PRESS RELEASE: Avast Ye!
Bristol-based design and marketing agency turns pirate to showcase the power of Drupal

Bristol-based design and marketing agency Proctor & Stevenson is coming over all piratical to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day on Sunday. This unofficial addition to the international holiday calendar has gained a strong following, particularly here in Bristol where Treasure Island can trace its roots.

The agency is getting into the swashbuckling spirit by switching its entire website – http://www.proctors.co.uk – into pirate-speak at 4pm on Friday afternoon. But the big questions must be how… and why?

A website you can use like Word
Unlike some local providers, Proctors is an agency that lives by what it recommends, and has built its website using open-source software called Drupal. The software is designed to make creating new content pages as simple as word processing.

Drupal is ‘open source’ – so free to use – and developers all over the world are constantly developing new ‘modules’ so users can add new functionality to their websites with ease. The speak-like-a-pirate module is just one of thousands…

Why go pirate?
Proctors MD, Roger Proctor, explains:

“ We thought turning the site ‘pirate’ for the weekend would be a fun way to raise awareness about how user-friendly and powerful Drupal is. It’s a cost-effective, responsive platform from which to build a website – one we strongly believe in.”

And in a challenging economic climate – even in pirate-speak – that’s a message that makes sense.

ABOUT PROCTOR & STEVENSON:
This award-winning Bristol-based design, marketing and communications agency was established by founding father Roger Proctor back in 1979. It exists to help organisations achieve their objectives by creating and communicating compelling reasons for people to listen, respond or buy. Proctors’ blend of creativity, innovation and a consultative, through-the-line approach has resulted in successful branding, marketing and strategic campaigns for clients including Panasonic, AXA, UNITE, the Open University, Kcom,  BMW/MINI and Cooper-Avon Tires.

CONTACT:
Jessica Ellis – Business Development Manager
Tel: +44 (0) 117 923 2282  email: jess@proctors.co.uk