Custom or Pre-designed WordPress themes, what to use
With WordPress, there are two options regarding using a theme. There are custom themes and pre-designed themes. Which is best and what are the advantages and disadvantages? Custom WordPress theme advantages: More closely meets the needs of the user. All the clients requirements are taken into account during the design phase and implementation with such things as layout, fonts and function. What...
Read MoreReasons to redesign your website
How old is your website and is it overdue for a redesign. Find out the reasons why you should consider updating your branding and website over at...
Read MoreWho Uses WordPress
One thing I hear all the time from people, particularly those who have been advised by other web designers who don’t use WordPress, is that you shouldn’t or can’t use WordPress for your business because it is a blogging tool. Well yes, it is a blogging tool and arguably the best one but it is also much more. WordPress is a great Content Management System (CMS) with an enormous...
Read MoreClient Consultation
To build a new website, client consultation is necessary as there are certain things that we need to know. What is the your business and how will a website promote it? What message are you trying to tell? Who are you trying to target with your website? What are your expectations? What subjects, in order of priority, do you want to cover on the website? What is unique about your business,...
Read MoreWebsite Planning
Good website planning is fundamental to developing a well designed and effective website. A website is your on-line brochure A website is a very cost effective way of promoting your business. From an initial cost starting around $500 and an annual webhosting cost starting from about $60 per year including a Domain Name, you can be promoting your business and products on the Internet. It is your...
Read MoreProfessional Website Design
We design professional websites that will work for you. We can build a wide range of websites suitable for small businesses or for personal use. All the websites we design comply with current standards and are optimised for the best search engine results. Whether you are after a new website to promote your business or after a re-design of an old outdated website, we may be able to help. For all...
Read MoreWhat We Do
Hobart Website Design is a small business who specialises in building websites for other small businesses and individuals who are interested in an online presence. Online marketing now ranks ahead of TV, Radio and Print as the preferred advertising method for businesses and our aim is to provide web design and development services to small businesses and individuals in Tasmania to help gain that...
Read MoreCreation Process
There are a number of steps in the website creation process. From gathering initial client information, planning your website, building your website, implementation including adding and optimising content, making your new website visible to Google and other search engines and finally managing the maintenance of your site to keep it up to date and current. The exact process may vary between...
Read MoreWhat Does a Website Cost
Websites are a really cheap form of promoting your products and services. Compared to the Yellow Pages, you will get far greater coverage, unlimited space to promote your products and the chance to be on the top of a search list and it will be a lot cheaper. In most cases, a small site is all you will need at least to get started. With complexity and frequent changes will come higher costs....
Read MoreWhat you get
We can offer a large range of services to help you get online. A website is your online brochure and for value for money, nothing else can promote your business and products better than a well designed website. We can design a website suitable for you with as many pages as you want. Companies and businesses pay thousands of dollars for a small Yellow Pages advertisment whereas a website is a big...
Read MoreWebsite Analytics
Website analytics is the collection and analysis of website based data. At Hobart Website Design, we use Google Analytics which is a free service by Google to track the performance of your website. Google Analytics generates detailed statistics about visitors to your website. This information can be used to fine-tune your website with the aim of increasing relevant traffic. Google Analytics...
Read MoreWebsite Support
Website maintenance is very important particularly for business websites. The internet is a very rapidly changing environment and the technology used is constantly being updated. It is important that you keep your website up to date and you can do this yourself or we can do it for you for a small annual fee. We don’t charge high prices for our services and will recommend to you the best...
Read MoreWhere should my Blog go
Well, it depends on what your small business website and blog are about and lets be clear here, you should have a blog page, it is a must have. There is no doubt that your Home/Front/Landing page should be the place where you are promoting your business, products and services. If your web site is a personal or non-business site then the it all largely comes down to personal choice and what you...
Read MoreWeb Design Uncluttered
Don’t you just hate those web sites that are full of advertisements, awful colours and combinations, boxes everywhere, well if you want a website like that, we will work very hard to talk you out of it. We love producing nice clean and uncluttered websites, small business professional web designs like the one here for Hobart Celebrant, Leanne Orr. For a small business website design, the...
Read MoreWebsite Structure
A website’s structure is the framework where the content and information is displayed. The website structure will consist of a Home Page or landing page, navigation to the various content or pages of yourwebsite and a table of contents or sitemap. To help me design and structure your website, I will need to know a number of things. Your domain name. We can organise this for you if needed....
Read MoreTypical website pages
There are no set rules for website pages, you can really have anything you want however most people browsing expect to see certain pages in some sort of order. For a business or where you are promoting a product or service, it pays to stick to conventional ways of design and layout. If these things are not important then anything goes. Here are a few suggested pages in no particular order to...
Read MoreGood website content practices
Creating compelling and useful website content will likely influence your website more than any other factor. Users know good content when they see it and will likely want to direct other users to it. This could be through blog posts, social media services, email, forums or other means. (from Google’s SEO Starter Guide.) Organic or word of mouth is what will help you build your...
Read MoreStarting a new website
When starting a new website, whether you are designing it yourself or someone else is doing it for you, there are some important things you need to know to help your new website maximise it’s search ranking and therefore, exposure to potential clients. Only about 10 websites will show up on page one of a search and only one search can rank in first place. Great looking websites often rank...
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