UK based web design
We create responsive websites that work beautifully on all devices.
Brochure web design
Just need something simple to tell people what you do?
Our brochure websites are fully responsive, feature-rich and give you a solid foundation to build upon. Below you’ll find the pages and features we include with our brochure sites.
Home page
Every website needs a home page, it’s the first page visitors land on when they visit your domain name.
About page
Your about page is where you tell visitors more about your company and what you stand for.
Products & services
You should have a page for each product or service, highlighting the features and benefits.
FAQs
Visitors may have questions, a frequently asked questions page can help them find the answers.
Portfolio
Visitors may want to see examples of your work, a portfolio page is where you would showcase them.
Testimonials
Visitors may want to see reviews from customers, a testimonial page is where you would show them.
Blog
Your blog is an opportunity to help your visitors. Give them free tips on a subject they need help with.
Contact
This is where you tell visitors how to contact you. Include a form and map to show your location.
Privacy policy
This is where you tell website users how you will process their personal data and comply with GDPR.
Terms & conditions
This is where you tell customers about the terms and conditions relating to your business activities.
Brochure website features to include…
Booking web design
Want to automate your scheduling processes?
Our booking website service enables you to take online bookings, with or without payments, for your services. It saves you managing your diary manually off-site, leaving you to concentrate on running your business.
Team
Unlimited number of team members with individual schedules, prices, and ability to manage their online booking calendar.
Services
Unlimited number of services which can be grouped into different categories and colours for easier calendar viewing.
Synchronised
2-way synchronisation with Google calendar which will automatically reflect all bookings processed via your website.
Payments
The ability to accept full and part payments for any of your bookable services using a safe and secure online payment gateway.
Booking websites are ideal for…
Catalogue web design
Want to display products without online payments?
Our catalogue website service enables you to display your products, much like an online shop, but without the checkout and payment facility. It’s great for more expensive items, or those that have a more complicated sales process.
Unlimited listings
WordPress can handle anything from one listing to thousands.
Listing categories
Neatly divide your listings into easy to navigate categories.
Listing variables
Display listing variations such as size, colour, location and more.
Search & filter
Enable visitors to search and filter listings for ease of use.
Catalogue websites are ideal for…
Blog design
Want to keep your website visitors up to date?
Our blog design service enables you to share posts with your readers and followers. Discover the benefits of using WordPress as your blog platform below.
Blog specialists
WordPress started out as a blogging platform and continues to lead the way in the blogosphere.
Posts / articles
Add an unlimited number of posts to your blog using the WordPress content management system.
Categories
Keep your posts organised and easy for visitors to find by assigning them into categories.
Plugins
There are tens of thousands of plugins available to extend the functionality of your blog.
Marketing
WordPress is very SEO friendly and can easily connect to your social media accounts.
Monetise
Want to get paid? It’s easy to monetise your blog via Google AdSense or affiliate links.
Blogging is ideal for…
Landing page design
Just want a single page to encourage enquiries?
A landing page can act as a simple holding page to display while you create your full website, or you can use multiple landing pages as part of a paid Google or social media ad campaign to generate leads and drive conversions.
Holding page
Ditch the “Coming Soon” page for something that can generate immediate enquiries.
Google ads
Display targeted landing pages for each keyword or phrase you are bidding on.
Social ads
Display targeted landing pages for each social platform you are advertising on.
Newsletters
Use a landing page to encourage users to subscribe to your newsletter.
Events
Use a landing page to encourage people to attend your event.
Product launch
Use a landing page to tell people about a new product you’ve launched.
Landing pages should include…
Why should you choose Red Website Design?
Creative
We stay up to date with all the latest web design trends. You can be sure your site will look modern up against your competitors.
High-quality
A number of our clients have won awards for the website we have created for them. We can help you stand out in your sector too.
Established
We’re in our 10th year of business. You can relax knowing we’ll be around to support you and your business for the next 10 years.
Experienced
We’ve created more than 3,000 websites across a wide range of sectors. We have the experience to help you achieve your goals.
Trustworthy
With more than 500 positive reviews across Google and Which Web Design Company, you can rest easy knowing you’re in safe hands.
Multiskilled
We aren’t just web designers, we’re marketers too. Save yourself the headache of dealing with multiple digital suppliers.
Knowledgable
We stay up to date with all the latest web design, Google and marketing news, leaving you to concentrate on running your business.
Communicators
Being UK based we are able to communicate in your language and in your time zone. Relax knowing we have you covered.
Web design essentials
What else do you need to operate a website?
Domain name
How to choose the right domain name
Your website address is the first thing a visitor will see, before they’ve even landed on your home page, so it needs to be a good one. We cover the basics of choosing the right domain name for your business below.
Short
The shorter the domain name the easier it is for potential customers to remember.
Pronounceable
The easier your domain name is to pronounce the more memorable it becomes.
Brandable
Make sure your domain name sounds like a brand. Steer clear of exact match keywords.
Local
If you are UK based try to register a .co.uk domain name, it’s what people in the UK recognise.
Our packages include…
Website hosting
You only have 3 seconds to keep your visitors
If your pages don’t load in that time you can kiss goodbye to that potential customer. That’s why it’s important to choose a fast and reliable website hosting service. Below we walk you through how we can help with that.
Fast
Powered by Google cloud, our sites run across one of the world’s fastest networks.
SSL
Our websites come with Let’s Encypt SSL, so your customer’s data is safe and secure.
Uptime
Google cloud servers come with an extremeley reliable 99.95% uptime.
Backups
We take daily backups of your site and store them for 30 days.
Server speed optimisations include…
Website copywriting
Keep it short, sharp and to the point
With the average online user’s attention span at an all time low of just 8 seconds you need to ensure your website copy is divided into short, sharp sections to achieve success.
Headline
Make sure your opening line makes people want to read further down the page.
Short sentences
Don’t lose customer interest with long, boring sentences. Keep it short to keep them interested.
Highlight benefits
Listing features is good, but explaining the benefits will supercharge your conversion rate.
Call to action
Make sure your users understand what action you’d like them to take next.
The pages we can write copy for…
Website images
Draw attention and trigger emotion using images
Visuals can be used to capture attention and trigger emotions that help you convince your visitors to buy from you. We’ve hand picked a few stats to demonstrate this below.
90%
90% of the information processed by the human brain is visual.
80%
80% of people remember what they see, compared to 20% of what they read.
20-28%
Most website visitors only read 20-28% of the words on a web page.
55%
55% of website visitors spend less than 15 seconds actively reading content.
The images we can provide…
Website maintenance
You can’t fire and forget in web design
Things change very quickly in the world of web design. One minute your site is up to date, the next it could be a security risk. We highlight some of the biggest risks you might come across when running an unmaintained site below.
Weak passwords
Whether it’s your own server or CMS passwords, or those of your website users, weak passwords leave an open door to your site.
Software vulnerabilities
Out of date software could be missing vital security patches, leaving your site vulnerable to attack by a hacker.
SQL injection
SQL injection is a security vulnerability that allows a hacker to access hidden database information.
XSS attacks
XSS attacks inject malicious JavaScript into web pages viewed by other users.
How we can help maintain your site…
Web design case studies
A few examples of previous web design work.
What’s included in our web design packages?
Bespoke design
Our talented designers will create something unique that makes you stand out from your competition.
Unlimited revisions
Request as many revisions as you like, our designers won’t let you go live until you are 100% happy with it.
Responsive design
Your site will respond to the device being used, providing a first-class mobile experience for your visitors.
Edit anytime
Edit your design and content any time you like using the free WordPress content management system.
Logo design
We can include a free stock logo with any web design package. Everything you need to get your business online.
Free optimisation
Want your website to be found on Google? We will optimise your site for your target keywords and phrases.
Fast & reliable
There’s nothing more frustrating than a slow website. We provide fast hosting to keep your visitors happy.
Domain & email
If you haven’t already arranged your domain and email we can provide that for you, or you can use your own.
Website design resources
All the help you need with your next web design project.
Marketing services we offer
SEO
We can help you get your website ranked higher on Google. That’s more targeted website traffic and sales enquiries.
Social media
We can build and manage your social media presence, leaving you to concentrate on growing your business.
Blogging
We can keep your business blog up to date with regular news, views and tips. That’s more website traffic and leads for you.
Email marketing
We can create and send email campaigns on your behalf. Let us keep your customers up to date with your latest offers.
Questions to ask a web designer
Some basic questions you should ask a potential web designer.
Your web designer doesn’t have to be local to you, but it is usually beneficial to use a company who is located in the same country.
Different working hours can cause delays which could lead to frustration if there’s a problem with your site.
No one wants to use a web designer that will be there one day and gone the next, so try to use someone that is well established.
We often receive enquiries from clients who had used someone just starting out but their project didn’t get finished as their designer had disappeared.
Always make sure you take a look at a web designer’s previous work to see what experience they have.
- Do you like the style of the sites they show you?
- Have they worked within the same sector before?
If they don’t have a portfolio it may be because they are just starting out.
Ask your web designer if they provide you with a bespoke service based on your requirements, or a template already created that anyone else can use.
The latter may well be cheaper, but if you’re looking to stand out you will want to ensure your site doesnt look exactly like a competitor.
Using a competitor as inspiration to create your own bespoke site is a good idea, but copying them is not.
This helps you to understand how you will get your ideas across and then end up with the finished result.
- How do you submit your design brief to them?
- How do you send them your website content?
- Can you make changes if you don’t like something?
You need to understand how easy to use it will be for you to manage moving forwards. Will you be able to edit your website content yourself, or will it be complicated so even minor changes require the help of a designer?
Another factor to consider is what happens in the future if you want to move to a new supplier. Is the platform transferrable between different website hosts, or is it a fully hosted service that can’t be moved?
More questions that lead on from this one:
- Is the platform regularly updated?
- Is it secure?
- What features does it offer?
- Is it SEO friendly?
Make sure you fully understand the solution you are looking at. As your business advances, will your platform advance with you, or will you need to start over again?
Every website needs a domain name – that’s your website address that appears in the browser – it’s how your visitors will find you.
You can easily register your own domain with a multitude of online domain companies, but sometimes it’s good to use a designer that does the lot for you.
All websites need hosting to be visible online. Your site files and database need to be stored on a (fast!) server in order to available to your customers.
Does your web designer also provide hosting? If so, who do they host with? How reliable is that website host?
Ask to see some other websites they host and see how fast they load to get an idea of the speed you can expect.
If you’re not web savvy you’ll no doubt need support at some point in the future after your new site goes live.
So, it’s important to understand whether you are just purchasing a design template, or whether your web designer will be there to support you throughout your website ownership journey.
Do they provide a support contract that allows you to contact them and ask for help working the content management system, or if you see an error on your site and don’t know how to fix it?
There’s no point owning a website if nobody can find it!
If you’re not an internet marketing whizz you’ll need help getting your website seen. A new site doesnt just land on the first page of Google, it needs a lot of work.
- Does your web designer have experience with SEO (the process of ranking higher on Google)?
- Are they creating your site in SEO and mobile friendly formats?
- Can they help you build a presence on social media?