What We Do.
In a nutshell, we build websites - see below for the types of solutions we can offer. Because of our experience, we can also provide repairs and upgrades to most sites, as well as expert advice.
Brochure Websites
If your business offers a service, chances are you're looking for a brochure site. With a brochure site, you lay out your offer to your customers and help them make an advised decision.
E-Commerce Websites
If you're selling products, you'll have customers that want to buy online. We can build shopping carts and credit card payments right into your website, so you don't lose any of these sales.
Content Managed Websites
Often sites are changing so rapidly that it just isn't cost effective to involve your design firm each time. If this is the case we can integrate tools into your site that allow you to manage the content yourself.
Web Application Design
We're extensively experienced in building sites that are complex and highly functional. If you're looking for something that isn't quite out of the box, call us.
Repairs & Re-designs
We often get clients coming to us with a site that isn't working, or their designer has gone walkabout. We can often repair or salvage sites, so if you have a problem, give us a call.
Consultation
Unless you know a lot about business on the web, it can be difficult to make an educated decision about what is best for your business. Often a short consultation can put you and your business on the right track.
We're interested in hearing about any project, so feel free to request a proposal.
Philosophy.
Years of building and managing websites has taught us a thing or two. Here's what we believe are the key ingredients to online success.
Do it right.
We believe that it's better to get it right first time, than come back and fix it later. It takes a little longer and can sometimes cost a little more - but over the long term it'll save us both grey hairs.
Have a clear purpose
Websites with a strong sense of purpose are more likely to have a real effect on the business. Once everyone has a clear fix on the purpose of the site, it's easy to make design decisions and monitor it's performance over the long term.
Pace yourself.
Getting a website is exciting, but sometimes your budget wont stretch to your dream site. That's ok, because we usually recommend that you build the foundations, then expand on them as you begin to see the rewards. That way you're using the website to pay for itself to be built. Smart huh!
If you don't know, ask.
We don't expect you to know what the best kind of website for your business is, or be savvy with all the latest buzzwords - that's our job. We're absorbed in the web every day, so use this to your advantage - and ask.
Process.
Big project or small, it's the process that ensures a good result. Irrespective of scale, all Web Fu projects pass through the following process.
Research
Our first step in any project is understanding the reasoning behind the project, and the factors that will affect it's success. Who are your customers, and what do they want? How does this website fit into the picture?
Design
Design is not only making the site beautiful, but designing the way your customer interacts with the site, how the website can fit your businesses needs, and the structure of the information to ensure it's all read and understood.
Production
During this phase we build the website, to the specifications established in previous stages. We're purists, so we hand code all our HTML & CSS, to make sure its efficient, and meets the W3C standards.
Maintenance
It's important to make sure that the website doesn't lose it's relevancy over time - it's a well known fact that this frustrates your visitors. Also, by monitoring certain aspects of the websites performance, it can reveal opportunities that might not be obvious otherwise.