Professional Web Design Services in West Lothian.
Pixelbox Design is primarily a website design company that specialise in clean accessible web design that complies with the international web design standards laid down by W3C (the people who created the World Wide Web).
Your business's website is one of your most important sales tools. A well designed and visually impressive website can provide instant credibility. In the same way as a badly designed or templated site can alienate potential customers. As in all industries, you get what you pay for in web design, beware of companies offering websites for a few hundred pounds
A website that works hard for your business and presents a professional image of your business to hundreds of thousands of potential customers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year requires a lot of careful and skilled planning and development to produce effective results, but obviously in todays financial climate every business is looking for cost savings and maximum ROI
Pixelbox Design can produce a web presence for your business that creates a professional image on the web with impact, positive user experience, intelligently laid out with intuitive navigation and cross platform compatibility, and we take pride in being able to deliver professional world class web design and management services, whilst keeping our costs at an absloute minimum due mainly to a couple of factors - We are a family owned and operated business operating from our own home which keeps our staffing, property and travel costs low. We also adhere to the principles of Sustainable Web Design which greatly reduces our business overheads.
Open Source Web Design Software
Pixelbox Design always use Open Source web design software. Open Source is software that is developed by lots of people and is distributed for free on the internet. Open Source software covers a variety of web design applications including blogging software and e-commerce or shopping cart software. Pixelbox Design are familiar with the following:
- ModX - An extremely powerful Open Source Content Management System, ModX is updated frequently by a worldwide team of developers and is freely available to the public.
- Cubecart - This is a free E-Commerce shopping cart application that literally has everything you need to be selling online.
- Paypal - Is becoming one of the most popular and safe methods of sending and receiving money via the internet. Pixelbox Design have experience with integrating and managing Paypal.
- Google Checkout - A direct rival to Paypal, Google Checkout is Google's offering to paying online. Pixelbox Design are able to integrate Google Checkout into static and e-commerce web sites.
Web Site Accessibility
Another Extremely important consideration to think about when choosing a web design company is accessibility and usability. Modern Internet Browsers and web site coding allow web sites to be developed to allow users to:
- Increase the font size on your web site.
- Narrate the text on your web site.
- Navigate around the site with Back & Forward buttons.
Whilst all of the above factors should be taken for granted when you choose a web design company, the unfortunate fact is that you can’t. Ensure that accessibility and ‘Cross Platform’ support is an important issue for your chosen web designers.
Web Design Coding Compliance & Standards
W3C (The World Wide Web Consortium) is the governing body of the web. W3C set out guidelines and offer verification tools to ensure that your web-site is built using Industry Standard coding. The W3C also govern a variety of other coding languages such as XML, SOAP and SSML to name a few. Web Designers who follow the guidelines set out by the W3C can expect their web sites to benefit from:
- Considerably Better Search Engine Rankings.
- Universal Browser Compatibility.
- Better accessibility for disabled viewers or people using older hardware/software.
The two main W3C standards that Pixelbox Design practice are XHTML and CSS. Click here to see if your web site has been constructed to the coding standards set out by the W3C or click here to verify this page that you are viewing.
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