The sky's the limit

A web is a very versatile medium. It can incorporate text, graphics, photographs, animation, music, sound-effects, video clips and even live television broadcasts. It can also make it possible for a visitor to communicate with you online and for you to communicate with a visitor in a number of different ways.

A simple graphic website can be designed using a word processor. If you want something more elaborate and you have the computer facilities and staff with the necessary skills you can buy software that can be used to assemble sophisticated webs. Otherwise you can call in a professional web design company like us.

A single website can contain anything from one page to hundreds of pages. An attractive small website, one containing the equivalent of up to ten sides of A4  for example, can often be designed and published for a few hundred pounds. A website can be designed to fit your budget. One of the things that enhances a web is the inclusion of good quality colour photographs and this is one of the least expensive elements.

A web does not have to be big to be impressive. If you have 'surfed the net' you will, no doubt, have found many large websites that have a very professional appearance but have proved a nightmare to navigate. Finding out what you want to know can be frustrating to the point where you give up. So one of the most important qualities of any website is making it easy for visitors to find the information they are looking for. Many of your site visitors may never have heard of you before and they need to know what you do, where you are, how to get further information, how to contact you etc.

A website can and usually should incorporate search facilities, live e-mail links, telephone numbers and enquiry forms. A website can also include facilities for online ordering: 'e-commerce' or 'e-business' as it is often called.