control & Identity
*256-Bit Encryption &
99% Browser Recognition
Covers Unlimited Servers
Unlimited Re-Issue Period
Warranty per website up to £170,000 / $250,000
*256-Bit Encryption -
An SSL certificate is a digital certificate that authenticates the identity of a Web site to visiting browsers and encrypts information for the server via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. A certificate serves as an electronic “passport” that establishes an online entity’s credentials when doing business on the Web. When an Internet user attempts to send confidential information to a Web server, the user’s browser will access the server’s digital certificate and establish a secure connection.
Business System Extras
- Extra Disk Space £7.00/1GB per annum
- Extra Newsletters £0.01/email, charged in 1,000 increments
- Extra SMS £7.00/month per additional 50 SMS
- Extra users £32.00/month per additional 10 users
- Excess traffic charged at £0.70/1GB
Video training and feature guides here
Data Centre Overview
Our Hosting has 3 data centers situated around the world. In North America and Australasia it utilizes Primus Telecom (NASDAQ: PRTL) data centers. In Europe it utilizes NTT Communications (NYSE: NTT). These data centers are some of the best on offer within the hosting industry. They offer high bandwidth internet connectivity, redundant power supplies, multi-layers of security, fire protection services and dedicated
professionals 24x7 - all aimed at maintaining the integrity and performance of customers' needs.
Equipment Overview
Our Hosting provider owns and manages its own hardware infrastructure within each data center. Only brand server equipment such as HP, Dell and Super Micro are used by our hosting provider.
Our Hosting use the Watchguard Firebox for firewall protection.
Architecture

SLAs & Backups
Our Hosting adheres to strict service level agreements and other procedures to protect customer data. Copies available upon request.
Business System Stand-Alone Newsletter Plan
Individual Plan Newsletter (can be upgraded to the full Business System - Option 1 - (Standard) or Option 2 - (E Commerce) at any time)
This plan is for a stand-alone Newsletter system, this allows clients the ability to get started with E Mail marketing and who initially may
not want the full Business Solution, but may be attracted to it in the long term.
We can start the client on a Newsletter E Mail Marketing plan and seamlessly upgrade in the future. (upgrade costs listed below)
Email Marketing Related Videos
Using Email Marketing Campaigns
In this video you'll get a quick overview of how to use the system's email marketing capabilities. You'll see how to create both once-off campaigns and loyalty campaigns, to get your clients coming back to your online business again and again!
Using Lists for targeted Email Marketing
In this video you'll learn what Lists are and how to manage them for effective email marketing.
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Email Marketing
£24 per month |
System Setup
£149 one off |
Newsletter Upgrades |
| Unlimited Customer Database |
Yes |
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To Business System 1 = £1,250 (£100 saving) + chosen monthly fee |
| Host Unlimited Content |
No |
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To Business System 2 = £2,000 (£150 saving) + chosen monthly fee |
| Sell Unlimited Products |
No |
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(savings shown in comparison against original system purchase) |
| 10,000 Email Newsletters / month |
Yes |
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(both upgrade costs are plus the normal monthly fee chosen at upgrade) |
| Unlimited Customer Inquiries |
No |
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| Users |
1 |
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| Email Addresses |
0 |
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| Disk Limit |
1GB |
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| Bandwidth / Month |
100GB |
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Typical examples = Any type of business wishing to target new and existing prospects, who may wish to upgrade at a later date.
Cost calculator = E Mail Marketing Newsletter plan £149 + Monthly Hosting Package £24
One Off Fee - Newsletter Design & System Setup =
£149 as above
Ongoing Fees - Monthly hosting and support =
£24 as above
E Mail Marketing Plan Extras
- Extra Newsletters £0.01/email, charged in 1,000 increments
- Extra users £32.00/month per additional 10 users
Video training and feature guides here
Hosting, Domain Registration & Extras
- Domain name registration: From £10 per domain
- Hosting for existing websites: From £90 per year
- E Mail setup: From £30
On-Site Training
Custom Training, Material to be discussed prior to booking
(all inclusive prices)
On-Site Training
£100 per day (7 x hours, on site)
Can include training for general online activities within a business+using outlook, google picasa, microsoft office, twitter, facebook, plus Business System training.
(suitable for on going training after a site has launched)
On-Site Admin Support
On-Site Admin Support
£80 per day (8 x hours, on site)
We can also provide Business admin support, if you need on site help with any aspect of your admin.
(admin support for your business, suitable for any business who do not have the need for a full-time employee)
Both 'Business System' packages include full training and support, client contract at project sign up, client meetings (on-line or in person within areas covered) business proposal, getting started guide, staff training videos, project sign off documents and backup media, and unlimited hosting.
No hidden extras, these prices are for the full system, a website solution that will perform a productive business function and earn its cost and more. We guarentee to include all development and design work at these quoted prices. No need to fill in lengthy enquiry forms to recieve a quote, simply contact us to arrange a meeting to progress your web business based on these prices.
For client pease of mind, the above prices will be supplied in writing with no changes, prior to a new project contract being signed.
Download our PDF documents below:
Online Business Implementation Guide | Getting Started Guide
Our On-Line Business System Features
contact us here to let us explain all of these features in detail.
Both business systems come complete with all of these features, the difference between the two are the addition of full E Commerce capabilities.
More Video and Screenshot Guides here
Main Features of Web Hosting & Content Management
- Use SiteWalk to edit your web pages on the fly
- Use FTP to manage your website just like you would with any other web hosting
- Integrated customer database that grows as customers enquire or interact with your website
- Make any type of content secure
- Share and syndicate any type of content using RSS
- Build communities using forums, blogs and collect customer comments on any type of content
- SEO integration into Google, Yahoo and Windows Live
- Sophisticated ready-to-go reporting, no need to add any code to your web pages
Publish any type of Content
- Announcements, FAQs, Literature
- Set Release and Expiry dates on your content
- Make any type of content secure
- Share and syndicate any type of content using RSS
- Create micro-communities by allowing customers to comment on any type of content
- Create your own type of searchable content using Web Apps (All-in-One solution only)
- Create re-usable content snippets which you can use anywhere
Integrated Customer Database
- Grow your customer databased every time your customers enquire or interact with your website
- Keep a history of all past customer enquiries
- Allow customers to view their past enquiries via secure "member only" areas
- Allow customers to keep their details updated via secure "member only" areas
- View on a per customer basis details on every action they've taken on your site
- Customize and extend the Customer Database to suit your business (All-in-One solution only)
Manage your Website and Web Pages
- Use SiteWalk to edit your website on the fly
- Use a Microsoft Word like WYSIWYG editor to edit web pages
- Use Module Manager to add business functionality without any programming
- Make web pages secure
- Archiving & Rollback for every web page and template
- Automatically creates a working copy of web page until you publish
- Apply content approval rules to any web page or template
- Use templates to create a consistent look and feel
- Use FTP to upload and download web pages
- Work directly inside Dreamweaver using our plugin Triangle
RSS
- Create an unlimited number of RSS channels
- Syndicate and share any type of content e.g. blogs, web pages, news and announcements, FAQs etc
- Set update frequency of your RSS channels
- Reports on RSS usage and items selected from within a feed
Secure "Member Only" Areas
- Make any type of content secure (web pages, announcements, Blogs, FAQs, Forums etc)
- Manage your customers' access to any secure area
- Set expiry date for customer access to any secure area
- Easily email login details to every customer in a secure area
- Report on customer logins to each secure area
Website Reporting
- Comprehensive reporting without having to add a single line of code to your web pages
- Geo-location reporting. See a map of the world world.
- Detailed visitors reporting including new vs returning, location, IP address, Spy Lens and more
- Detailed reporting on every type of content
- Search engine reporting, e.g. search phrases, when your site has been indexed and more
- Sophisticated customer reporting framework.
- Filter on any system or custom field
- Save any report and run later
- Export any report to Microsoft Excel for further analysis
Web Form Builder
- Build customer enquiry web forms without any programming
- Add any number of custom fields to your web form to suit your business
- Automatically captures and populates every enquiry in your customer database
- Use built-in business workflow framework to automate follow-up, set reminders and escalation rules. Choose to be notified via email and/or SMS.
- Report on web form submissions including custom fields and easily export to Microsoft Excel
- Allow customers to upload files within web forms
- Allow real-time credit card processing within web forms, e.g. process donations (All-in-One solution only)
- Allow refer-a-friend functionality within web forms
- Add Image Verification to web forms to stop spam submissions by bots
- Allow customers to subscribe to one or more campaign lists within web form (All-in-One solution only)
- Automatically subscribe customer to a Secure Zone upon submission of a web form
- Easily add web form to any web page hosted at GB or elsewhere
- Customize the landing page customers see after submitting an enquiry
- Customize auto responder email sent to customers after they make an enquiry
Build Communities with Forums
- Create any number of forums
- Set moderation level on new customer posts
- Customers can subscribe to any thread and be notified when new posts are added
- Make any forum secure
- Set release and expiry date on your forms
- Reporting on forum usage
- Easy to use administrative interface for managing threads and posts
- Limitless customizability of forums
Amplify your voice with a Blog
- Full blogging platform
- Customers can leave comments on any blog post
- Approve all incoming trackbacks
- Trackbacks to any other blog
- Permalink
- Set release dates for blog entries
- Tagging and Tag cloud module
- Blog calendar module
- Recent blog post module
- Blog post by month module
- Report on blog post readership
- Integrated RSS channel for each blog
- Make your blog secure
- Limitless customizability of blogs
- Ability to import WordPress or TypePad blog
Photo Galleries
- Create any number of photo galleries
- Easily add a photo gallery to any web page
- Add a description to any photo
- Customize layout and appearance of photo galleries
Ad Rotators
- Create any number of ad rotators
- Rotate images, HTML snippets or Flash objects
- Report on number of impressions, click-thrus for any period
Meta Data
- Built-in meta data framework
- Create your own meta data tags and easily add them to any web page
Main Features of eCommerce
- Sell real products or e-Products
- Give individualized discounts to any customer for any catalogue
- Integrated customer database that grows as customers buy or interact with your online shop
- Inventory Control
- Cross and upsell features
- Multi-currency support
- Sell Gift Vouchers
- SEO integration into Google, Yahoo and Windows Live
- Sophisticated ready-to-go reporting, no need to add any code to your web pages
- Limitless customizability
Integrated Customer Database
- Keep a history of all past customer purchases
- Give loyal customers individualized discounts. You can apply a different discount for every catalogue and every customer
- Allow customers to view their past orders and even redownload any e-Products previously purchases via secure "member only" areas (All-in-One solution only)
- Setup reoccurring orders and payments. Automatically emails invoices to customers
- Customize and extend the Customer Database to suit your business (All-in-One solution only)
Catalogues & Products
- Setup an unlimited number of Catalogues & Products
- Set Release and Expiry on any Catalogue or Product
- Sell e-Products. Limit how many times and where they can be downloaded from
- Set product weight / volume for any product to control the shipping options that are displayed
- In addition to the 2 default images for every product, choose up to 10 preview images for any product. The system will automatically generate thumbnails
- Use Buy and/or Get-a-Quote option for checkout. Buy option will force customer to pay for goods. Quote option
- Make any catalogue secure (All-in-One solution only)
- Selectively hide prices. For any catalogue hide product prices on the public site and display for existing customers
- Configure the order in which catalogues or products are ordered (put popular products first)
- Use sophisticated product search module to allow customers to search by keywords, within a catalogue, within a price range and choose how they want the products listed
- Put any product On Sale. This crosses out the products retail price. E.g. was $199 now only $99.
- Collect customer comments on any product (All-in-One solution only)
- System utilizes Ajax technology for better customer experience
Easier management of your Online Shop
- For faster management use Import feature to manage your entire online shop including products, pricing, catalogues, grouping, inventory control and more from a single Excel file
- Export your entire product catalogue in one click. Make changes and re-import
- Or use web-based interface to manage your online shop
eCommerce Reporting
- Sophisticated e-commerce reporting framework
- Sophisticated customer reporting framework
- Track sales and payments
- Track abandon rates and where customers abandon in online shop
- Report on top Catalogues and Products. By amount or quantity sold
- Report on Shipping Options and popularity
- Report on Discount Codes and redemption
- Detailed visitors reporting including new vs returning, location, IP address, Spy Lens and more
- Geo-location reporting. See a map of the world world
- Track usage for any catalogue or on an aggregate basis
- Track usage for any product or on an aggregate basis
- Save any report and run later
- Export any report to Microsoft Excel for further analysis
Customize your Online Shop
- Limitless customizability of the online shop and the checkout process
- Limitless customizability of invoice / quotes emailed to customers
Inventory Control & Drop Shipping
- Complete inventory control. Optionally hide products from shop if out of stock
- Allow any out-of-stock product to be pre-ordered
- Set re-order threshold and be notified when product stock level falls below a certain quantity
- Enable drop shipping on any product and automatically notify suppliers to fulfill customer orders
Multi-Currency Support
- Sell global, act local with multi-currency support
- Set prices for products in any currency
- Setup shipping options for various countries
- Setup tax codes for various countries
- Support for many payment gateways throughout the world
Upsell, Cross sell and Product Grouping
- Group similar products together, e.g. By size or by color, Small Shirt, Medium Shirt, Large Shirt
- Increase sales using Cross/Upsell by relating products together. E.g. relate cell phone with charger and car kit.
- Display related products separately or as checkboxes so the customer can add them to cart at the same time as buying the main product
- Or use product attributes to create any number of drop downs to collect information from customers when they add products to the cart, e.g. Size, Color, Style, Gender
Affiliate Programs
- Setup any number of Affiliate Programs
- Report across an Affiliate Program or measure an individual affiliate's performance
- Reward your affiliates based on the actions the customers they refer make, e.g. purchases made (and amounts), enquiries made etc.
- Easily email Affiliate Program details to subscribers of an Affiliate Program
Gift Vouchers
- Create any number of Gift Vouchers with any dollar value
- Gift Vouchers can be redeemed to buy products in your online shop
Payment Gateways
- Integrated with popular payment gateways throughout the world
- Offer COD / Check options at checkout
- Offer PayPal as a separate payment gateway
- Google Checkout
- Use Process Offline and process payment using existing POS system
Discount Codes
- Create any number of discount codes
- Set your own discount rates
- Set release and expiry of discount codes
Shipping Options
- Setup any number of shipping options for different countries
- Set minimum and maximum weight and volume restrictions for any shipping option
- Apply your tax code/rate to any shipping option
- Integrated with USPS, FedEx and Australia Post for real-time shipping charge calculation
Tax Codes
- Create any number of tax codes and rates for any country that you operate
- If in USA automatically apply relevant state tax rate at checkout to products and shipping charges
- Apply tax codes easily to products and shipping charges
XML Feeds
- XML feed of all products to use with 3rd party affiliate network such as ClixGalore
Main Features of Lead Management
- Build any number of customer enquiry web form without any programming
- Easily add your web forms to a web page hosted at Online Business Console or any other hosting company
- Use customizable business workflows to setup notifications via email or SMS when customers enquire
- Use the Customer Report Generator to dice and slice your customer database
Integrated Customer Database
- Grow your customer databased every time your customers enquire or interact with your website
- Keep a history of all past customer enquiries
- Allow customers to view their past enquiries via secure "member only" areas (All-in-One solution only)
- Allow customers to keep their details updated via secure "member only" areas (All-in-One solution only)
- View on a per customer basis details on every action they've taken on your site
- Customize and extend the Customer Database to suit your business (All-in-One solution only)
Web Form Builder
- Build customer enquiry web forms without any programming
- Add any number of custom fields to your web form to suit your business
- Automatically captures and populates every enquiry in your customer database
- Use built-in business workflow framework to automate follow-up, set reminders and escalation rules. Choose to be notified via email and/or SMS.
- Report on web form submissions including custom fields and easily export to Microsoft Excel
- Allow customers to upload files within web forms
- Allow real-time credit card processing within web forms, e.g. process donations (All-in-One solution only)
- Allow refer-a-friend functionality within web forms
- Add Image Verification to web forms to stop spam submissions by bots
- Allow customers to subscribe to one or more campaign lists within web form (All-in-One solution only)
- Automatically subscribe customer to a Secure Zone upon submission of a web form
- Easily add web form to any web page hosted at GB or elsewhere
- Customize the landing page customers see after submitting an enquiry
- Customize auto responder email sent to customers after they make an enquiry
Lead Management Reporting
- Sophisticated customer reporting framework.
- Filter on any system or custom field
- Save any report and run later
- Export any report to Microsoft Excel for further analysis