Web design and development for Adelaide businesses

Start with editing. WordPress suits a team that expects to change a lot of content itself. A custom Next.js site offers faster pages and tighter security, and it can still have an editor. It also suits a design that needs freedom from template limits; structural changes generally need a developer.

A hosted builder such as Wix, Squarespace or Webflow suits a small site you want to run on your own. The trade-off is less control over the code and speed. Moving away from the builder later can mean rebuilding the site, so consider who will maintain it as well as who will make the first edits.

We recommend a platform after learning how your team works. Tell us which pages you expect to update, who will make changes and where you want freedom to alter the structure. That gives us a practical basis for choosing an approach you can manage after launch.

Australia’s digital accessibility guidelines recommend WCAG 2.2 at a minimum of Level AA. We agree an accessibility target in your brief and use it to guide the page layouts and forms we build. Set that target before design starts, so it can inform decisions about the site throughout the work. The W3C encourages using the latest version of its guidelines.

Some small health service businesses are covered by the Privacy Act regardless of turnover. For a clinic’s build, we set up a privacy policy page and keep the information requested in enquiry forms under review with you.

Decide who will gather and write the content as early as you can.

• Your logo in SVG, AI or EPS format, plus brand colours and fonts, or a note that these still need creating.
• A ranked list of the services or products you want to feature.
• Sites you like and dislike, with a short reason for each choice.
• Photos of your team, premises and finished work; book a photo shoot ahead if needed.
• Your site goal and the person who will handle each kind of enquiry.
• Case studies, permitted client logos, testimonials, certifications and memberships in a folder.

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  Copying every old page

  Keep clear service pages that visitors can scan and your team can maintain.

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  Putting accounts in someone else’s name

  Hold the domain and hosting accounts in your business’s name and grant access.

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  Leaving search setup until launch

  Check page titles, the sitemap and any development indexing block before the site goes live.

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  Designing around placeholder text

  Bring real headings and paragraphs into the layouts early, before their length disrupts a finished design.