Web Hosting and other services

The Marple Website has designed and hosted web sites for local groups and businesses for many years but is now running down its commercial activities to focus on community interests.

If you are a local business looking for help with commercial web site design, hosting or maintenance, the Marple Website recommends local company and web site sponsor IH Media.

If you are a local community group seeking online help and support then do get in touch to find out if the Marple Website can help you in the way that it helps the following groups.

Friends of Marple Memorial Park

Full web site design, hosting, maintenance and updating since 2003 completely free of charge for this local community group that looks after Marple Memorial Park in our town centre.

Marple Carnival

Web site design, hosting and support since 2012 completely free of charge of a content management system web site for Marple Carnival that the committee keep up-to-date themselves. From 1998 until 2012 The Marple Website featured and promoted Marple Carnival within its own web site pages.

Marple Local History Society

Web site design, hosting and support since 2011 of a content management system web site for Marple Local History Society that the committee makes a wonderful job of keeping up-to-date themselves. From 1998 until 2011 The Marple Website featured and promoted Marple Local History Society within its own web site pages.

Between 2015 and its launch in 2017 the Marple Website also worked with MLHS to develop a searchable online digital record indexing the contents of their archives. The society continues to add to and refine this huge resource with ongoing support from the Marple Website when needed.

The Marple Website also collaborates with Marple Local History Society to make the society's collection of postcards and images available for all to see via the Virtual History Tour of Marple.

Mellor Archaeological Trust

Web site design, hosting and support since 2011 of a content management system web site for Mellor Archaeological Trust that the committee keep up-to-date themselves. From 1998 until 2005, when MAT was formed and set-up their own web site, the Marple Website featured and promoted the Mellor Dig and Mellor Old Vicarage Open days within its own web site pages.

New Horizons

Web site design, hosting and support since 2014 of a content management system web site for New Horizons that the committee keep up-to-date themselves.

St Martin's Heritage Trust

Web site design, hosting and support since 2014 of a content management system web site for St. Martin's Heritage Trust, including maintenance and regular updating of news and events.

Friends of Romiley Park

Web site design, hosting and support since 2009 of a content management system web site for Friends of Romiley Park that the committee keep up-to-date themselves.

Facebook or Twitter set-up

Need help getting your social media set-up? The Marple Website may be able to help.

Website set-up and Updating

Need help with the setting up of a free or low-cost web site? There are a number of ways that The Marple Website may be able to help. As an example, The Marple Website set-up, maintains and updates the Marple Bridge and Mellor U3A web site for the group, using the free U3A website builder. Here's what they said in their November 2019 newsletter:

There are a couple of new features on the Website.
On the first Page there is an ‘’NB’’directing you to the Welcome Page and on there are two links.
Under the heading ‘’Notes’’ News about important future events.
Under the heading ‘’Links’’The Membership Application Form and The List of all the Group Activities.

We express our thanks to Mark Whittaker, our Webmaster, for the excellent way he does the Website and for the speed at which he updates it.

Marple Bridge & Mellor U3A Newsletter