Let us explain what Website Design entails for you...

In its simplest form we can split site design into two categories. 

1. How the website looks or the graphical interface.
2. The content of the website eg. text, images.  

When websites were first built these two components were meshed together. This meant that a professional would need to program everything from scratch and it was a time-consuming and expensive process. These days things have changed and the components have been seperated. This means you can have a professional looking website that is also a cost effective solution.

Graphical Interface

What will your website look like? Do you have company colours and logos that can form the basis of your website layout?

When deciding what your website will look like imagine you are entering a store and what your first impression may be? This will be how people feel when they look at your home page. They will form an opinion of you, your business or service. Your website represents you so put your best foot forward to begin with.

The graphical interface used for your website can either be created uniquely or it can come from a pre-designed template. Using a template modified to suit your own branding substantially lowers your spending. . There are many fantastic templates to choose from. The websites above were built from templates and modified to suit the client's needs.

Content  

You have made the decision to have a website but have you really asked yourself why you need a website and what advantage it will be to your business?

The answers to these questions will kickstart what sort of information or content your website may need.  Do your answers look like any of these?

• advertising
• creating new business
• selling products
• providing information to existing customers and alerting them of sales, pricing and new items
• using your website as a customer service tool to display location, contact phone numbers and product information
• streamlining workflow practices by sharing documents, calendars and projects

The information on your website should be a representation of who you are, what you do and what sets you aside from your competitors.

You need to decide on what your subject matter or pages will be. Have a look at your competitor's websites to give you some ideas and think about using your website to answer any questions a potential customer may have.