Website Design
Website Design involves using a variety of techniques that are aimed at offering clarity, simplicity, speed and function to the client and the user. To achieve this, your website will be designed in a way that is pleasing to the eye, easy reading, easy to navigate and quick to download.
During the initial free consultation we will discuss what is right for both you and your clients, exploring all issues that relates to your requirements. To ensure your targets are met, the consultation will continue throughout the build of your website.
Each website that is designed by myself is written using modern XHTML & CSS coding and are validated using the W3C Markup Validation Service ensuring all websites are of top quality, ‘including meeting Disability Discrimination Act requirements, accessibility requirements, cross–browser compatibility and search optimisation’. Before starting the build of your website, it may be worth considering the following:
- An easy to remember domain name
- Choose a background that will allow the information to be shown clearly
- All pages should be eye catching, but easy to read
- Try not to display too much information on one page
- Any information that is to be shown should be written consistantly
- Choose a font style that will be browser friendly & easy to read
- Animated graphics & scrolling text are certainly eyecatching, but they do tend to annoy users
- Try to include at least one image on each page
Any image that you decide to use will need to be re–sized allowing quick download and I strongly recommend no use of frames, which will help search engines find your website.
All hosted websites include:
- Unlimited MB of reliable webspace based in multi–million pound servers located in the UK.
- Unrestricted visitor bandwidth.
- E–mail / webmail accounts with auto responders and forwarders if required.
- 99.9% uptime (guaranteed) on all hosting packages.
- Search engine submission.
Options and Pricing
Now for the pricing. I am aware that everyone has their own ideas and I believe the following list of options will cater for most peoples requirements and also offer good value for money.
| A SELECTION OF OPTIONS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TYPE | DETAILS | COST |
| DOMAIN NAME, WEBSPACE & E–MAIL |
Register your domain name & webspace for future use. E–mail service available. |
£50 per year (minimum of 2 years) |
| ONE–PAGE WEB SITE, WEBSPACE & E–MAIL |
Domain name registration and 1 webpage to get your website up and running! | Build & Year 1 – £75 Year 2 onwards – £55 (minimum of 3 years) |
| THREE PAGE WEBSITE, WEBSPACE & E–MAIL |
Domain name registration and 3 webpage’s, allowing the display of basic information! | Build & Year 1 – £175 Year 2 onwards – £75 (minimum of 3 years) |
| FIVE PAGE WEBSITE, WEBSPACE & E–MAIL |
Domain name registration and 5 web-pages, allowing more detailed information to be displayed! | Build & Year 1 – £250 Year 2 onwards – £95 (minimum of 3 years) |
| SEVEN PAGE WEBSITE, WEBSPACE & E–MAIL |
Domain name registration and 7 web-pages, allowing the information to be displayed informatively! | Build & Year 1 – £350 Year 2 onwards – £115 (minimum of 3 years) |
| MAINTENANCE & EXTRA WORK | Extra charges may apply for extras. Flash, video, imaging, slideshows. I–Google including mail, calendar, analytics, etc. |
Standard cost – £15 per hour |
Regular communication, consultation and feedback will ensure that the design / build of your website is to your satisfaction. All prices are guidelines and may vary depending on the content and provided information.
Sample websites are available on request.
For a free consultation regarding any of the services I have to offer, please ‘contact me’.