Website Design
Do you need a website?
You may be a small company or an organisation who feel they could benefit from a presence on the the Internet. If so, let us advise and design a website for you. Our prices start from £99.99 for a one page Website (not including Domain Name purchasing). We also offer simple, secure online e-commerce solutions such as the site here at www.ecymbals.co.uk, a reasonably priced attractive online shopping site. If you want something a bit more special higher up the Corporate ladder, then we strongly recommend the work of Gerry & Angela at www.arcadiablue.com.
We believe that the purpose of a website is to convey information to visitors as easily as possible. The more technology that you throw at a website, the further away it can move from its original purpose - to convey information! We believe in making usability and functionality of paramount importance when considering design and favour adherance to Web Standards via the use of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) in our design. Our approach is to make sure the visitor doesn't land on your home page and wonder - "What am I supposed to do?" This is deadly if you want to set up an online shop and want people to be able to buy your products quickly and easily. We have enough experience in running online shops to know what works, and it isn't to be found in web-animations or background music!
One of the most powerful features of the Internet, if not, the most powerful, is the ability to sell to customers, any time of the day or night. It is of the uptmost importance that you don't blow your chances of doing this with a site that is designed with "bells & whistles" at the forefront, at the expense of easy navigation and a simple checkout procedure.
What About Website's That Use Flash Animation?
We have dabbled in this, but have found that it is has never been of use to the business community, or for website's that our customers want to be sure that can be viewed by 99.9% of Internet users. It's fantastic for rich multi-media sites, such as the likes of interactive children's gaming website's, but it doesn't do well as a tool for conveying basic information. In our opinion, it's not a true Web Design tool, but more of a tool for creating animated content. Here's a great quote about Flash from the design-advice website at www.pegaweb.com:
"Flash – this program is excellent for product demonstrations and other interactive features. The sad reality, though, is that these examples of good usage of Flash are few and far between. The vast majority of the time, Flash adds nothing to a site, and is a source of annoying animation and other effects. Because of Flash's flexibility, Flash-based sites tend to be totally non-standard, forcing the user to "learn" the site, and often preventing them using normal browsers features, such as cutting/pasting text, bookmaking, increasing font size, and using the mouse scroll wheel."
At the end of the day, we want you to provide you with the best solution for conveying your message to the Internet community and will advise to the best of our ability.
