WordPress web design and development
Custom, bespoke WordPress web design to match your exact specification, and built to be lightweight, yet fast and sturdy
Tailor-made for you
If you’re here, it’s because mass-produced websites don’t meet your needs, which are for a leaner, cleaner, faster WordPress website that does exactly what you want it to.
What sets us apart
Tailor made
Our design process involves making sure we make sure we know everything about you.
Your business, your audience, your goals, and your project requirements. We listen closely, learn, research, and advise if we think something needs adding, removing, or improving. We create beautiful design prototypes for you to review the work before we build it into a website that perfectly achieves what you need.Lean and clean
Good website aesthetics strive to be minimalist, intelligent and highly-functional.
Once we’ve worked to optimise your message through beautiful design prototypes, we are able to effectively translate this into development assets and take the most efficient approach when building your website. Thus, our websites reflect in their internal structure the elegant simplicity of their surface appearance.Easy to use
As a result of how they are made, our websites are simpler for you, as the owner, to use.
Without the baggage of unnecessary add-ons complicating the user experience, it is easy for you to update and manage content on your site. We will make sure you know how with a written manual and hands-on training. Although we're always happy to help, you are unlikely to incur further input from us once your site is live.Great SEO
Search engines recognise speed. This is why lighter, faster sites do better.
We place a high value on search engine optimisation (SEO) and website performance by using best-in-class tools, optimised images, and efficient coding practices. We also advise on where content needs restructuring or rewriting. This results in a fantastic user experience and a website that search engines love and will rank as highly as possible.
Value for Money
As independant specialists we have no large overheads or monthly salaries.
While our bespoke websites are not as cheap as a free site or a mass-produced theme-based site, we are competitive among custom website creators. The increased user-satisfaction, customer conversion, and freedom from come-backs further down the line will more than benefit both your pocket and your mind.Fast turnaround
We are selective in which projects we take on and make sure not to overload our schedules.
This ensures that your website will be built in a short timeframe, and will always be delivered on time. Our approach to website design and development involves using prototyping tools like Figma so building the design into a website is achieved rapidly, elegantly, and efficiently.How we approach WordPress web design
Our web development process is closely tied to our WordPress web design process.
We always design from scratch and build from scratch.
Start with a goal
Build a coherent sitemap
Work with great content
Create comprehensive wireframes
Create an exemplary design
Use well-drawn up plans
Build on a solid foundation
WordPress is the industry-leading content management system, hugely expandable by using plugins, and extremely well documented and supported through the community.
Use the best tools
Build from the ground up
Keep an eye on the big picture
Pay extra attention to the details
Build for you
What is web development?
Web development is the practice of building or working on websites. This usually involves a combination of installing, configuring, and using pre-built software such as WordPress, Bricks, and Elementor, and writing custom code such as HTML, CSS, PHP, and JavaScript. Some FAQs and a guide to working with web designers and developers.
What is WordPress?
WordPress is the world’s most-popular content management system (CMS) by far. The primary function of WordPress is as a platform for website owners to manage their text, photo, pdf, audio, and video content. A vast range of themes and plugins can be used to extend WordPress far beyond its basic CMS capabilities. Read more about WordPress here.
Types of websites we build with WordPress
Almost anything, but these are just a few examples
Blogs
A blog is a type of website where articles are posted on a regular basis. WordPress was originally designed as a blogging platform, making it an obvious choice.
Brochure and business websites
On brochure websites the information does change much over time, but editing information occasionally should still be an option for business owners. WordPress is an excellent option for this type of website.
Portfolio websites
You will be able to add or update portfolio items on a regular basis. Numerous page layout tools exist to display your portfolio attractively on the front end of the website.
Directory and listing websites
Numerous plugins and themes are available to turn WordPress into an online business directory or classifieds website.
Ecommerce websites
WooCommerce is a plugin which turns a WordPress website into an online shop for small to medium sized businesses.
Events websites
By installing an events calendar plugin, WordPress can be turned into an events listing, booking, and ticketing system.
What you get in the box
High-integrity, premium quality websites
Exquisite bespoke WordPress web design prototypes
Our designers deliver premium quality, bespoke WordPress web design prototypes (mockups) which deliver your message, engage your audience and convert them to your product or service offering.
A pixel perfect, responsive WordPress website
Our WordPress websites are built using best-in-class tools such as such as Bricks, Elementor and the Crocoblock suite of tools. We pay great attention to details such as micro-interactions, subtle animations, and fluid responsiveness across all types of devices.
An easy-to-use content management system
A content management system (CMS) is what allows you to add to or edit your website. WordPress is the world’s most popular content management system.
Training and support
Custom manual
We create a simple manual for the usage of your specific website, covering logging in, finding your way around the dashboard, and managing content such as posts, pages, media, and menus.Personal training
As part of the standard package we also give an hour or two of personalised training, either face to face, or via phone, video, and / or screen sharing. More training can be arranged as-needed as part of a maintenance agreement.Maintenance
Our WordPress maintenance services cater to the diverse needs of websites, recognising that not all require constant attention. Simple brochure-type websites may only need maintenance every 6 months, while those with higher exposure and risk profiles may benefit from monthly upkeep. Our comprehensive maintenance tasks include plugin updates, security checks, regular backups, performance optimisation, content updates, and ensuring overall website functionality.Security for peace of mind
Security plugins
As well as following sound security practices as a matter of course, for most WordPress websites we also install and set up WordFence and Sucuri plugins. These plugins have complementary sets of security enhancements, and work well together to keep most sites secure.Backups
We always install BackupBuddy, which creates a .zip of the entire website which can easily be restored in the case of a security breach or any other scenario where the website has been compromised. If needed, BackupBuddy can be set to automatically create backups, and send them to an offsite destination, such as DropBox or similar.Updates
Often overlooked, regular updates are crucial for maintaining the security of a website. The frequency of these updates should be tailored to the specific risk profile of your website.Optimisation and performance
A slow website causes people to leave, whereas a fast website will keep your visitors engaged. A fast website not only feels really great to use, but site speed is also a primary search engine ranking factor for the same reason.
Hosting
We select a web host that is best suited for your particular needs. For South African clients we generally recommend Xneelo. For websites with an international reach we may recommend a managed WordPress host such as Hostinger, SiteGround, or WP Engine. We help you create your hosting account or create it for you, and when setting up your website we deal with the hosting company on your behalf.Image optimisation
We optimise all images on the website using ImageOptim, which greatly reduces image size while retaining quality. Automated solutions such as WP Smush are suitable for websites which are regularly updated with images. Optimised images make a huge difference to the speed and user experience of a website.Caching
We install and configure a caching plugin such as WP Rocket which serves a static copy of the website which frees up the load on the database to ensure a very fast-loading site.More about web design and development
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