Professional Web Design

  • 03. Why WordPress?

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    “Custom Content Types”

    For many, the standard web ‘page’ is all you need. “What we do”, “Who we are” ; perfect. But what if, let’s say, your organisation works in multiple countries, on multiple projects? These might be better presented via multiple page ‘views’. A ‘Location’ or ‘Project’ view. Filtered by ‘Year’ or ‘Partners’.

    Custom content types allow you to ‘query’ virtually any property and present it as a page ‘view’ to the user.

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  • 02. Why WordPress?

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    “Complete Design Freedom”

    Despite what many web designers seem to think, WordPress is a Content Management System (CMS), not a web design tool.

    Your website should be uniquely yours – with design that is equally distinctive. WordPress gives you complete creative control over whatever you decide to build.

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  • Should You Trust Google Ads?

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    “When you use google Search to find a suitable Web Designer, should you trust the paid Adverts Google serves you?”

    We’d say the short answer is no. To understand why we’ve come to this conclusion, you need to understand the main reason people choose to pay for Google Ads (updated: 2024).

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  • Just How Important is Your Website?

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    “Our experience suggests some organisations don’t value their website as much as they should”

    Virtually every organisation needs a means to ‘communicate’ in order to function – and there are many ways to do this. However, for most, the easiest and most cost-effective means, is to create a website.

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  • Improve Your Image

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    “Images On Your Website Are Hugely Impactful, So Don’t Spoil It By Using Poor Quality Ones”

    As visual beings, we’re naturally drawn to the imagery (photos, graphics) we see on websites – whether they’re good quality images or not. And like we might when encountering ‘poor quality writing’ on a website, we instinctively make a ‘judgement’ on poor images too. Unprofessional?

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  • Why is Bespoke Better?

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    “What are the benefits of having a custom built website?”

    Do you consider your organisation to be unique? Do you have a custom designed logo, or did you just grab a pre-built, generic logo and put your name under it? How about your colour-scheme; just casually selected, with little thought?

    What about your writing style, does it have a particular personality? It’s likely, in all these cases, you’re already doing things bespoke? But why? Because bespoke is better.

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  • Professional Web Design?

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    “We Claim to Be Professional web designers, but what does that mean exactly?”

    Yes, it’s true, anyone can open up a Graphic Design program (Photoshop), learn some basic HTML and call themselves a ‘Web Designer’. But in reality it’s just a tiny bit more complicated than that …

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