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As we enter the New Year, it’s time to reflect on the projects, progress, and partnerships that defined 2025 at Castlegate. First, a practical update: In October, after ten years on Walmgate, we moved into the Bonding Warehouse in Patch …
Advanced analytics make it possible to understand your website visitors in great detail – when they visit, what they do, and sometimes even why they engage. This insight is powerful but comes with responsibility: the same data can be misused, …
In the UK, making your website available in more than one language can make a real difference. For public bodies and local authorities, it can be a legal or moral responsibility to serve diverse communities. For charities and businesses, it’s …
Web accessibility is the practice of designing websites without barriers to users. It improves online experiences for people with permanent disabilities as well as those with temporary or situational needs. Accessibility benefits everyone – from people recovering from injuries, to those using a phone in bright sunlight, to users on older devices.
What is a website care plan? A website care plan is a proactive maintenance and support package designed to keep WordPress websites secure, fully operational, and optimised for high-performance. Care plans can cover everything from hosting, updates, and performance monitoring …
For this year’s highlights roundup, we’re going to break with tradition. When things start feeling festive, most agencies will drop their biggest clients’ names, shout about the most competitive tender they won, or boast about a lucrative deal they’ve struck. …
Every year we turn customers away. Legitimate website enquiries from businesses with budget, eager to work with us. Why on earth would we do that? Well, because at Castlegate IT, we believe in finding the best solution for each customer’s …
Community Catalysts, a social enterprise in the health and social care sector, has launched its new website, an accessible multi-site platform designed and built by York-based website developer Castlegate IT. The two companies have been collaborating productively since 2011 when …
It’s pretty obvious that Castlegate IT design and build striking, user-centric, professional, intuitive websites – even if we say so ourselves! You only need to browse our portfolio of work, check out our case studies, or take a look around …
Our three latest projects are now online. This time we’ve been busy working on new websites for Harrogate-based social care organisation Community Catalysts, social development and human rights charity Good Neighbours UK, and bakery management app Cybake. Community Catalysts Local …