Website Design & Build
Simply get in contact by phone or email for an informal
conversation to discuss how we can best help you.
Following a subsequent
design briefing done in person,
by phone or even by a video conference
we will provide an indication of the cost and delivery schedule for the project.
Based on your requirements we will produce the initial designs
and once these have been tweaked and you give us the thumbs up we shall then
build the website.
Importantly we then test the
website on all major web browsers and operating systems as well as checking
spelling and all functionality.
Roll out only happens once it
has passed our professional quality assurance checks.
Website Features:
When we design your website we take into account many aspects that people often overlook. Below are some of the factors that go into designing and delivering your professional website
 Number of Web Pages |
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| A successful and effective website is
composed of a number of web pages, each of which encapsulates relevant information organised in a way
that makes it easy for people using your site to find the information they want. A typical 'Starter' website normally has the following kinds of pages: 1. Home - the page people first visit when they go to your website. 2. Contact - it's important for your clients or customers to know how to get in touch. 3. Services - letting people know what you can do for them. 4. Testimonials - providing clients with convincers about the quality of your product. 5. About - providing information about your credentials and qualifications etc. Naturally these examples are business focused, however you can is easily apply the same principals to non-commercial sites. |
| Page Layout and Design Templates |
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All our websites are hand built with bespoke templates. Using these carefully designed templates
reduces the costs of adding new pages... Saving you money. Each web page in your site is based on a page template that defines the layout of the page. For example where the logo is placed, the position of links and the size and position of the page footer. As your site grows and evolves you can design different templates to reflect the differing content. For example NickKemp.com uses just one template wheras www.zaretti.com uses three templates. |
| Well Styled Pages that Work in all Browsers (CSS) |
| Cascading Style Sheets 2.0 (CSS 2.0+) are a web technology that, when implemented professionally allows your website's colour and styling to be properly managed. What does this mean for you? Well because we produce all our websites to the highest standard using CSS, making changes is cost effective because changing a style feature is only done once - rather than for every page! So when you want to add new pages or to make changes you'll have the peace of mind knowing that the work is being done efficiently - again saving you money! |
| Graphical Design & Branding |
| Websites are a visually rich medium and Graphics, including your logo,
play a large role in forming the 'brand identity' of your site. Because we work with professional graphic designers and branding specialists
we can importantly provide you with the right level of design and branding - so you only pay for what you need.
How does the process work?
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| Media Enabled |
| Many successful individuals and organisations have already realised that their websites
are a great way to share important documents, video promotions, audio recordings and brochures with their clients. Having media enabled allows you
to publish a wide range of documents and to embed movies and audio into your website - a great marketing tool! The figures shown above are the total amount of files that users can download directly from your site. We don't impose a limit on the number of downloads, we simply state that it should be fair and reasonable, remember our success is in making you a success so we want people to use your site! |
| Additional Functionality, Blogs, Galleries, E-Commerce, etc... |
| As well as presenting static web pages, to really have an impact many sites need additional functionality such as a blog publishing tool or photo and video gallery tool. We have developed a library of what we call Spartmodules that provide specific functionality enabling you to quickly and cost effectively add functionality to your site. When you want to extend your site then we will discuss the best option for you and the final solution will be seamlessly integrated into your site so it looks and works great. Visit our Spartplugins section to see examples of plugins we have created so far for clients just like you. |
| Google Analytics - Find out who's looking at your site! |
| We can set up a Google account for you, allowing you to access Google's online website monitoring tool. A marketing must - it allows you to see where people are coming from and what they are searching for! We also use this information to further refine your Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) |
| Professional Email Account Creation and Hosting |
| Our highly secure email
servers provide our clients with secure IMAP and SMTP email that they can easily
access using standard email clients like MS Outlook or the excellent Mozilla Thunderbird.
What is special about our email is that: 1. Secure - our professionally managed servers are robust and secure, and unlike hotmail, gmail and other web-based email providers, your emails are kept private. 2. No more "mailbox is full" - we care about your business. It's not fair on you if someone sends a large email and suddenly your clients can't get in touch. We monitor the size of your email accounts and rather than stop you receiving mail, we'll simply let you know if it gets a bit full and give you the opportunity to clean it up safely. Remember our job is to support you! 3. Professional - many people let themselves down with unprofessional email addresses. For example if your website was www.cool-stuff.co.uk then it wouldn't look very good if your clients had to email you at cool-stuff123@hotmail.com - but some people make this mistake! Instead working with us you can have a professional email address for example sales@cool-stuff.co.uk! 4. The option to have web based access to your email - allowing you to view it from any computer that has internet access anywhere on the planet. |
| Website and IT Support |
| All the websites that we design and host are
supported, if there is a problem with the server or a bug then we will fix it, normally before you even know about it.
We are constantly monitoring the web, email and FTP servers and network, and we put our money where our mouth is and host
our own email accounts and websites on the same servers that we will put your new websites.
When you work with us then we treat you like a business partner. You'll be given a mobile number that you can use
to talk directly with one of our support staff and we shall also provide you with other means of direct contact including
msn and skype. Lots of people talk about problem avoiding... in the real world there are sometimes problems... we take care
of you because we know that what is important is problem solving! When you want changes to your website then we offer a range of development support options. |
| Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) |
| Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) has become a concept which it seems
everyone is talking about but few seem to understand. There are several aspects to improving the rankings of your site in search engines: 1. Technical construction - every aspect of the way a site is put together impacts on search engine rankings. We know how to build a site properly from the start with SEO in mind. It's not something you can "bolt on" easily once the site is finished, which is why all our sites are technically constructed with SEO built in from the start. 2. Content - the actual content, the words, their order and position in the pages will have a drastic effect on your rankings. Because we understand how this works we advise our clients and those who take rankings seriously have found that regular "tweaking" of their pages has a positive effect on SEO. 3. Tactics and Strategy - As well as having a great website with SEO you need a strategy and the right tactics to get your site more hits and higher up the rankings. We've had great success with our clients and know what works and gives the best return on your investment. |
| Browser Testing |
| There are a number of different browsers - computer programs that people use to
surf the web, and in our testing suit we test every page of your site on all the main browsers (and a couple of more unusual ones!) including: Mozilla Firefox Internet Explorer version 6 Internet Explorer version 7 Internet Explorer version 8 Internet Explorer for Mac Opera Safari Lynx a text only browser Chrome We do this so that your site looks and works great for all your potential clients out there. |
| OS & Platform Testing |
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There are a number of different Operating Systems (OS) and we test your website on the major versions of these: Windows - Intel Mac OS X - Intel Ubuntu (UNIX) - Intel Linux - Intel Mobile phones |
| Future Proofing |
| A great website is a key component in business and marketing success and naturally your website will need to evolve as your business grows. All our websites are fully customisable, and because we specialise in offering a bespoke service then we build all our sites in such a way that plugging in new features and pages is very cost effective. As your needs evolve we will help you develop and evolve your website... so that you can spend your time on what you do best - your business. |
| Domain Registration |
| We can take care of registering and managing your domain names. From setting up your name servers and mail exchange records so that in laymans terms... your website and email work properly. When you have multiple domain names then we can make sure that they all end up pointing at your website. For example sparticle.com and sparticlelimited.com are two different domain names that both point at this website. |
| Hosting your Site |
| Like our email servers our webservers are professional and robust. With hardware RAID, which means that if a disk fails you don't loose your site. We own our mail, web, ftp servers unlike other less professional companies who try and cut costs by sharing their servers with others and because the only people who have access to our servers are our professionally trained and competent staff then you can rest assured that your site and your information is secure and safe. |
Bespoke Solutions
Everything we do is tailored to your needs so what ever it is that you want just get in contact, and we will happily discuss your needs and come up with a quote to suit your budget. It's that simple, because we are small enough to care and large enough to deliver.
Peace of Mind...
We offer excellent support, maintenance and management for your website and because the site will have been built to professional standards with reliability and maintainability in mind then updating the site with new pages, content or changes is surprisingly economical. This is just one reason why so many of our clients ask us to manage their websites. With our simple 'pay as you go' or 'fixed price' flexible support strategies you are given full control. Find out more about your support options
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