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  • Did you get what you paid for?

    June 18th, 2010 by Shane Keys

    “Did you get what you paid for” is a question that pops into my head quite a lot lately, I have been searching around the internet to get ideas for design and just to get a feel for who’s out there and have noticed that the majority of websites I land on are either out of date or very poorly designed. The problem is that many victims of a poorly designed website do not notice this because of normal lack of knowledge, its not their fault.

    It makes me wonder how much these ‘victims’ paid their designer for their website and if they have even made break even on that investment.

    A website in many cases is the first impression your future customer may have on your business and with a poorly constructed website design is going to speak louder than words on how professional your service is, although we don’t like to admit it but people do judge the book by its cover.

    Because every business is unique in its own way it deserves a unique website to express your key points as well as having all the standard features a modern website should have, for example a website that is easy to find what your customer is looking for, have your contact details located in a place that gets noticed, using a simple but effective design & layout.

    At Swift Design Solutions we spend the first day of the job doing research in both your business, your competitors, what your customers expect from you and rather than just skim the surface we do a full brainstorm of your business before we even think about a design, then with the information that we have gathered we can then begin design of your very own unique website design that is guaranteed to be effective for your business.

    All our work follows XHTML & CSS standards which means your website will be viewable on all major browsers and easy to make changes when needed.

    If you are interested in getting any more information about our services give us a call or contact us with a convenient time to call you.

    Can I save money using website templates versus a custom website?

    June 15th, 2010 by Shane Keys

    “Can I save money using website templates versus a custom website?”

    Please for your own sake; don’t even think about!

    You may not even find a template where the artwork is appealing but many a cost conscious business owner has enlisted his nephew, friend or employee who’s done some web coding only to find months and months and dollars and dollars later the website doesn’t work. Professional web designers guarantee delivery and performance.

    Custom logos, letterhead, business cards, favacons and other forms of branding are only available with custom sites.

    Your customers want to find the information they are after without a lot of reading and after only a few clicks. If they do not find what they want within seconds they will leave your site and never return. You only have one chance to make a good impression. The design does not stand alone; it is the synergy between the graphic interface, navigation and database that creates an effective site. Your website can and will be your most cost effective advertising. It should be constructed so that it is search engine friendly.

    Other factors to consider include: plan for the future; ‘scalability’ means a site is designed for future expansion; additional products, volume or features can be added at nominal cost as budgets allow.

    How will you keep the content updated? A content management system (CMS) is highly recommended.

    For more information on this topic please contact us.

    Why pay Hundreds of dollars for CMS when WordPress is FREE!

    June 11th, 2010 by Shane Keys

    This is a question I ask myself time and time again:

    “Why are people paying hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars on a CMS (content management system) when WordPress offers the same (and in most cases more) features and add-ons.”

    WordPress is a breeze for website designers to implement their own themes and probably has the biggest resources database in the world of CMS.

    The favorite feature about WordPress has to be the SEO (search engine optimization) that WordPress offers. For example, previous CMS programs that I have used, when creating new pages they would give your page a number or leave you with a masive url link, e.g: mysite.com/page?=12 or mysite.com/html/access/index/newpage/01/index.php.

    Basically searchengines just over look these pages because they don’t prove that the link would be useful, with WordPress it is simple and all pages have a relative link to the given title for example: mysite.com/contact-us/

    Another great feature with WordPress is because there are well over 1,000,000 (yes One Million) live websites implementing WordPress CMS they have been able to fine-tune everything from their design to bugs and errors, to create the easiest admin area that even a total newbie to computers could get use to.

    Designed for bloggers and recent updating websites WordPress has you covered in every way possible with thousands of free blogging templates at your finger tips and if you are after a unique design for your website then I can help reach your perfect needs in a design that suits your business or personal style.

    If you would like a go at your own WordPress blog contact us and we can either point you in the right direction, or get your own unique presence on the web.

    30 thin fonts that shouldn’t be free!

    June 9th, 2010 by Shane Keys

    Thin and Light fonts are font types good for alternative logo design. However, looking for a good thin and light font for free is so hard because most of them is just for commercial using. I love them so much and I would like to share with you a list of 30 thin and light fonts. They’re beautiful. Furthermore, I love them because they are free.

    TrendexLightSSi Font

    Gauntlet Thin Font

    FF Dagny OT Thin

    Asenine Super Thin

    Walkway Typface

    Steiner

    Circled

    GatsbyFLF Font

    DISCO by Typografski

    Love Sick

    Canaletto Thin

    AlexandriaFLF

    Logarde Thin

    District Thin

    Madawaska ExtraLight

    Quilline Script Thin

    id-Kaze2OT-Light

    Quicksand Thin in Quicksand Family

    Bauhaus Light

    Zarautz Light

    Existence Light

    Partridge-Thin

    Lapland Light

    Eurofurence Light

    Square Unique, Thin

    ContextRepriseLightSSi

    SoleaLight

    Rockwell Light

    KeyboardLightSSi

    Serifa Th BT Thin

    Want some extra cash?

    June 3rd, 2010 by Shane Keys

    We at Swift Design Solutions have thought of an easy way to help you get some extra cash for doing nothing but recommending us to a friend or business partner.

    You personally might not need a website because you have nothing that you want promoted online, but there may be a chance that you know someone who could benefit from a website, maybe they are starting a new venture or simply business is slower than normal or maybe you know a organisation that could benefit with a online presence to share upcoming events.

    We cannot possibly know everyone who could benefit from our services and that is where you can come in!

    “So whats in it for me?” you are probably thinking, well Swift Design Solutions is prepared to give you NZ$100 CASH or a check for every client you send our way. Pretty easy money if you already know someone interested isn’t it!

    If this does sound like an opportunity you would be interested in contact us and we will send you all the details.

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