Be it fair or not, your website is a barometer of credibility for your business. One of the biggest barriers to a quality website is budget, forcing many entrepreneurs to try the DIY route by creating their own site with a service like Squarespace, Wix, or WordPress.
While this works great for some, others just want a professionally built site that looks and works great, but don't have the time to update it or learn the ins and outs of a content management system. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a web design company that would build your website, manage hosting, update content, and respond to support requests in a time-sensitive manner—all while still being affordable?
At Port Washington Web Design, we’ve structured our services to handle everything for our customers, while offering two flexible website plans designed to be both budget-friendly and hassle-free.
Our commitment to you is to design and develop a website experience that aligns with your high standards, and provide outstanding service and ongoing support, making sure you’ll never feel left in the dark when it comes to your website and you can focus on running your business with peace of mind.
Time is your most valuable business asset. This is why we also manage your daily website edits! We know that handling website content for you is going to allow you to dedicate your time elsewhere. This might seem out of the ordinary as some are used to managing their own content, but part of our service to you is to be your personal web developer. Why? Because we know best practices, and we know what can help and hurt your google rankings. We also know how to optimize your media to load fast. You simply send us the content updates and we'll handle the rest.
Copy updates, pictures, galleries, video - you name it, we'll handle it. Unlimited edits means daily, weekly, anytime, any amount. We are proud to offer this services and want you to take full advantage of it!
Our hosting platform utilizes a suite of proactive security tools that constantly scan your website for malware and suspicious activity, and block IP addresses as needed. It also has all the modern security features such as SSL, DDoS protection, and utilizes a CDN.
The modern era of cyber crime requires a modern approach to web platform ecosystems. That is why we chose a SaaS, cloud-based platform to develop our customer's (and our own) websites. It utilizes closed-source code, meaning no one can see the platform core code, and all the platform updates are centralized, meaning they come from the cloud and are managed seamlessly. This really helps us focus on providing quality service.
Core web vitals play a big role in making sure your site ranks highly. Basically, this is your report card on how well your site adheres to best practices.
Your site will be designed and developed using a common design philosophy that we tailored for small business websites. It utilizes the 'Four D's' of strategic design.
We have you fill out a questionnaire and tell us your story. We review this content and begin writing your website content.
Once the content is written we begin the design phase, in which we create an interactive prototype to demonstrate basic functionality and layout.
Upon the design approval we begin developing your website. During this phase we will collaborate with you regarding deliverables and content. When the site is ready to demo we will present it to you and allow for feedback and revisions.
Once all content has been entered we will test the site thoroughly to find bugs. After all QA issues have been resolved and the content is vetted we are ready for launch. We will then deploy your site live.
With the Port and Starboard plans we build you a standard 5-page website with a design personalized for your brand. If you need more pages than that it is $100 for each additional page.
The following features will ensure your website has value in google ranking:
We optimize your website to get the best possible loading times. We focus on the Core Web Vitals performance score but also heavily on real world speed. We insist that all pages load fast on 4g and will optimize all content to achieve that goal. We test on real 4g speeds and on real phones. We guarantee your site will load fast on mobile, which Google prioritizes with their mobile-first indexing.
Your site will be coded to responsively adapt to all screens and devices. This is to be expected of any modern website, we thoroughly test our sites on old phones and tablets as well as new ones, to be sure they look great even on older generation iPhones.
We continuously check accessibility during our development phase, to make sure we are error-free in accordance to the WCAG 2.2 checklist. Website accessibility is important - it helps those with disabilities, adds empathy and integrity to your site and prevents ADA-based digital lawsuits. There will never be a need to add an expensive widget that manages accessibility on your site, since it will be built from the beginning with accessibility best practices. Your website will be a shining example of accessibility standards!
We build our sites using always-current best practices, to make sure we give you the best organic search ranking possible. On-page SEO combines best practices involving HTML structure, page speed scores, and content. We will also make sure your technical SEO is sound, focusing on proper meta data, link functionality, and site architecture. Your site will be populated with quality content that highlights important topical keywords, which will command high SERP rankings. Need more SEO? If you need a little more than on-page and technical SEO, we also offer an affordably-priced SEO domain analysis platform as a service.
Your website will bridge the gap between information and human connection. With delightful design, compelling copy and on-page SEO we'll make sure your ideal customer knows who you are.
