Website design
For the last ten years, I have been designing websites for clients. This side of my business now accounts for over 50% of my time .... and, probably, 75% of my pleasure. Most clients that approach me to design their website are unsure of both the technology involved and the cost and have been pleasantly surprised when neither has been as painful as they had anticipated. I now have a sizeable portfolio of sites that I have designed some of which are maintained by the client themselves.
Site development and maintenance
When I was first invited to produce a website for a client, I felt it was important that the client was able to maintain the site without my help after it was published .... a site that is obviously out of date can be a major turnoff to potential customers! To that end, I reviewed a variety of site design software tools and selected NetObjects Fusion as being the most suitable. It is very much like a modern word processing package but handles many of the web specific features, such as navigation buttons, automatically.
I use NetObjects Fusion to design and publish a site, I can then train the client to use the software with the result that the client is then capable of maintaining the site without my help. This means the site can be updated as and when necessary without any referral or payment to a third-party! Furthermore, as NetObjects Fusion dramatically reduces the development time, it also reduces the development costs!
Finally, the site is optimised for search engines and recommendations are made as to the most practical and cost effective way to submit the published site to the major search engines.
Clients who would rather not be actively involved in the maintenance of their sites find that I provide a timely and inexpensive update service.
Client sites
Here are a selection of sites that I have developed. Please bear in mind that, although all of these were designed by myself, some of my clients routinely maintain their own sites and I am therefore not responsible for any errors that may have subsequently appeared since they were originally designed. However, I do periodically monitor my clients sites and diplomatically inform them of any such problems.
What next?
Contact me at Blennerhassett Systems. You will be surprised how quickly your company can have a presence on the Internet and how inexpensive and painless it really all is.
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New Ag International
The Pre-School Centre
Beyond Management UK
Comfort Zone Beds & Furniture