Not Web Design, not Web Development, not Front End, not Web Apps. Websites are usually the end product, so that's what I say I do. Designing the site is part of that - not just how it looks aesthetically (although that is very important), but how it functions, what interactions it allows the user, what the intention is behind the homepage, what I (the creator) want the user to do when they land on the site.
I take pride in making fresh, modern, accessible websites, and I would love to work with you on our next project. Get in touch if you would like that too!
I don't really like to make a distinction between Web Design and Development, I think they are both part of the same job - making your website! But of course there is a difference, it's just that I do both, and don't really like to separate them. Maybe I should combine them into Digital Design.
Web Development is the bones of your site. It can look slick and pretty, but if there's not a solid base behind it, it's not going to get very far. I use Couch CMS as the backend of our sites, this lets me get on with building your site without worrying about fitting it into a CMS platform.
If you need something more from your site than just a brochure, I can handle that. We've created complex booking systems, call logging systems, corporate design toolkits, social education applications. If you have an idea for a site, but aren't quite sure if it's possible - get in touch! I'll probably say "Hmmm, that doesn't sound like it would work" at first, and then start thinking about exactly how I can get the job done...
Proper, specifically targetted SEO costs a fair bit - it can be hundreds of pounds a month. It is a time-consuming, repetetive process, which is why it costs so much. Anyone who promises you a "full SEO service" and isn't charging a hefty monthly rate is probably not doing it properly.
At Sprucemoose, I lay the foundations for more serious off-page SEO work. Over the years I have developed an on-page SEO checklist that I follow when building every site - from CMS generated sitemaps to adding social sharing meta tags on every page - each step is taken with a firm SEO strategy in mind. I can recommend an SEO partner to you if you want to take the next step, but this will not be covered in the site quote/cost for your Sprucemoose site. I specialise in building SEO friendly sites - for proper off-page SEO I will defer to the experts in that field.
Brodie Engineering are one of the leading Train Engineering Businesses in the UK. They needed a fresh approach to their website, which was a few years old and hadn't been updated recently. I restructured the main focus of the sites, adding Case Studies to Services as entry points, both as…
Key Reservations are a client I have worked for frequently over the last decade. I've created various brochure/campaign sites, a dedicated hotel booking system for a large client they had, a Personal Assistant site, a Diving Site... It was finally time to update their main site. The site was over…