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Websites for Small and Medium Enterprises or Organisations (SME)

tonygillham.com specialises in professional websites for SMEs with a budget of between £100 and £5,000 for a website. We can produce:

  • simple 1 page sites that are similar in function to a 1 page ad in the local phone directory, through
  • multipage 'read-only' sites with flash animation and custom design, to
  • multipage content management system (CMS) sites where the user can regularly update the material on the site themselves and, finally 
  • e-commerce sites with product listings, shopping baskets, credit card and PayPal payment pages and so on.
Read the articles below for more info about what we offer.
 
Domain Name
What's in a name?

The choice of website domain name is one of the first things to consider when you set up your first website.

The first service tonygillham.com provides for our clients is a free consultation regarding the best domain name for your site.

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Function
So what does it DO, then?

When developing a website it is better to consider the function of your site before thinking about how it will look. 

The saying, 'form follows function' never held truer than it does for good website design.

So here are a few basic points to bear in mind...

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Maintenance & Security
Keeping the engines running

Once your site is up and running then that's it, isn't it?

Well, not quite. As the owner of a functioning site you will probably need future updates of content and upgrades of security measures.

You will also need data about how many people are visiting your site and how they found it, so you can assess its effectiveness.

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Server
Everyone needs a place to stay

The domain name is the postal address but the server hosting the website is the actual building. 

For a decent website for a small-to-medium enterprise or organisation you probably need the following things...

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Design
It's pretty but can it cook?

Once you have decided on the function, it's time to think about the design.

Website design is not just about whether or not the site is pretty.

It is also about how easy it is for your users to navigate and how 'visible' your site is to search engines...
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SEO
Getting Google to work for you

Search Engine optimisation, or SEO, is the quest for the 'Holy Grail' of any website...
a top ten ranking in Search Engine searches, bringing in huge amounts of extra custom.

This is not easy to achieve in fields where there is a lot of competition for that spot but there are a few ways of increasing your ranking which need not cost the earth.

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