Website Design

Good website designers vs. casual website designers

Website design is actually quite easy. Many people can build a website from home and some hosting companies even provide free website builder software built in to the hosting package. So why pay for a website designer? The answer is simple, because a professional website designer and website developer does everything right.

Our web designers and developers ensure that when a customer visits your site, everything is easy to find, easy to use and makes sense. Your site is optimised to achieve customer conversions and not make them feel that they need go elsewhere to get what they want. Your website is geared up to make sales, and really let the customer know what your company is about.

All of our websites are coded to the highest of standards and checked using the latest software. Each website is optimised  and tested on all of the main browsers so you can be confident that what looks good on Google Chrome also looks good on Internet Explorer and Firefox.

What do you build websites in?

We use the WordPress platform for all websites as it is now recognised by web designers and SEO experts alike as being one of the best platforms available. In addition, should you want to take control of your site and make updates it’s very simple to do. No longer will you need to go back to your website designer and ask for that small amend, you can log in and make the change in a few clicks.

WordPress utilises HTML. In the past Flash was popular but as time has gone on Flash is now obsolete and isn’t read by search engines. All HTML passes the stringent tests and coding conventions.

Want something that isn’t the usual?

Websites can have many features from e-commerce to forums, video capabilities to complex databases. Rest assured, that we are comfortable with all of the features you need. This even includes making your sites look fantastic on devices like mobile phones.

Our professional designers are trained to work with a variety of code types so the unusual is likely to be our usual.

Design options

Some customers know they want a website but don’t know what they want it to look like. Others have a great idea of what every page should say, what images the site should contain, and the structure. No matter where you are on the scale we can help. If you need a little help don’t worry, our friendly team will talk you though every step and explain each of the options to you. It’s not even uncommon for some customers to say “just make a nice site” and expect us to deliver, but deliver we do and we have always had a positive reaction.

Custom made websites are naturally more expensive than something that is ‘off the shelf’. While some companies sell inexpensive templates / packages we opt not to as a template rarely matches customer needs. When you purchase a website from us you will get exactly what you want not just a best fit that’s easiest for us. We’re passionate about what we do and we take the time required to make websites that look good, are coded to the highest standards, pass all Google coding checks and match the requirements Google has with regards to SEO. Most importantly our websites are better for your customers because they are at the heart of what we do – if the customer doesn’t like your website they won’t buy from you. It’s our role to make sure your user experience is excellent and you get that conversion.

Prices

Because we don’t offer templates or off the shelf packages all our websites are built and charged in relation to the time it takes to make them. We do not charge based on the features it has. For example, in principle adding a forum to a website sounds like it should be expensive but in reality it isn’t a hugely time consuming job where as designing a banner and logo sound like quick jobs but can be far more time consuming (depending on what is required). Charging by the time taken is the fairest way and we’re proud that we don’t charge for ‘features’ like some other companies do.

Please contact us for a free, no obligation quote or just a chat.