Aldhous Web Design Services
Aldhous Web Design is a co-operative of designers and developers that offer a wide range of services, owned and run by Joanna Aldhous. A general outline of the type of services and the standard of work we provide are listed below. We have over a decade of experience creating web sites. We take Design very seriously and hope to set your web site apart from others with our CSS Designs. You can also sort out many problems with your web site by using our Coding Service. We pride ourselves on our ethical approach and the Personalised Service we provide our clients. We can also give you help and advice on many web site issues with our Consultation Service.
If you're not sure, but are interested in finding out if there are any issues with your existing web site why not request our Free Report, after all it's free! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to Contact Us.
Web Design Services
We love creating eye catching designs, stylish images from stock and from scratch! We're not joking; one of the best things about our job is using our imagination and making something new, unique and hopefully stunning.
Obviously there are practicalities to consider and a web site isn't much good if it looks great but doesn't work very well, that's why we fully optimise all the images we use and integrate them into our designs using CSS to create attractive functional and fully accessible web sites.
We understand and recognise that not everyone wants a work of art for a web site. So we listen to our clients and make sure that our designs are tasteful and appropriate for the purpose they are designed for. If you want to see what we mean, take a quick look at a sample of recent work in our Portfolio.
We also offer a number of mock-ups to choose from initially and are happy to modify our design to the client's specifications until they are happy before we start doing any coding! That as far as we're concerned is not only common sense but good for client relations.
If you are interested in our design services simply Contact Us.
XHTML CSS PHP Web Coding Services
We have just set our bar even higher. Our current standards ensure that you get 100% error free coding that validates every time! We make sure the document types are valid, that you have all the META tags you require and everything works as it should.
Our development team have stringent error checking measures in place while coding your web site no matter how large it is to make sure that your entire page validates when we are finished.
This not only helps your web site compatibility with browsers, but helps search engines crawl your web site pages, not to mention the fact that Aldhous Web Design automatically codes all our pages to WAI AA compliance automatically and to WAI AAA compliance on request.
If you are interested in making your web site WAI AAA compliant and are having trouble or don't have the experience let us do it for you! On completion we will give you a full Accessibility Audit with a list of all the measures we have taken to get you up to WAI AAA standard.
If you would like assistance to rectify any errors you may have, to validate your code or to make your web site accessible from experienced professionals please Contact Us.
CSS Graphic Design Services
It is a W3C recommendation to separate code from presentation. This is for a variety of reasons. There are many benefits to using CSS based design such as decreased download times for pages, simplifying the code within web site pages, making pages more legible and allowing designers to be much more creative than was previously possible.
But the two main reasons are:
1. It helps a huge amount with accessibility as screen and braille reader have difficulty reading images and the various forms of media used throughout the Internet.
2. It makes it far easier to update the look and feel of the whole web site. By modifying just one or two CSS files you can update the image and layout of an entire web site instead of having to alter all the code on each individual page or throughout the templates used by your content management system.
For all these reasons we implement CSS wherever possible and advise clients on the benefits of this method. Long gone are the days of evil tables, complex and bulky code and blocky looking web sites.
If you would like assistance to implement CSS into your design/ re-design your site or to make your web site accessible simply Contact Us.
Client & Work Process
We listen to your specifications from start to finish, every detail. We don't decide what's best or just do things like some design companies. We consult with our clients at every opportunity to keep you up to date and make sure that we deliver the web site you want! To get an idea of the way we work with our clients here's a brief outline:
- We'll meet with you for an initial chat
- We'll draw up a brief outline of the project, costs and time involved
- If you're happy with the outline we'll meet you for a more detailed meeting
- We then create a function specification doc (A detailed outline of the project) for you
- If your happy to go ahead with your project an initial payment is due prior to work commencing
- You'll receive your contract, checklist for images/ content/ functional specification doc
- We then start on your web site mock-up designs
- When you're satisfied with a design we start coding your web site pages/ database/ CMS
- Any content you provide is added as well as any minor adjustments made
- We then check and test your web site before completion
- On completion we'll upload the web site to a non designated URL for you to check
- When you're satisfied with your web site the outstanding payment is due
- We upload your web site and give you any documentation you may need
- We also give you 2 days tutorials on basic site maintenance
We work very closely with our clients to provide a highly personalised service. If you have any questions regarding the way in which we work or would like to know more about our services please simply use our Contact Us form.
Consultancy Services
Aldhous Web Design has over a decades experience designing sites for the internet. We are fully aware of the problems that can be encountered as technology progresses and businesses migrate from old to new. We also have a full understanding of e-Commerce and of what works and what doesn't.
Quite often new ideas have been done before. There are tried and tested methods for most things that you'll want to do with your web site. Our consultants can save you a lot of time and money trying out things that just don't work or will prove ineffectual/impractical or costly. We can help guide you to making successful choices for your business, both online and off.
Aside from general web site strategies, ecommerce advice and guidance we can also help make your web site Accessible and more compatible with the many browsers and search engines out there.
If you're interested in finding the right solution for your web site or just want a good head start Contact Us.
Free Accessibility Report
If you are aware that your web site has faults, but your not sure to what extent or simply what the faults are then it's your lucky day. Aldhous Web Design now offers a Free Accessibility Report, which will highlight most major problems with your web site.
These include any issues pertaining to your documents structure as well as all the content inside. Simply email a request for our free accessibility report by placing "Free Accessibility Report" in the subject line along with details of your web address and the pages you wish to be analysed.
If you would like assistance to rectify these errors by experienced professionals please take a look at our Coding Services or Contact Us.
