Web design blog

The easier it is becoming for us to consume the internet the more we'll make instant purchasing decisions based on how a company's website looks and not what the company does.  If your website is looking a bit 2011 then why not start 2013 with a bang and give your website the makeover it needs. A website redesign need not be an expensive Christmas present and could give your business the wow factor it needs to help it win new business which it would have otherwise lost. 

The Internet has become a part of nearly everyone's daily lives. If your business doesn't have its own website then you are potentially missing out on opportunities and setting yourself behind competitors. Setting up a website can be a simple process but you'll need to give some key areas some thought before starting.

Before starting on the design for your website it is essential that you have identified who your website is aimed at, why they will be using your website and how they will be viewing it. At Covenant Solutions we will create a series of personas of the types of people who will be using a client's website. We'll then refer back to these personas during the project to ensure that we're meeting their needs and that the finished design is relevant to them.

You have built a great website, its big, its fancy, it meets all your requirements and the website design is better than any of your competitors. Do you have many visitors or make many sales though? If the answer to either of them is no then you need to work on driving traffic to your website and then more importantly making sales, here are a few suggestions of things you could do:

With thousands of images circulating the web everyday, it is no surprise that images have a massive impact on your website design. Using images can increase the time visitors spend browsing your website, for eCommerce stores it can make all the difference as to whether a visitor makes a purchase. Getting it wrong though is easily done, this is why making sure you use the right images is crucial.

Décolletage Jewellery engaged London based design agency Covenant Solutions to design and build their new eCommerce website for them. The brief was to design a site that showcased their range of stirling silver jewellery, was appealing to their clients and had a pink "girly girl" feel about it.

At Covenant Solutions we want our clients to be able to update their website whenever they want to from where ever they are. That's why every website we build at Covenant Solutions comes with a content management system. If you're looking at content management systems for your website here are some things to consider:

When designing a website you will find there is a never-ending list of things that need to be decided and considered. Most people think web design is as quick and simple as getting together some content and then making it look pretty, unfortunately it is not as simple as that, here are a few pointers of things you need to think about when designing your website.

People assume an eCommerce site is no different to designing a normal website, however eCommerce website design is totally different; there are many additional things that need consideration.

Your logo is the one of the things people should clearly remember about your business. Your logo design should provide your business with an instantly recognisable identity. For instance, when someone says the word McDonalds, you instantly think of their 'M', ‘the golden arches’, their logo is recognisable worldwide and it conveys not just their values but the taste of their product. At this point you're probably thinking of a Big Mac, or if you are a Pulp Fiction fan "Le Big Mac, Royale with Cheese".