Frequently Asked Questions on Website Design

All our hosting packages come with free registration of a domain name if you do not already have one and this is renewed automatically, giving you peace of mind that your domain name will remain yours. If you have already registered a domain name and have a web-host, we will upload your finished website to your existing web-space. Please see our Web-hosting page for details.

Certainly. Costs vary depending on the complexity of the design and your requirements. We will be happy to discuss your requirements with you. We also offer a free, no obligation health-check for existing websites.

Yes we can. We can advise you on how to register with with an online credit card transaction company or a merchant bank which will give you access to secure server in order for you to take credit card orders online. We can advise on the various options available to you. We can configure your online shop to take secure payments

Each website is unique. The cost of your website will depend on the complexity of the design and your requirements. We have a starter packages tailored for the small business. Please visit the starter web design page for more details. All websites from Chadwick Design are Bespoke, and they may be tailored to your requirements or budget.

The only fixed expense involved in maintaining your site is the yearly cost of web-hosting. If you wish to add content, images or add pages to the site we can make these changes as regularly as you wish. Our fee for website maintenance is based on an hourly rate. Alterations can be sent to us via email, standard post or fax.
The search engines like websites which are regularly updated, so we advise you to have a content management system to enable you to add text and images yourself regularly.
If you are too busy to maintain your website yourself, then why not consider one of our maintenance packages and leave the job to us, leaving yourself free to do what you do best ... running your business!

We provide a personal service, with one designer looking after your project throughout and support only a phone call away. We have over 24 years of experience in graphic design and web-building, so we know how to create a site which will get your business noticed. We do not use templates, so your design will be created especially for you. Equally importantly, we are experienced in building sites which are accessible and easy to use.

We submit your site to Search Engines. All web pages designed by Chadwick Design are optimised to maximise your website's chance of achieving a high ranking with search engines. This includes complete meta tag generation, along with appropriate page titles and page descriptions. Page design and layout are planned to optimise your website's searchability. We also offer you free advice on things you can do to get your website noticed.

Yes you can have both these things. Your own images, photographs and existing logo can be scanned for inclusion on your website. Custom graphics and logo design are available from us. We also have access to an extensive library of "stock images" to enhance the appearance of your web page. Please discuss your requirements with us.

The choice is entirely yours. If you already have an idea of how you wish your website to look, we can provide a design based on your ideas. If you prefer, you may leave the design ideas entirely to us. Before we begin, we will discuss the image you wish your business to project and the how you wish the site to function. You will be able to view the progress of our design for your website online and give us feedback on how our design progresses. You website will not go "live" until you are entirely happy with it.

Content management systems are websites driven by a database, which enable the site owner to update their website themselves with their own text and images. They are simple to use, and do not require any web knowledge. Photos and taxt are uploaded to your site from an admin consol online.
More advanced content management systems also allow visitors to interact with the website. They may allow membership login, for example, or blogs or a forum.
Read more on content management websites.