jay creative web design and hosting

website design

web design is usually the first stage of a project. at this point, your website is only ideas. the main objective at the design stage is to create visual appeal. recent studies have revealed that it takes as little as 50 milliseconds for a browser to decide whether they like a site or not. so if your site doesn't look good, the chances are it is not reaching its sales potential. for most web designers, once they have produced an appealing design their job is done. at jay creative web design we have only just started. a web site that works needs to fulfill the following requirements:

* clearly shows what your company has to offer

* if the company offers a large number of    products/services the most important of these
   should be prominently displayed.

* the site's navigation needs to be intuitive.

* contact details need to be clearly visible.

* the site should be clean and free of pointless    information.

* text should be inviting to read

it might sound simple, but how often do you see sites that look good and fit these simple points? not often. however, we also understand that some sites don't need to meet all these criteria, some need to be more artistic than purely sales orientated.

website development

we have tried to keep technical jargon to a minimum, but as an overview of a technical service it needs to have a little. If you don't understand a few points or would like to know more about this service call us.

web development is broken down into two areas: front-end development and back-end development. front-end development is a mix of design and technical ability to turn ideas into a web site that has functionality, like user interfaces etc.. back-end development is non artistic but is the programming that makes your web site work properly, that it's users will experience but never see - XML parsers, elaborate product databases, ecommerce integrations etc.

the first stage of front-end development is to turn a design or set of designs into code. once your site has been coded, the next stage is to add features and facilities to the user interface. this consists of constructing light effects, such as the menu at the top of this page and more advanced facilities like the quoting system or the portfolio.

once a project has been through front-end development it is handed over to a back-end developer. this is the stage where all the 'behind the scenes' work goes on - the front-end of the site is connected to programming functions and databases that will make the web site actually work.

we have knowledge of and can support development using a wide variety of Markup Languages, such as HTML & XHTML, SVG, XML, XUL.
stylesheet languages CSS XLST, programming languages like java, and java script. question languages like MySQL. protocols DNS, FTP, IMAP, MIME, POP3, SMTP, the list goes on.

if it is not possible for us to meet your requirements with one of the above languages we will definitely be able to using a combination of them.
every web development company out there offers search engine optimisation (SEO). but how many of them could get you to page one of Google for anything more competitive than 'cherry pickers in glenbrook'. They are few and far between. at jay creative web design, we have gained page one rankings for competitive search terms and we don't charge for the service until we achieve it.

domain registration

cheap domain names are everywhere, great if you can afford the time to manage them and guarantee you renew them on time. and what if you want to move a website to a host - who has the admin passwords?

one of the best bits of advice is to keep all domains in one location, with one provider - we register your domain name on your behalf and carry out all administration for you. so you never encounter these problems.

check to see if your domain name is available using our fast track domain name search here.

website management

websites that don't change don't work! the key to an effective website is constantly updating the content to offer new information for visitors and search engines. google and other search engines automatically search the internet looking for websites that offer content that is up-to-date and offering the latest information.

at jay creative we realises that many clients struggle to keep their website copy up-to-date, due to other commitments of running a business - it cannot be a priority - but it needs to be if you want to be at the top of the search engine pages. to help meet this important need we can offer our own content management system and also offer a service to allow the website content of your website to be easily updated, keep repeat visitors and search engines interested.

jay creative can offer website management on a management fee basis ensuring your website can be constantly updated from any PC with an internet connection, by any authorised individual.

we know that time is a problem in keeping your website up to date so jay creative also offer a service where we write new copy for your website and add it to your site to keep it fresh with information.

For more information about jay creative internet solutions website management services select the option on our contact page.

search engine optimisation

our SEO service is broken down in to two areas:
on-site search engine optimisation - this involves making sure your site is easy for search engines to index and each pages tells the search engines what it is about. off-site search engine optimisation - this involves getting your site known on the internet, so search engines have a reason to think your site is worthy of being on page one.

cost effective internet solutions
websites from £99 including domain registration and hosting