Designer Websites are a website development and website design company based in Cardiff, South Wales. Our Microsoft Certified, professionally educated website development team create systems using the Microsoft Platform and can build solutions of any complexity ranging from small ecommerce websites to price comparison websites, travel reservation systems, hotel booking systems and intranets.

Website design & website development – is there a difference?

Yes, there is a difference. The term website design is most often used to describe the creation of small websites which can often be completed by graphic designers. However, website development is used to describe more complex developments which usually include elements such as a database or program code that make up business rules for controlling websites and their visitors; for example, an ecommerce website, an Intranet or comparison website would be developed by a website developer with knowledge of software engineering. Website development can also be used to describe the cycle of completing a website from the planning, design, creating and implementation.

Whilst a graphic designer can create a website for your business, if you want a quality solution that can be easily maintained and is search engine optimised, you will require a website developer.

What can our developers do?

Our website development team is comprised of professionally educated developers with backgrounds in many different sectors ranging from travel systems, financial services and government backed sectors.

We are well versed in:

• ASP.Net
• .Net Technologies
• Web Services
• Database Design
• XML
• XSLT
• XHTML
• AJAX

Why are our developers so good?

Our solutions are designed with Object Orientated design principles (OOP) in mind and follow the latest technologies and industry trends. Good Object Orientated design from the beginning of a website development project is essential in building a solution that is robust, easy to maintain and can grow with your business by minimising the cost of future changes to your solution. Our web applications are Enterprise, which means they can cope with increased website traffic and transactions without a drop in service levels once your website begins to thrive.

Security is a big concern for many ecommerce websites and our team are skilled in creating a website that closes a lot of the security holes that are apparent in many existing ecommerce solutions. Our tried and tested methodologies ensure that your website is safe from attacks such as SQL injection attacks, query string tampering and cross side scripting attacks that are just some of the techniques frequently used by hackers in order to obtain sensitive information from your website.

We have been developing web based solutions for business ever since browsers were invented and before that we worked on Windows based systems. We have worked on a tremendous number of solutions over the years ranging from small business websites through to extremely large corporate solutions, giving us a very broad spectrum of skills and knowledge.

How do we do it?

To design your solution, we can either use the Agile Development approach or the conventional software development lifecycle approach. In the early stages of conception our development team will draft a concept of the proposed solution making use of wireframe diagrams. Once an agreed concept has been drafted, work can begin and the solution will quickly take shape. As early in the project as possible, a test version of the solution will be made available on our test servers so you can watch the solution grow into completion and make informed decisions about the system functionality.

Where high level project management is required we utilise our in house project manager who is Prince 2 trained and has experience in running projects from small business solutions to large enterprise solutions.

We also have in house designers to make the website look professional and assist you with your corporate image.

If you require a complex website solution and would like to know more, our website developers can discuss your requirements further and establish what technology would be required to implement your ideal solution. Please call us on 0845 272 6813 for a free no obligation consultation.