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website design and coding
Over the years we have provided many types of website design and development services some of these include:
    design only, html code only, html templates, html newsletters, web graphics, project management (liasing with other programmers), layout advice, website advice, documentation and consulting, SEO (search engine optimisation), animations, screensavers, custom built content management systems, reporting sites, flash websites, government sites, virtual reality projects, 360 degree virtual tours, community websites and blogs, document management and intranet systems just to name a few.

As you can see we have done alot, way too many items to list here.
What this means to you is, you will recieve all the years of experience with every project we do. This means there is no mucking around, we have already done the groundwork and understand how to get a project flowing as smoothly as possible. We are only a small team but this means we are focussed on you as a client and can adapt to your requirements.

website planning
We generally find that clients have some difficulty in getting started commissioning a site. They sometimes are overwhelmed by choices, terminology and functionality. Often clients have been "sold" systems they don't really need or which are difficult to maintain and we understand how business owners are very hesitant to venture into website development.

During our years of experience we have built up a process which starts with documenation (see the example left ), which helps the client work out what exactly they want the site to do, how navigation will work, ideas for design and what the site objectives are.

This process all occurs on paper before any design programming or coding has commenced, this means that common stumbling blocks are nutted out before work begins, items and objectives can be defined and future strategies put into place without additional costs that are incurred if this happens after the project has started.

Due to this process we have found that the site lifecycle tends to be longer and the design and development process flows very smoothly.

> See the consult page for more information on documenting and planning the your design and development of your website.

Please also visit our Terms page for some of our standard terms that apply when building a website.

Getting a Quote
Before we can give you a quote, here are some suggestions on things to consider and information to provide to us. If you need help preparing these we can help you to do that please see the consult page. Once you have these sorted send us an enquiry here or an email to.
  1. What is the objective for having a website ? Is it to provide information on your product or service ? Are you selling a product? How will you gauge the website's success? Do you need to caputure information about your visitors?
  2. What sections / pages will your site contain ? List them point form is fine
  3. What type of information will the pages contain? Text and photos, reports or tables, shopping cart / products ? Roughly how much information is there 5 A4 pages or 50 ?
  4. Do you have an existing style, colours or logo? Not necessary but helps if you send that along with your requirements
  5. Can you list some other sites you like? What about your competitors ?
  6. Will be providing advertising or link exchanges on your site?
  7. How do you plan on maintaing the site ? Will you like us to provide a maintenance agreement ? Or would you like to update the site yourself?
  8. Forms? What type of forms if any do you plan on having? Where do you want information from the form to go? to a database or email? Please provide a list of the fields you require.
  9. Do you need us to source photos, create illustrations and create icons? (note these may incurr additional costs).
  10. How do you expect visitors to find your site ?
  11. What are you website hosting arranagements? What hosting plan are you on? Do you know which technology you want your site built in or are you looking for advice on this?
Dont know where to start?
We offer web consulting services to help you work out what fucntionalities, how many pages, navigation etc your site should contain.
See the consults page for more info.

Maintenance
Do you wish to update your site yourself? Do you know HTML? What about a maintenance agreement? This can include a set number of hours per month / quarter (at a reduced rate). We can also work to an hourly rate.

Photos & Illustration
We can also provide illustration services or source photos for an additional cost. These might be just the thing to make your business you stand out amoungst the crowd.

Logos
If you need a logo, or a logo revamp a good time to do it is when you redo your website. We can include a logo design and or banner graphics as part of your web development.

Web Design Portfolio

Client: Andrew Hopgood Illustration
Url: http://www.hopgoodillustration.com.au
Description: Website Design & Custom Content Management System

Client: Team Butler
Url: http://acutworthkeeping.com.au/
Description: Website Design & Custom Content Management System

Client: Birthnet pty ltd
Url: www.birth.com.au
Description: Website Design and HTML, newsletter design, banner designs,various web graphic and consultations

Client: Willowgate Hall
Url: www.willowgatehall.com.au
Description: Website Design Custom Content Management

Client: Art for Gardens
Description: Website Design Custom Content Management, newsletter design,

Client: NSW Heritage Office
Description: Website Design, HTML

Client: Corporate Image Design & Marketing - Maxitrans
Url: http://www.maxitrans.com.au
Description: Website Design, HTML templates, Flash

Client: Mindworks Marketing Communications - imove
Description: Website Design, HTML, Project Management