Design
I pride myself in creating bespoke designs to meet client specifications. Unlimited design revisions are allowed until you are happy.
Development
I handwrite all code from scratch to meet each site's requirements. I aim to keep your site performing at an optimal level across all platforms without encroaching on user experience.
XHTML & HTML5
Hypertext Markup Language is the code used to create web pages, it allows for web page elements to be created, for example: paragraphs, images, links and headings.
Javascript
Javascript allows for the manipulation of a web page in a client's browser. This facilitates things like client-side form validation, banner animations, click and hover functions and other custom funcionality.
CSS & CSS3
Cascading Style Sheets are used to add style and certain behaviours to the elements created in HTML, for example: background color / images and font face / weight / color.
PHP
Hypertext Preprocessor is a server side coding language that allows for dynamic content to by used, by connecting and managing server side databases and files.
MySQL
This is an open sourced Structured Query Language that facilitates the management of databases.
CMS
Content Management Systems are used in most websites to manage content without the need for coding expertise. They are initially set up and then editted by the client themselves. Examples of these include Wordpress and CMSMS.
WordPress
Wordpress is a popular content management and blogging tool. It is the most common solution allowing clients to update websites. The beauty of Wordpress is that it is flexible and completely customisable. All the WordPress sites I make are bespoke created templates suited to the clients needs.
Ecommerce
Online sales is an integral part of a lot of businesses nowadays, I use Lemonstand and Magento to deliver reliable and supported ecommerce systems to my clients.
Typography
This is the art of all things font, it includes picking appropriate, attractive fonts for websites that appeal to the correct target audience, and make content enticing to read.