Standout Website Design Services

Frequently Asked Questions

The development time varies based on the project’s complexity and how long it takes to compile the information and content for the website. For a simple, brochure-style website with a few pages, it typically takes 2-4 weeks. This includes time for gathering requirements, designing, developing, and testing. For a complex site that may include custom features like e-commerce, customer portals, or API integrations, the timeline can extend to 8-12 weeks or longer. Each phase is crucial to ensuring the site aligns with your business goals while delivering an intuitive experience.

It is essential and vitally important to provide materials that represent and reflects your brand identity and convey the message you want your readers or users to experience. This includes your logo, brand colours, any style guidelines, high-quality images, and specific text or content you would like on the website. Additionally, providing examples of websites and website pages that you either like or dislike will help me to better understand your design preferences. My collaboration with you is such an important part of designing your website. We’ll work closely with you to guide this process and can assist with content creation if needed.

I can provide the content for your website but this will incur an additional fee because of the time it takes to compile well written and original content.

Yes, absolutely. A responsive website means the design adapts seamlessly to different screen sizes, ensuring a smooth user experience (UX) whether visitors are on a smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop. With mobile traffic continuing to grow, having a responsive design is crucial. Our design process includes rigorous testing across devices to ensure your site is visually appealing and fully functional for all users.
Thoroughly researched SEO is paramount to your website being successful. This is why you should engage the services of an accredited agency such as Standout Website Design Services. I use best practice as a standard part of our web design. This includes optimizing page titles, meta descriptions, image alt tags, and site structure. If your business requires advanced SEO strategies to compete in your industry, we also offer specialized services like keyword research, content strategy, and backlink building to improve your site’s search engine ranking and drive more organic traffic.
Ongoing maintenance of your website is important and recommended. I can provide maintenance packages to ensure your website remains secure, up-to-date, and optimized. Maintenance may include content updates, software/plugin updates, backups, security monitoring and performance tuning. These services help safeguard your investment while keeping the user experience fresh and relevant.
Yes, we specialize in integrating e-commerce solutions tailored to your business needs. We can build secure online stores using platforms like WooCommerce or Shopify, allowing you to manage products, inventory, and orders easily. Additional features like customer reviews, discount codes, and payment gateway integrations can also enhance the shopping experience for your customers.

Our approach begins with discovery and planning. This is where I will “sit” down with you to learn about your business, your plans and aspirations and goals. I will ask a lot of questions because no-one knows your business like you do.

Together we will identify your goals, your target audience, your customer avatars and design preferences.

I will then provide you with a design outline and layout. If we need to make modifications at this time we can. I will provide you with a written quote and scope.

Once approved, we proceed with development, converting the design into a fully functional website. This stage involves coding, integrating content, and testing thoroughly. After testing and quality assurance, we launch the site and provide post-launch support.

The simple answer is Yes. Once the project is completed and all payments have been made, full ownership of the website will be transferred to you.

This means you will control the site’s content, hosting, and domain name. We will provide you with the necessary access credentials and any documentation required to manage your site moving forward.

Please note that I can manage the hosting and domain for you if you wish. This would form part of our ongoing agreement if his is what you chose.

Yes, we can modernize your current site, whether it needs a new look or updated features. A redesign can improve usability, mobile responsiveness, and search engine performance. We start by assessing the existing site to identify areas for improvement and align the redesign with your current brand and marketing strategy.

The cost of a re-design and updating your website will depend on the amount of work to be undertaken. I can provide you with a quote after we have discussed your requirements.

I commonly use WordPress due to its flexibility, scalability, and user-friendliness, enabling clients to easily update content themselves. There are many WP themes available which enable me to design your website to suit your business. If necessary, I also have the capability to incorporate specialist coding to develop your website.

Security is a priority for me. I implement SSL certificates for encrypted connections, regularly update software to patch vulnerabilities, use secure hosting and employ firewalls to protect against attacks. Additionally, I can provide security plugins and continuous monitoring to minimize risks plus setup an automatic backup function to minimise the loss of data.

Costs vary based on the complexity of the website, the design elements and unique features required.

After we have met and discussed your exact requirements, I will provide you with a fixed price quote and scope of works so that we both have a clear understanding of what is included in the website design and development of your website.

Obviously a more complex and detailed a website is, the higher the cost will be.
Please call me to discuss your website needs so I can provide you with an accurate quote.

I will ensure that you have the tools and training to make basic updates like editing text, changing images, or adding blog posts and that you are comfortable doing this.
WordPress which is my preferred platform is ideal for this. However, if you would like me to undertake this work for you or you require more extensive or technical changes, I can provide you with a quote to complete this work.

This work could also be incorporated into a maintenance package.

My team can support your content needs, whether it’s crafting engaging copy or creating custom graphics that align with your brand. If you have specialized content needs, we’ll collaborate with trusted copywriters, photographers and graphic designers to ensure everything on your site effectively represents your business.

If you have any questions or would like to know more, please contact me by telephone or email