We are a small, nine-man-and-a-dog, web development team based in Bromsgrove, UK and we're all going to heaven.
Bit of background
As you can see on the Innoware Dog page, we have a regular visitor to the office, Steve's ex-racing greyhound Natty. In the summer of 2008, we approached the great people at her former home, Daybreaks Kennels in Solihull, and asked if they would like a free website to help promote their dogs, news, and events. Thankfully they accepted.
The new website
So in the second half of 2008, Steve and Tom worked hard to build the new website, and were very happy to see it launch in the early hours of February 2009.
The new website already allows kennel staff and volunteers to...
- Quickly add new dogs to their site as soon as they enter the kennel. This is especially handy as the kennels are so good that they can have a very quick turnover of hounds. It's important that the list on the website is very up-to-date.
- Upload multiple pictures of each dog, and creating a thumbnail on the site - they don't have to create separate thumbnails offline.
- Upload event lists - let visitors find out where they can come and meet dogs and owners for help and advice.
- Post news stories and invite visitors to comment on them.
- Allow visitors to comment on dogs, events, and news stories - creating a real community spirit.
- Show events in a calendar list for planning.
- Add, remove and edit pages with our content management system.
- Access almost everything above in RSS or iCal feeds.
- Delegate different types of admin tasks to individual volunteers.
- Automatically print out kennel notes for each dog.
- And lots more
And that's just a list of the things that it does at the moment. We certainly don't see the current site as finished, but the first step in what we hope will be the premier pet rehoming site in the world. Seriously - that's not hyperbole!
It could be yours.
Every step of the way, we have developed the website for Perry Barr RGT in a way that it can be customised for any animal rehoming centre, whether you are an independent organisation, or one of the big-boys with multiple branches.
The software is very geared towards greyhounds right now, but it is absolutely in our plans to sign up many, many more rehoming centres over the coming years - regardless of the breed of dog, or type of animal you are looking after.
Pricing
The price for independent charity shelters is very heavily discounted at £200 per year (or alternatively £20 a month) with a £200 set-up fee (all prices before VAT). We are working on a demonstration version and on-line automated set-up.
If you have a larger charity, please speak to us about your options: we can cluster together individual shelter sites into a master site no problem.
Puplicity may also be used for commercial organisations (for example, reputable breeders) and if you are interested, we can have a chat and provide a quote.
Find out more
If you'd like to register interest, please email Steve Fitzpatrick (steve.fitzpatrick @ innoware.co.uk).
Many thanks for getting to the bottom of this page, and we wish both you and your animals the best of health.
