Frank MacDonald offers a wide range of quality web related services.
Consultation
There are many things to think about before approaching a web designer. People often don't know what to include on a website, how to get a domain name, how to get hosting space and what it will all cost. It can be quite overwhelming.
A website can be much more than simply a method of delivering information. I can help you and your staff understand how a website can become a valuable source of new business opportunities and sales. I can show you how using established website marketing tactics can make your website a profitable marketing tool for you in terms of return on investment. If your company does not have an e-marketing strategy, I can develop one for you that will provide measurable results.
I can help you understand how to get your website online, what web hosting is, what type of web hosting you will need, cost implications, what content should be displayed on your website, how many pages you need, what images you need and where to get them, ecommerce implications, taking online credit card payments and any other queries you may have.
Logo Design
The logo is an integral part of a company's identity. Whether you are starting a new business or looking to revamp your image, I can help you portray the true character of your business and make your company stand out from the rest of the crowd with a unique custom logo design. I specialise in the design of corporate identity and brand image ensuring any previous work undertaken on branding and identity is used to best effect.
Static Website Design
A static website is the simplest way to showcase your product or business online. It is the least costly and least time consuming type of website to set up. However, making changes to static websites requires web programming knowledge. Static websites are typically used in situations where the content will not be updated often and little or no user interaction will occur.
Dynamic (Database Driven) Website Design
Larger websites often require the use of a database. Dynamic pages provide the visitor with access to products or information in many different formats. The data is searchable allowing the web site to becoming more than just a collection of pages and images. For example, Add new products or a new article to the database and see it appear on the web site in real time. Make changes to prices or descriptions and change images as you please from one central management area.
Wordpress Theme Design
WordPress is a popular open source blog publishing application powered by PHP and MySQL which can also be used as a powerful content management system. I provide unique high quality WordPress theme design tailored to suit your organisation's needs. If you already have a website and are looking to integrate a blog I can mimic your websites current design for flawless integration.
phpBB Theme Design
phpBB is a popular Internet forum package written in the PHP scripting language. The name "phpBB" is an abbreviation of PHP Bulletin Board. I provide unique high quality phpBB theme design tailored to suit your organisation's needs. If you already have a website and are looking to integrate a bulletin board I can mimic your websites current design for flawless integration.
Search engine optimization (SEO)
Search engine optimization is the process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via "natural" or un-paid ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results as opposed to search engine marketing (SEM) which deals with paid inclusion. As an Internet marketing strategy, SEO considers how search engines work and what people search for. Optimizing a website primarily involves editing its content and associated coding to both increase its relevance to specific keywords and to remove barriers to the indexing activities of search engines.