Comments for Easybiz Sites http://www.easybizsites.co.uk Web designers for small business Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:22:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on DIY Web design or get someone a web designer to do it? by Rich Copley http://www.easybizsites.co.uk/2010/07/29/diy-web-design-or-get-someone-a-web-designer-to-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Rich Copley Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:22:43 +0000 http://www.easybizsites.co.uk/?p=544#comment-5 Web design has a lot more to it than just putting together a web page. There are all sorts of things to consider if it is for a business. Creating the right impression is vital if you are going to be trusted. After all the internet is as much about "checking up" on people than just searching for services or to buy. If your website is lacking in crucial areas you may not be aware of, then it could cost you much more than spending out on a professional web designer. Its not just about people buying from you, but if you are going for business loans, they look at your website. Even solicitors I am told use Google to pass on cases, so there are cases where getting it wrong can be very costly. If you are paying the right people to do the job properly, then you should be able to guarantee that the level of service is good. As questions though, see what their answers are and dont let a web designer blind you with science, ask for it in laymans terms. So my advice is unless you understand about how a business website should be put together, understand HTML & META tags and CSS. Understand the principles involved in Search Engine Optimization (any good web designer should do at least some for free, even if they do not advertise it, it is hard to avoid doing any). I would leave it to somebody who knows. Don't cut corners when finding a web designer either, if they are doing anything more than 1 page for £100 there is usually a reason to avoid them. <a href="http://www.easybizsites.co.uk/affordable-website-design-uk/small-business-website-design/" rel="nofollow">Web Design for Small business</a> Web design has a lot more to it than just putting together a web page. There are all sorts of things to consider if it is for a business. Creating the right impression is vital if you are going to be trusted. After all the internet is as much about “checking up” on people than just searching for services or to buy. If your website is lacking in crucial areas you may not be aware of, then it could cost you much more than spending out on a professional web designer.

Its not just about people buying from you, but if you are going for business loans, they look at your website. Even solicitors I am told use Google to pass on cases, so there are cases where getting it wrong can be very costly. If you are paying the right people to do the job properly, then you should be able to guarantee that the level of service is good. As questions though, see what their answers are and dont let a web designer blind you with science, ask for it in laymans terms.

So my advice is unless you understand about how a business website should be put together, understand HTML & META tags and CSS. Understand the principles involved in Search Engine Optimization (any good web designer should do at least some for free, even if they do not advertise it, it is hard to avoid doing any). I would leave it to somebody who knows. Don’t cut corners when finding a web designer either, if they are doing anything more than 1 page for £100 there is usually a reason to avoid them.

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]]> Comment on What is the best web design software to use? by Ollie http://www.easybizsites.co.uk/2010/07/29/what-is-the-best-web-design-software-to-use/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Ollie Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:34:50 +0000 http://www.easybizsites.co.uk/?p=513#comment-4 Hi Jim, thanks for being our first contributor. Dreamweaver CS5 is the web designers software of choice. It would help to have some basic knowledge of HTML & CSS though. If you are wanting what we call a static website (that is one where you cannot enter info in and it automatically puts it onto your website, much like what happens on Facebook) for the beginner Dreamweaver is perfect. Although it is a touch on the expensive side. To actually make the website look really nice, some skill in things like Photoshop CS5 are worth having. Otherwise there are people out there who like to use Flash CS5 for their websites. Again buying all these packages can be quite expensive, but if you are really wanting to do it yourself as far as website design goes, these are a must. I would usually also get a good FTP program. FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. This allows you to upload and download files from your hosting. It means you can quickly upload a whole website and image files without much fuss. Hope that helps, if you need more info about this subject you can reply to this comment. Hi Jim, thanks for being our first contributor. Dreamweaver CS5 is the web designers software of choice. It would help to have some basic knowledge of HTML & CSS though. If you are wanting what we call a static website (that is one where you cannot enter info in and it automatically puts it onto your website, much like what happens on Facebook) for the beginner Dreamweaver is perfect. Although it is a touch on the expensive side.

To actually make the website look really nice, some skill in things like Photoshop CS5 are worth having. Otherwise there are people out there who like to use Flash CS5 for their websites. Again buying all these packages can be quite expensive, but if you are really wanting to do it yourself as far as website design goes, these are a must.

I would usually also get a good FTP program. FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. This allows you to upload and download files from your hosting. It means you can quickly upload a whole website and image files without much fuss.

Hope that helps, if you need more info about this subject you can reply to this comment.

]]> Comment on Easybiz Sites re-launch. List of website bugs being fixed or worked on by admin http://www.easybizsites.co.uk/2010/07/23/easybiz-sites-re-launch-list-of-website-bugs-being-fixed-or-worked-on/comment-page-1/#comment-3 admin Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:01:11 +0000 http://www.easybizsites.co.uk/business-web-designers-leeds/?p=340#comment-3 Also issue to be solved with links to "Legal Stuff". This will be done later, after current issues resolved. Although no harm in putting page in place when editing the header again. Also issue to be solved with links to “Legal Stuff”. This will be done later, after current issues resolved. Although no harm in putting page in place when editing the header again.

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