Web Design

Web Design Southampton” specialists are sharing their knowledge:

First of all, having a website is one of the most significant business requirements. It is designed to effectively communicate and extend your unique selling point to your markets. Also, a companies website acts as a sales brochure that is available 24/7 to your customers.

As a result, we design and develop websites that do work for business owners. We aim to significantly increase business exposure, build credibility and trust with their clients and raise business awareness. Our experienced team will make sure that we will fulfil all your business requirements and provide you with the top quality service.

Furthermore, thanks to the internet – local is not just local anymore. We create fantastic web design in Southampton, Portsmouth, Basingstoke, all over Hampshire as well as Manchester, London, Bulgaria, Hong Kong and Lithuania! All over the world! Let Sites For Business team to design your website for you and help you target new customers locally or around the world.

Finally, Our articles related to website design can be found below. If you wish to read about our web design service – click here.

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User-Friendly Web Design and Your Business

User-friendliness, as the name would suggest, just refers to how easy it is for a customer or user to find what they want to find and navigate their way around your site. At its essence, the key elements of user-friendly web design boil down to: Navigation Responsive/mobile-friendliness Load time Readability So why are these web design features so important for a business? Recommended Reading: Why Your Business Needs Online Reviews Navigation Navigation means how easily a customer can find what they’re looking for on your website. The [...]

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Why WordPress Development is Important

This week we’ll be answering the question of why WordPress development is so important for a small business. WordPress is currently one of the most popular platforms for business websites. While there are a number of platforms available, in our opinion (as well as the opinion of several others) WordPress is the most important one to learn. So why is that? Recommended Reading: Making Social Media Work For Your Business (and what to do if you don’t have time)  Infinitely customisable The main [...]

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HTTPS: Why You Need To Make The Switch

You may have heard a lot of information about switching to HTTPS recently; it’s been the buzz of web design news for a while now! You might be wondering though, exactly what HTTPS is and why it’s necessary for the day-to-day running of your website. We’ve written this article to help you to understand why it’s important and why you need to make the switch. If your website handles any user data or sensitive information, it’s vital that you’ve made [...]

Web Design Trends for 2018

2018 is here and with it comes a new wave of web design trends to take notice of. We’re now in the middle of February, which means we are aware of exactly what’s causing a storm in 2018. Let’s take a look at some of these web design trends, and think about some of the ways that they can be used for enhancing your own business’ website. Bolder, Brighter Colours Gone are the more monotone colours that were popular in previous [...]

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GDPR: How will it affect web design?

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is an upcoming rule that governs the handling of personal data. GDPR will be enforced in May 2018, across the EU, including the UK (regardless of its Brexit status at the time). The GDPR regulations will replace existing regulations that dictate how companies are allowed to collect, store and use the personal information of their clients. The new regulations are designed to give control of personal information back to ordinary people, prioritising them over the interests [...]

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Web Design Trends: What’s Fashionable in 2017?

As a team of committed web designers, it’s important that we stay on top of the current trends in web design. As such, we have compiled a definitive list of the top web design trends for 2017, so you can see whether your site is staying current. Learn more about designing WordPress websites in Southampton Asymmetry For a long time, it was a commonly held belief that websites should follow a symmetrical format. This means that the layout should look the same [...]

HTTPS: Why you urgently need to switch to secure browsing.

As of 2015, Google has adjusted their crawlers to start prioritising HTTPS pages by default. This means that pages with HTTPS are given higher priority than those with HTTP. In January 2017, a Chrome update meant that input fields that are not using HTTPS were flagged to let users know that they were transmitting data insecurely. But what are HTTP and HTTPS? Why do you need to make the switch? What is HTTP? Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is most commonly used to [...]

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Site Structure and SEO: How to Build an Optimised Website

Search engines favour websites with great site structure. If you’re looking to get your website to the top of Google’s results, you will need to tune and organise your site’s structure. This post will discuss the benefits of organised site structure and how it enhances your site’s SEO. But first, how do we improve a site’s structure? Website hierarchy One of the most important things to consider is website hierarchy. You need to plan your hierarchy before beginning anything else. This [...]

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WordPress Websites: Why You Need To Use Them

In this day and age, it is important that every business has a website. Your website should be easily navigable, readable and aesthetically pleasing. Luckily, the WordPress websites platform is designed to fulfil all of these needs. This post will explain why you should become one of the 59% of businesses that rely on WordPress for their company website. Learn more about designing WordPress websites in Southampton Simple User Interface One of the best things about WordPress is its clear and simple [...]

Learning the Basics of Good Website Design

Following on from the previous post about the importance of good website design, we can now discuss the methods available to improve your website. There are a number of ways to make your business website more engaging and customer-friendly. Easily Navigable Website You want your customers to be able to move around your website easily and to be able to get to the page they’re looking for without hassle. Sites with good website design should ideally follow the ‘three click rule’. [...]