Web design Georgia businesses can manage

WordPress suits a team that publishes often and wants to edit most of the site itself. Its choice of plugins gives you ways to add features, but you will need to keep the installation updated for security. Before choosing it, decide who will take responsibility for those updates and for publishing content.

A custom-coded site in Next.js suits a business that wants fast pages and a design without template limits. It also suits a team happy to ask a developer to make structural changes. A headless setup adds a separate content editor to a custom front end, which helps when you need both speed and substantial editing, though there are more parts to host and maintain.

The design itself is another choice. A custom design fits a specific brand, audience or content requirement. An adapted template fits a simpler site and a tight brief, provided it is reworked around your real content. We recommend a platform after learning how your team works.

For a business open to the public, US Department of Justice guidance says the ADA covers goods and services offered on the web, and points to WCAG as helpful guidance. We agree an accessibility target in your brief, design desktop and mobile pages around that target, and test the build on real devices and browsers. Agreeing the target early gives your team a basis for reviewing the pages before launch.

Gather the material your team already has, and note the gaps that need a decision.

• Brand filesBring your logo in SVG, AI or EPS format, plus your colours and fonts, or tell us what still needs creating.
• Site goalDecide whether you want quote requests, applications or calls, and who handles each enquiry.
• PhotosGather real images of your team, premises and finished work; book a shoot ahead if you need new ones.
• Proof of workCollect case studies, permitted client logos, testimonials, certifications and memberships in a folder.
• ExamplesChoose a few sites you like or dislike and explain what works or frustrates you on each.

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  Registering 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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  Approving only a desktop design

  Review every page on a phone as well, where visitors need to read and use it comfortably.

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  Leaving real content until the end

  Put actual headings and paragraphs into the designs early. Their lengths can change a layout that looked finished with placeholder text.

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  Copying every old or competitor page

  Choose pages that explain your services clearly and that your team can keep current.