Web Design Lewes - Website Designers Sussex

Website Design

"Having a website designed shouldn't be considered as a cost, it should be considered as an investment..."

Choose RootHost for web design in Lewes, East Sussex and across the UK.

website design lewes There are many people that think that since they simply own some web publishing software, that they can put up a web site and call themselves professional web designers. Sadly, this isn't the case!

At RootHost, I take your web project seriously. This is not something that I do part-time or on the side. I've invested in what I consider to be the best web design and graphic design software on the market and more importantly, I know how to use it to give you the results you want.

RootHost provide quality and affordable website design services and web development for companies, businesses, non profit organisations and individuals in East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Kent, Essex, London and across the UK.

Understanding my clients

Homework is essential! My first stage is to spend time listening to you and learning about your product or business. I will ask you plenty of questions so that I can get a greater understanding of your company, business goals and marketing strategy.

I have a proven track record with over 80% of my work coming from customer referrals! I am proud to say that my customers speak highly about the work I have created for them. RootHost produces all types of websites from simple holding pages to fully integrated content managed sites and ecommerce websites. I work with every customer individually and in a professional manner and ensure all requirements are met...often exceeded!

So whether you are looking for a brand new website, a complete re-design of your existing website or you need to rank higher in the search engines, RootHost have all your web development solutions covered.

Need complete control?

Do you want a website that needs updating regularly? Maybe you want the ability to add/change certain text areas, add/change images, add articles and blog posts? Don't worry, RootHost can create a stylish website with a complete content management system (CMS). Just visit my Wordpress web design page for further information.

Every website is different...

Which is why it is virtually impossible to give a standard website design price. Client’s requirements vary considerably from project to project, but there are almost always three similarities: Ease of use, value for money and highest standard design work. I strive to meet these demands with every website by following my simple web design process.

Web Design Process: Requirements and Obligations

Upon your initial contact, I will review the web design project with you and clarify what is required from both parties, for example how content will be provided, by when and in what format and who the main contacts will be.

Sometimes a face-to-face meeting is scheduled where I will spend time listening to you and learning about your product or business. I will ask you plenty of questions so that I can get a greater understanding of your company, business goals and marketing strategy. Who your users are and what they need to get done, what should users type into Google to find you, I clarify this with keyword research.

I identify brand principles, company style of communication, brand colors, logo, language etc.

Web Design Process: The Look and Feel

From my findings and research I will produce a possible design concept and/or wireframe for you to review. This graphical mockup stage gives you the opportunity to provide me with feedback and suggest any changes before I actually start on the development and coding of the website. It's much easier to change a few PhotoShop layouts than it is HTML files.

Once the initial designs have been approved by yourself, details are allowed to change, but the overall look will remain consistent throughout.

Web Design Process: Creating the Websites Functions

The approved flat designs are next developed into web pages, which you are able to view in a test area over the internet. At this stage, you can view the layout, navigation elements etc and see exactly how they work on the internet.

It is at this stage where I begin to add the site content (with on-page SEO, correct keyword density and anchor text) setup databases and the CMS (if needed), programming languages, graphics, create web forms and add any calls to action.

Adding analytics code for your web stats and finishing touches like favicons and email boxes are also done at this stage.

Web Design Process: Usability and Final Checks

Once the design and coding of the website is complete I will go through the site with a fine toothcomb checking all spelling, grammar, and layout, as well as checking the validity of all the functions. Any errors found are directly rectified at this point. I may enlist a handful of 'testers' on larger projects and will almost always ask you to test the site as well. Afterall, it is your site.

Once I am happy that the site is error free I double check that it displays correctly across a range of popular web browsers. Currently I test my sites in Internet Explorer 9+, Firefox 5+ and the latest versions of Chrome, Opera & Safari.

Web Design Process: Launching the Website

This is the final stage of the development stage. Once the websites content and any additional features have been added and signed of, it's time for people and the search engines to see your new website. I will go through your site one last time with you, we check, check and check again to make sure everything is perfect and then add the relevant title, descriptions and keywords meta tags to all pages for the search engines.

Once we are both agreed that the site is fine to go live, I then upload to the final web server.

Web Design Questions

Don't worry! It's only natural to have a few questions, especially if you are completely new to the internet and/or website design. Try visiting the frequently asked questions page.

If you would like to know more about my web design services in Lewes, East Sussex then please feel free to get in touch with me.