JH Website Development

Website accessibility is designing and developing websites in a way that ensures equal access and usability for all individuals, regardless of their physical or cognitive abilities.
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The key benefits to accessible design are:

it helps to reach a wider audience
it improves Search Engine Optimisation
it can help increase your chances of government funding
it can also help prevent unwanted law suits
it improves the public perception of your business

Web Design

My website design process is made up of four key areas.

Planning:

gather information on your business
understand how you currently advertise your service (what is or isn't working)
define the key goals for the website project
understand who your target audience is
setting out a timeline for the key milestones of the project

Wireframing:

planning out the basic blueprint of a website
focuses on structure and basic layout

Visual design:

using Figma (web design software) to transform wireframes into interactive designs
designing for the key breakpoints of a website (desktop, mobile and tablet)
planning spaces for additional content (text, icons and images)

Additional content creation:

support in finding images, improving written content and designing icons
adding the additional content will finalise the designs

Hosting

Website hosting is like renting space on the internet for your website. It is a required service to give your website a place to sit online.

Website hosting is like renting space on the internet for your website. It is a required service to give your website a place to sit online.

the hosting part (making your site available on the internet)
SSL certificate (secures your website and provides the padlock next to your url)
100 free form submissions (additional price when exceeding this limit)

Additional services can also be purchased at this point:

website updates (this includes basic updates to your site such as text changes, adding or removing content.)
analytics reports (connecting your site to a google analytics account and setting up monthly reports to track performance)
keywords report (I provide research on the trending search terms for website, adding these words into your content will increase your users)
heatmaps (connecting a third-party software called Microsoft clarity, to provide advanced analytics for your site.)
additional monthly form submissions

Data protection (GDPR)

General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) are a set of rules that protect the personal data of the users of your website. The data protection regulations apply to any organisation that hold or processes personal information of EU citizens, regardless of where they are located.
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I test each website against the following items:

ensuring your website is secure (SSL certificate)
adding a privacy policy with all the relevant information on how you plan to use and store data
adding consent check box for marketing emails
adding a cookie controller (if necessary)
ensuring any third-party services are also GDPR compliant

Search engine optimization (SEO)

Search engine optimization is the process of improving your website so that search engines, like Google, will rank it higher in search results than other sites. This means that people searching for services or products are more likely to find your website.
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I ensure all websites I create follow these SEO best practice tips:

providing all pages with an optimised meta title and meta description
ensuring a high-standard of website speed and performance
adding alternative text to all required images
producing accessible and responsive websites
prioritising customer experience
providing keywords for your written content
keeping websites up to date
using Google Search Console to check performance and index pages (makes pages appear in search results)

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