Web design Edmonton businesses can update

A hosted builder such as Wix, Squarespace or Webflow suits a small site you want to run on your own. It keeps the editing work with you, though you have less control over code and speed, and moving away later can mean rebuilding the site. Consider who will make changes before choosing a tool.

WordPress suits a team that edits content often. A custom Next.js site offers faster pages and tighter security, with more freedom over the design; it can still include an editor. Structural changes to a custom-coded site generally suit a team happy to involve a developer when the page structure needs to change.

Start with the editing routine. Tell us who will update the site, what they need to change and how often. We recommend WordPress or Next.js after understanding how your team works, so the choice reflects the work you expect to do after launch as well as the design you need at the start.

Alberta has its own private-sector privacy law, substantially similar to the federal rules. When your site collects personal information, plan what the forms ask for and how you describe its use. We set up contact and quote forms to send messages to the right inbox, so the collection and handling of enquiries are part of the build.

A .ca domain requires an eligible Canadian presence. Canadian citizens, permanent residents and corporations incorporated in Canada are examples of eligible registrants. We set up the domain, email, analytics and Search Console and give your team a handover walkthrough.

Decide early who will gather and write the content; service descriptions, biographies, case studies and photos can take longer to assemble than a design takes to approve.

• Your main goal, such as quote requests or calls, and who handles each enquiry.
• A ranked list of services or products for the home page and navigation.
• Vector logo files, brand colours and fonts, or a note that they need creating.
• Photos of your team, premises and finished work; book any photography ahead.
• Case studies, permitted client logos, testimonials, certifications and memberships in a folder.
• Account access for the domain, hosting, email and measurement tools, or the account holder’s name.

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  Designing around placeholder copy

  Use real headings and paragraphs during design, since their length changes how a layout fits.

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  Reviewing only on a large screen

  Check every page on a phone first, as many visitors arrive on one.

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  Putting accounts in an agency’s name

  Hold the domain and hosting accounts in your business’s name and grant access to the people doing the work.

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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.