Web design company for businesses in Canada

Start with who will update the site and how often. WordPress suits a team that publishes regularly and wants to edit most of the site itself. Its choice of plugins gives you flexibility, though someone will need to keep them and the platform updated for security. An adapted template can suit a straightforward brief, provided the layout is reworked around your actual content.

A hosted builder such as Wix, Squarespace or Webflow suits a small site that an owner wants to manage alone. You give up some control over code and speed, and moving away later can mean rebuilding the site. That trade-off is worth considering before you put substantial content into a builder.

A custom front end paired with a separate content editor suits a site that needs speed and frequent editing, although there are more moving parts to host and maintain. We recommend WordPress or a custom Next.js site after learning how your team works, so the choice follows your editing needs.

PIPEDA governs how private-sector organisations collect, use and disclose personal information in commercial activity; Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec have substantially similar private-sector laws. For enquiry forms, we set up the fields and privacy information around the information you collect and how you use it.

For commercial electronic messages, CASL requires consent, sender identification with a current mailing address and an unsubscribe mechanism. We set up a consent field and the sender and unsubscribe details for your mailing process.

In Ontario, AODA applies website accessibility requirements to businesses and non-profits with 50 or more employees. Where it applies, we plan and test the public site against WCAG 2.0 Level AA, subject to the stated exceptions for live captions and pre-recorded audio descriptions.

Examples of websites you like and dislike are useful when you include a short reason for each choice.

• Brand filesYour logo in SVG, AI or EPS, plus colours and fonts, or a note that these still need creating.
• PrioritiesA ranked list of the services or products you want to feature.
• Account accessLogin details for your domain, hosting, email, analytics and Search Console, or the name of the person who holds them.
• PhotographyReal images of your team, premises and finished work; book a photo shoot ahead if you need one.
• Enquiry goalDecide if you want quote requests, applications or calls, and who will handle each.

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  Designing with placeholder copy

  Bring real headings and paragraphs into the layouts early, since their length can change how a page fits.

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  Choosing the platform first

  Decide who will update the site and how often before settling on the editing system.

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  Reviewing only on a large screen

  Check every page on a phone, including the content and the route to contact you.

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  Leaving search checks until after launch

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