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The Designers Library

This site, The Designers Library, is for a soft-furnishings ( curtains , blinds etc ) company in Hamilton, New Zealand. It is designed by CubeMedia, and…

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The Palette Picker

I've been snuffling around in my archives, dusting off long-forgotten back-up CDs and such, and found an interesting  wee toy I'd almost forgotten writing. It's a…

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WordPress 301

I've spent some time recently exploring the new features in Wordpress 3.0.1, and learning about very useful child themes and theme frameworks. For now the only…

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NZ Business for Sale

This site aims to help sell a Christchurch, New Zealand B & B. It is designed and coded with an eye to search engine positioning, and the…

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North Art

Northart provides an accessible and community focussed programme of exhibitions by local and national artists, and an associated programme of public events and arts…

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Tuhoe Establishment Trust

The Tuhoe Establishment Trust was set up to manage funds and assets transferred to the Tuhoe tribe as part of its Waitangi Tribunal settlement with…

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Aalto Colour

This site is for a company which has outlets in Auckland, Christchurch and Perth, and specialises in the construction of fine colours in quality surface…

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Knowledge Basket Pacific Islands

This website is for a company run by a journalist and a librarian which provides extensive archival content for New Zealand on Pacific Island subjects.   It…

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Auckland Writers Festival

This site was designed by McGovern & Associates for Auckland's premier book festival held in May 2010. Urban Legend web was contracted to cut and code…

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Kali Designs

This site is for a boutique Auckland designer, Kali Designs, and showcases the range of original products on offer. Launched in May 2010, it also allows…

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Auckland Writers and Readers Festival

Urban Legend web was contracted by McGovern & Associates to hand-code the templates for this website, for the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival 2010. The site…

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Artspace

Urban Legend web was contracted to cut and code the site from supplied PSDs. We also integrated the site with McGovern's in-house CMS, Scripts, based on…

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