WEBSITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduction
An online presence is more important than ever before. Customers more than often turn to the web to find products and services before looking elsewhere. That's why having a website is crucial to any business' success. Searchlight can help you get a place on the web, with a professional and cost effective service. We can take your site from initial ideas and sketches right through to final delivery.
Web Design
Design is the single most important factor to consider when producing a website. It is the first impressions of a site that can decide whether a customer stays or moves on. Searchlight has been designing websites for nearly ten years, over which time they produced a wide range of styled websites. As well as designing in house we regularly use specialist freelance designer's whos artistic flare and creativity can give your site a truly unique appearance.
Development
Once the visuals are finalised, we build the website using a range of technologies and programming languages, depending on the application. The end result is a professional representation of your business on the Internet. We can even host your site and sort your domain name out, and perform advanced Search Engine Optimisation on the site.
As well as designing and producing websites, we can also take on custom development work and bespoke programming. We have industry experience in the majority of web languages and can undertake a wide range of projects. Technologies include (but are not limited to) ASP, PHP, Flash ActionScript, Visual Basic, SQL, SEO, HTML, CSS, XHTML, XML, SOAP, Perl (CGI) and AJAX.
Case Study - Langham Hall Stud website
Langham Hall stud is a new race horse stud located in Newmarket. Searchlight were asked to create a fresh but simple website to co-inside with the opening of this new and exciting business.
The brief was to create a site that would showcase the extensive facilities the stud has compared to its many competitors in the Newmarket area, along with clear and comprehensive directions and contact details for the Stud.
Recently, the site was expanded to include details of horse and foal sales at the Stud, along with biographies, photos and details on the sales.
Jump: www.langhamhallstud.com
Case Study - Headland Agrochemicals Website
Searchlight was employed by Saffron Walden based Headland Agrochemicals to re-do their ageing website. Key to the website was allowing Headlands customers instant access to a library of technical data and safety information sheets.
We developed a site built around that library, with a user friendly interface that was kept as simple as possible. This powerful feature has cut Headlands print-based manual requirements in half. The site is also hosted on Searchlights own UK based webservers.
The site has since been developed further, with a searchable and printable Chemical Compatibility Matrix, again successfully replacing an out of date paper based system.
Jump: www.headland-ag.co.uk