Websites are a crucial component of every modern business, so it's critical that you create a high-quality website, that is optimised to perform well, a website that creates a sense of trust around your brand.
We recommend hiring a professional website designer because this ensures that all necessary features are covered. This may not be possible if you do your own website design because each area requires a high level of skill and experience. If you work with the best web developers and designers, you are more likely to get a better performing website that will work hard for your business.
What platforms do you use to build a website?
At Web Development Agency, we use a few different platforms, depending on the type of project, and the unique requirements of each client
.
For most sites, we use WordPress. WordPress allows us to create websites for a variety of budgets, it has a wide range of plugins that allow for site growth, it allows for great SEO optimisation, and our team can provide outstanding ongoing support.
For eCommerce sites, we use Shopify for the vast majority of sites, and wooCommerce for bigger, more complex shops.
For complex sites and applications, we build on the Symfony framework and Laravel.
What are the benefits of using WordPress as opposed to the do-it-yourself online site builders?
WordPress offers greater flexibility and functionality. It's a sophisticated platform that enables for more customisation and is powerful enough to be extended to do more. Website builders and page builders do not allow you to easily move beyond their offered templates and can be functionally constrained. WordPress, on the other hand, when built by a good developer that has a good understanding of coding, will allow you to create a website that is customised to fit your unique requirements.