Website FAQs

• Website Planning

  Before we start with the design of your website, we will have a meeting to talk about the process of designing and developing a website and how we will work together. We will then discuss all the requirements and objective of your website and what functionalities the site will need to meet these requirements.
  
  From there we will create a proper site and project plan to make sure that the website will meet your expectations and is launched within the agreed time frame.

• Website Domain Name

  The domain name is your website address on the Internet. It is important that the domain name includes words in the name that your new clients are searching for. The search engines also look at domain names when indexing website pages.
  
  OS WebDesign advises on name generation and registers your domain name.

• Website Hosting

  Web hosting is the space on a server that you need to purchase in order to put your website on the Internet.
  
  OS WebDesign provides hosting services and maintains your hosting space.

• Custom Website Design

  You only have a couple of seconds to grab your customers attention and to keep them on your website. OS WebDesign builds bespoke websites so your website will never be similar to another site or to competition. Good websites make an impression, offer a competent and approachabel image.
  
  OS Webdesign guarantees that no website templates are ever used.

• Website Navigation

  A good website has a clear structure and an easy navigation. OS WebDesign builds websites with easy navigation so that customers can find what they are looking for and make contact immediately.
  
  OS WebDesign creates a site plan which shows which links appear on each level and implements a breadcrumb trail where useful.
  
  

• HTML & CSS Programming

  HTML and CSS are all about separating the content (HTML) and the design (CSS) of your website. HTML is nothing more than fancy structured content and the visual formatting of that content is done by using CSS.
  
  For content-based and search engine friendly websites OS WebDesign recommends to use HTML and CSS.

• Content Management System (CMS)

  These systems let you login to a secure admin area and enable you to update your website by changing content such as text or pictures yourself without even having to talk to your web designer.
  
  OS WebDesign offers a tailor made CMS which meet all the requirements of your website.

• What is a Blog and why is it good to have one?

  A Blog is an online journal in which you can publish articles, news or other information on a regular basis. Blogs are a great way to engage your audience and to increase traffic to your website.
  
  OS WebDesign offers a Blog set-up and design service together with our hosting package.

• Flash Websites

  Flash is a powerful tool for making a strong visual impact from a graphical point of view, and is ideal when the delivery of multi-media content in an animated, visually-engaging way is paramount. However, search engines can not index content with a Flash movie, your visitor will need a Flash player to watch the website and Flash has also caused issues for people with disabilities making it more difficult for people to enlarge text and use screen readers.
  
  OS WebDesign advises you the best technical solution for your website requirements.

• Search Engine Optimisation

  SEO is the active practice of optimising a web site by improving internal and external aspects in order to increase the traffic the site receives from search engines. This includes the technical build of a site as well as the correct keywords throughout your website content in the front end and in the back end of your website.
  
  OS WebDesign are experts in SEO and build your website according to what your customers are looking for and can analyse your website's current performance and advise you on making the improvements you need.

• Website Content

  When a visitor reaches your website, the single most important tool you have to convince them that they’ve come to the right place is through the quality of your copy. The contents of a website needs to make clear the business expertise of the business and the solutions for target customers. Content should be focused on keyword searchable words so potential customers can find the website in order to buy products and services.
  
  OS WebDesign will help you with the keyword research and can provide content for your website.

• Technical development of your website

  The technical development of your website is the conversion of a design concept and images into HTML and CSS to make the design work on the Internet.
  
  OS WebDesign develops website using the lastest W3C standards and guarantees to test your website to ensure that it will work in every common browser.

• Website Analytics

  Website analytics give you rich insights into your website performance,traffic and marketing effectiveness.
  
  OS WebDesign will set up a Google Analytics account for your website and we can maintain and advise on statistics and improvements if required.

• Website Training

  OS WebDesign has a training in place to show users how to update content and images through our tailor made Content Management System (CMS) for your website.

• Online Marketing

  Components of online marketing are: a website, search engine optimisation, pay per click campaigns, email marketing, banner advertising, online press releases, Blogging and link building.
  
  OS WebDesign can provide all those services to you and help you to increase the visibility of your website.

• Website Maintenance

  Search engines are always refreshing their databases so it is crucial that websites are updated. 'New' news brings people back to your site and technology is always changing. Components of your website such as hyperlinks or graphics need to be up to date too.
  
  OS WebDesign helps you save time on your website by updating your content when you need to.

• Web Link Popularity

  Link popularity and the qualit of the links to your website are very crucial to a successful site because every search engine considers links as a part of their ranking algorithms.
  
  OS WebDesign develops strong links for your website which ranks well for competitive keywords.

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