Laguna Niguel Web Design

WEB DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

Using the best of breed technologies

We provide complete web development services and can design from the ground up or give an existing site a face lift. We believe that it's not enough to build a "nice looking" site, but one that has the best chance to achieve your goals. That is why, unlike most other web design firms, we focus on search engine optimization from the beginning. We focus on your goals.

Most New Web Site Development Programs include the following services:

  • Graphic Design
  • Sites programmed in easy to maintain, update, and search engine friendly code using CSS
  • Site/HTML structure SEO (Search Engine Optimization)1
  • Contact form and processing
  • Google Analytics Setup and Integration

We also offer may additional features such as integration of Google Maps and setup and generation of Google Sitemaps.

We host your site in a linux environment, so typically we will develop a php based site.


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FLASH ANIMATION

Tell your story with a captivating animation

Your visitors are more likely to hear your message if you tell it to them within a captivating animation. It can grab their attention and create a visually appealing medium to deliver a compelling message. We can use simple animations or more complex ones using Flash actionscript programming and design.

Generally, a great place to put a flash animation is at the top of your home page. A 10-20 second animation works great to deliver most key messages. A more engaging interactive experience can also be created to delight your visitors. Visitors who enjoy their experience wtih a company, are more likely to do business with a company.

The first step in creating the animation is do understand what you want to tell your visitors. Once that is nailed down, the storyboard can be created and from that the animation. How detailed each step is depends on your budget and goals.

If you need to achieve high rankings in search engines, it is best to integrate flash animations within your overall site rather than make the whole site a flash animation. The reason is because search engines are not able to read graphic files.

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SERVER SIDE SCRIPTING (PHP) & DATABASE

Easy storage and retrieval of visitor info and content

Server side scripts are programs that run on the server. They can be used to provide automatic functionality to your site or retrieve and store information in a database (MYSQL). Some examples of functionality it can provide are:

  • Contact form processing
  • Storage of visitor information in a database for later retrieval and reporting
  • Retrieve event calendar from a database and display it automatically
  • Retrieve a membership directory from a database and display it automatically
  • Automatically send a different page to different visitors based on their browser
  • Web based administration
  • Content Management
  • Custom or Personalized Blog

Hardly a comprehensive list, but you get the idea that there is a lot of power available through the use of server side scripting and databases.

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COPYWRITING, EDITING, & PROOFREADING

Easy storage and retrieval of visitor info and content

Although you, as the client, is the content owner, we can assist in the content development, editing and proofreading through special contract arrangements.

Sufficient and well written content is important for two reasons:

  1. Not enough content on a page or duplicate content will make your page worthless in the eyes of search engines
  2. Content that flows seamlessly is more apt to be read by your visitors

Your written words can make or break a site. That is why I always recommend hiring a good copywriter.

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DOMAIN REGISTRATION


In order to obtain the right to use a specific website address, called a domain name, you must register it with a Domain name Registrar.

We can research your domain name selection and register it for you. The cost of domain name registration is included in the hosting package.
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HOSTING


For your website to be accessible via the internet, you will need to obtain hosting. We can provide you hosting services for your website at a nominal annual fee.

Included in hosting services are Email, databases, subdomains, and secure server along with many other features. (Ask about your hosting features).
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PHOTOGRAPHY


Product, office, staff, and event photography are also available. While stock photography can fill in the holes, it is nice to have personalized images for your new site. Then you don't have to worry that another site is using the same images you are.