The design process involves at least one person to person meeting to discuss design requirements and establish a basis for up to three initial design mockups.

Following this initial stage the best mockup is chosen and further refined.

Once the design is approved it is translated into a working prototype website.  Typically this process will overlap with the initial development work on the site creating a functional navigation system, any online forms and server side applications that may be needed with supporting database(s) if required.

Find a list of my most recent website design work below, some have been designed from the ground up others are customisations of e-commerce application design templates.

www.mickdrystanewalls.co.uk ( currently being rebuilt as a memorial site, a placeholder page only at present, this site will be particularly striking when completed. )

www.moccasin.co.uk
www.perthshireselfcatering.co.uk
www.chocolat-aberfeldy.co.uk
www.thescotskist.co.uk
www.vivadesigns.co.uk ( under construction placeholder page only at present )

• Site Layouts using Design Templates

• Design Customisation of Website Templates

• Adaption of website templates to E-Commerce software

The use of website templates purchased for £25 - £60 from sites such as http://www.hypertemplates.com or http://www.templatemonster.com/ hugely reduces the cost of having your site designed.  Find a template you like and come to me for layout, customisation and design extension services based on that template.

Typical website design and construction costs range from £300 for a small simple site to £600 for a larger site with more dynamic features.

Bronze - ( included ) - SEO friendly site construction, submission of site map to Google, site content related keyword preparation.

Silver - Bronze service + Initial assessment of market competition: Google Pay Per Click keyword campaigns - revision of site content and keywords to optimise search engine placement. Identification of 10 market relevant online directories for external site listings. Identification of 10 most suitable market relevant sites for cross linking campaign. Instructions given for ongoing Google Pay Per Click effectivenes and site traffic monitoring.

Gold - Bronze + Silver + revision of site to meet the latest accessibility standards as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and as far as practical. Ongoing support in SEM through further assessment of market competition, continuing cross linking and website directory listing campaigns. Regular submission of optimised site maps for Google and a further 4 top search engines. 6 months initial maintenance contract.
 

These Open Source applications are free so the only cost is the extra work integrating your site with the chosen CMS application and some tuition time on the use of the Content Management System.

• Fully functional Online Stores
• Based on Established and Proven E-Commerce Products
• Shopping Cart
• Customer Accounts
• Secure Order Processing and Tracking
• Secure Online Payment Processing
• Incorporated Royal Mail Address Finder
• Live Stock Levels
• Integration with EPOS
• Integration with Back Office Software, eg. Sage Line 50, Quickbooks
• Website Hosting advice
• Custom MS Access Database design for the Back Office to integrate with online shop

I offer a range of solutions depending on your requirements, E-Commerce products used include:

• Actinic 8
• Evolve Merchant
• ClickCartPro 6 (UK)
• OSCommerce