Web Site Design
Whether you want to start an online business, attract new members to your club or society or publicise yourself, a website is the cheapest, easiest and most flexible way to reach the largest possible audience. I can provide all of your online requirements by creating custom web designs to your exact specifications and by providing the expertise to make your online dreams come true! Whether you know exactly what you want, or don't have the foggiest where to start, I am here to help.
From simple, static pages to dynamic pages that update on the fly, I can provide all types of solutions. All web sites are hand-coded - I don't use pre-defined templates - so you can be sure that your web site will be tailored to your needs and will stand out from the crowd.
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In addition to providing basic site structure and design, I can also add features that increase site interactivity. Examples of interactive features you might want your site to include are:
- A guestbook to allow visitors to leave messages and comments on your web pages for you or your business.
- Forums where visitors can discuss issues related to your site create a community spirit and keep customers returning.
- Web galleries to allow you or your visitors to share photographs or other images online.
- Animation or games to increase traffic to your site and to hold customer attention.
Site Optimisation
Your brand new web site looks fantastic, but does it take half an hour to download? Casual visitors will wait, on average, up to 10 seconds for a page to download before getting bored or giving up and going elsewhere. Large files download slowly and therefore also consume more bandwidth. So a badly optimised site can cost you visitors and money. I may be able to help you reduce these costs by optimising graphics files and by removing unnecessary code.
You can also lose visitors because some people use older browsers or because they use browsers that help them to overcome disabilities, e.g. screen reading browsers for the visually-impaired. If your site relies heavily on images to provide information, these potential visitors may not be able to use your site. By following Web standards, you can avoid missing out on this important group of internet users. In this site, you can read more about my standards-based approach.
Similarly, you might be hoping that search engines, such as Google, will allow new customers to find your web site. However, research shows that users tend to visit only sites on the first page of search results they receive. How do you ensure that your site comes higher up that search engine ranking? I can provide Search Engine Optimisation services if you feel your site could attract more traffic from search engines than it currently does.
Site Maintenance
Your web site is designed and online with all of the information you want the world to know about yourself or your business. However, time moves on and some of that information may become out of date - how are you going to maintain your site so that all the information is relevant and timely?
I can offer a variety of maintenance solutions including:
- Training you or your employees to maintain the site themselves
- Maintaining the site for you on a regular or ad hoc basis
- Implementing a Content Management System to allow site update without advanced coding knowledge
Based upon discussion of your requirements, I can advise you on the best way to approach site maintenance.
Back to the topWeb Site Hosting
Once you have a web site, you need to put it online so that the world can see it. I can provide all of the hosting requirements for your site. I provide software to help you upload files, maintain pages and monitor site traffic. Various hosting packages are available depending upon your requirements. Flexible packages can be arranged that grow if your site takes off and your requirements change suddenly. Alternatively, I can advise you on site hosting arrangements you may already have or wish to make yourself.
I can also arrange domain name registration so that your site has the name you choose (e.g. www.yourname.co.uk). Additionally, I provide e-mail solutions giving you as many individual e-mail addresses as you require. In this way, all of your employees, members, friends or family can have email addresses matching your domain. All email solutions include webmail options so that you can read your mail online from anywhere.
Back to the topE-Commerce
If your desire is to sell products or services over the internet, then I can help you. From helping you set up auction site shopping, to catalogue creation, online marketing through to custom web storefronts I can provide the expertise to allow you to conduct online business transactions securely.
Advice
We all need advice from time to time, particularly when dealing with technology that changes quickly. If you find yourself asking questions such as these:
- I know a web site would be useful for me but where do I start? What do I need?
- I know what I want my web site to achieve and how it should look but how do I go about turning it into reality?
- I have already made a web site but need some help getting it running smoothly and how do I use it to get the attention I'm looking for?
Whatever the level of advice you need - you can start by contacting me online.
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