Core Facts

  1. Professional web design says a lot about your company and the image you want to project – hence quality | dated website design is known to be damaging for enterprises.
  2. artViper designstudio believes in clear professional web design, accessibility, razor sharp graphic design, world class photography, color coordination, easy navigation, cross browser compatibility, fast loading & most of all great functionality which can include flash videos, AJAX framework integration, call to action elements and many others.
  3. Corporate web design is not only about vistor experience and answering questions quick, it’s also about absolute attention to creative thinking & technical excellence.
  4. Businesses need to consider the stability of their corporate webdesign agency partners, the ability of the programmer & delivery speed at equal importance to value. Furthermore corporations should always aim to keep their websites as accessible as possible to not lock out impaired people. Many major players are failing in achieving this goal and even do not have a validated page – loads of html and css errors which can lead to poor presentation in some browsers.
  5. 1. Check the webdesign’s companies own page for accessibility, html / css errors
  6. 2. Don’t get fooled by a nice design only, check what kind of menus they use ( e.g. flash menus are really bad ), how their presentation is structured, how the page looks in different browsers and if the functionality provided works flawlessly
  7. 3. If you have a good webmaster or IT guru aboard, let him check simple things like input fields etc. against SQL injections, XSS vulnerabilities and alike.
  8. 4. Full services agencies can offer a lot of things at once, but not all are top in all fields, so make sure you get some specialists for the job you have in mind.
  9. 5. Don’t overpay, but plan in a realistic budget. In webdesign it’s like in many other jobs – you get what you pay for. Don’t expect a hobby coder to deliver a website for 500$ that can cope with a professional designed & coded corporate website which might costs 10.000$ and more.
  10. 6. No traffic = no business – conduct traffic research for all phrases that relate to your niche
  11. 7. Conduct Competitive Research – know the strength & weak spots of your competitors before engaging in the design process. If you do not know how to do this, get yourself support from a professional web marketer.
  12. 8. Can you lead your web niche – do not contend in a well established web niche with a leader & underdog without serious advice.
  13. 9. On Page SEO planning – get advice from an search engine marketer as on page factors may have impact on your rank & cost you more in future.
  14. more about this issue can be read on artViper(tm) designstudios – corporate website design guide