Ian Grant

Technical director

A software and web developer with more than ten years' experience, Ian brings a great deal of technical know-how to projects, combined with an enthusiastic, friendly approach.

He believes that it's vital that people feel that they can ask questions, get comprehensible answers, make suggestions, be involved. That way, the whole process is less stressful for everyone...and the end product is always better too.

Among a lot of other things, Ian has an in-depth knowledge of accessibility guidelines and coding standards, so he knows how to build websites for the long-term:

• easy for a wide range of people, including those with disabilities, to use;
• easy to maintain, even without much technical knowledge;
• easy for the search engines to find.

Ian has been involved in a varied and extensive list of projects. As well as designing and building the CommunitySite content management system, he's created a completely new website for Watford Museum, an ordering payment and management system for Tag4's website hosting services, and an online catalogue for Colin Ruffell. Other current clients include Heinemann, Sussex Community Internet Project and Linguaphone.