Handcoder.co.uk
Bespoke Hand-Coded Design
Hand-coded websites are suited to people that want a clean but effective website and value their investment. Hand coding does not rely on pre-built templates content management applications, so your designer has ultimate control over the code that structures the website. The layout of the website is constructed with CSS and HTML rather than tables, which allows for a fully optimised and more flexible design concept.
Design updates and changes are quick and easy in CSS layouts because design attributes are shared across pages and controlled from style sheets. This is a huge advantage over WSIWYG software. For example, moving a design element such as a "side bar" from the left hand side of the web page to the right hand side of the page, would require a simple code change in the style sheet. The change would be applied to all affected pages on the website instantly. In WYSIWYG software, you would be required to change the HTML code on every affected page of the website. This job could take hours depending on how many pages you had to update.
Using a hand-coded layout with CSS and HTML provides a great number of advantages over using a tables-based layout. Pages are much more search engine friendly because there is no extraneous HTML code for the search engine spider to sort through in front of the web page content. This increases the chances of having your website ranking highly for your targeted keywords on the search engines. Reduced HTML mark-up also provides much faster download times for all users, but especially those that are using dial-up internet connections or mobile devices (PDA's, Pocket PC's, SmartPhones, etc.) to browse the internet.
Hand coded websites also provide improved accessibility for people using assistive technologies to browse the internet by adding elements such as link titles and "alt" attributes to images. The reduced mark-up also makes navigating much easier for this group of users.
No more geek-speak!
In simple English... I can design a clean and simple website for your business using the very latest internet technology.
I will optimise your website and submit your web address to all the most popular search engines to ensure that you get maximum exposure as quickly as possible.
I will host your website on one of my two powerful dedicated servers and register your chosen domain name.
And if you have opted for a managed project, I will update your website content for you as often as may be required.