Structure
The demands placed on a modern website have been subject to substantial changes in recent years. Your website needs to comply with current legislation such as GDPR data protection, accessibility rules for machine readers and visitors with disabilities, along with clean and compliant coding for search engine listing. Although “unseen” to the visitor it is an essential requirement to ensure that all visitors to your site enjoy the content as intended on any screen size or reader and within a safe and secure environment.
Design
We collaborate closely with our clients to determine the best layout and functionality for your website. Colour sets can be based on your company colours or Logo. Site style will be determined by the type of site required and discussed at length with our client at all stages of the build.
Secure platform
When creating your website we prefer to use a CMS (content management system) called Joomla! and its core template Cassiopeia, why? Because it is amazingly fast, secure, and scalable from a simple brochure site to expansive platforms.
Content
Sites built by us are not subscription-based platforms, there is no third party that has control of your content. You can host your website anywhere you like; it is your site, your content, and your data.
Accessible
Can “everyone” view your website? By everyone, we do not just mean people. For some time, websites have been coded for what you see on the screen and hidden code for things like search engines to “see.” We have all experienced the deliberate “small print” in certain adverts and experienced the annoyance that it presents. There will be visitors to your website that rely heavily on software and hardware to be able to see your website. We use external tools to check all pages for accessibility, if it is not 100% accessible to all, we work on it until it is.
Searchable
We use external tools to assess how searchable each page of your website is. Known as SEO (search engine optimisation). The CMS and template that we use are pre-configured for SEO out of the box. Again, if each page of your website is not 100% searchable, we will work on it until it is.
Training
We welcome client input during the site build process, as such you will receive training as the site comes together. You will receive training on how to access your site to edit content, add users, change passwords, content, backup and security. When your site is complete real-time training sessions can be set up along with pointing you towards instructional videos and help files from us and third parties
Updates
From once a year to multiple times an hour, clients who need to change content can do so easily using article fields, set up by us to easily change content without touching the main layout or content of your pages.
To keep your site light, speedy, and accessible we try to avoid using frameworks to create layouts. The introduction of Joomla 4 and its core template Cassiopeia has provided a way to create great websites using just core tools and a little creativity with CSS. Owners will be able to edit content directly on the website by logging in. New content or pages can be produced from the administrator log-in using core articles. Complex page layouts can be achieved using a drag-and-drop page builder.
