Modx, WordPress Website Development

In today’s world, people expect you to have a website. It doesn’t matter if you’re a fortune 500 company, or a mom and pop restaurant in a small town. Almost everyone has access to a computer somewhere; whether it’s at the library, home, or work. Long gone are the days when people scour through a phone book to find some place to eat, or to find the best repair shop in town. Today, people get on search engines like Google and look through websites to find what they want. Most people don’t even call to find out information anymore, so even just having your businesses’ phone number listed in online directories isn’t enough. In the fast paced world of today, people expect information now, and they certainly don’t want to go out of their way to look for it. A custom website design filled with information about you and your business, restaurant, or organization is the perfect thing to satisfy any craving for instant information.

Having a website is one thing, but having a website with a good design behind it is another. Dvorak Designs strives to build the fastest, sleekest, and easiest to use websites out there today. A lot of websites today bombard you with all kinds of information right on the home page, and make it hard to focus on finding what you want. These websites often utilize inefficient methods of displaying information, resulting in poor load times and degraded usability. Every website we design is built using the latest techniques in CSS, HTML, jQuery, and Javascript. We even do our best to minimize the use of images, without detracting from a unique and stylish design. The result is a fast website that’s easy for search engines to index, fast and easy for people to browse, and even easier for you to update.

Included with a Website Development Package

Below is everything that is included with our Website Design package. While you can choose not to have some of these things done, they are all things we’ve determined to be essential to any website, regardless of its content.

Website developed on the MODx Content Management System or WordPress Publishing Software
Content Management System is installed with the highest level of security in mind
Training and/or documentation provided on using the Content Management System
Hand coded, efficient design made to work in all browsers
Coding and image creation is done based on current web standards and trends
Website design is optimized for load time – both coding and images
Your hosting server is configured to help with load time as well – via GZIP compression and caching
Website design and content are optimized for search engines (for more detail on what’s included with this, see our SEO page)
Website design and content are optimized for browsing by people with disabilities (text-only browsing)
Unlimited pages created for you (when you provide the bulk of the written content)
Simple contact form, or other simple web forms (five fields or less with validation)

Optional Website Development Features

Below are some other features you may want with your website.

Image Galleries
Complex Web Forms (those that require more than five fields, or extensive verification)
Google Analytics (Allows you to track traffic on your website)
Google Adsense for Content (to be placed on your blog for added revenue potential)
PayPal Donation/Buy Now Buttons, for small scale selling (10 products or less – requires you to have a PayPal Account)*
Hosting (provided through a reputable third party, to ensure the best service possible)
Domain Registration (we’ll advise you on where/how to setup your domain name)
Need something else that isn’t listed here? No problem, just say so when you talk to us.

*If you are planning on selling a wide variety of products that change often, we recommend using our E-Commerce design service and opening your own e-commerce website. E-commerce website provide greater flexibility and are easier to use than making Buy Now buttons for each product you want to sell, the stores can also utilize payments made via PayPal along with many other services.

Ready to get started on your website project?

If you’re ready to get started on your project, you can visit me on oDesk, or find out how to hire me on a contract.