Website design, upgrades and maintenance

Website upgrades
We can make your website better! Take your home-made or cookie-cutter style website or blog to the next level. We can make your site mobile responsive, introduce a hamburger menu to reduce clicks, improve the navigation and SEO, edit test and redesign it.

We can implement a custom design or use business-specific customised templates, depending on your website setup. Or we can start over (see Website Design below).

Website maintenance
If you are happy with the way your website is setup but you need an intelligent English-speaking webmaster to take care of it, contact us! We have a team of designers, copywriters and editors to look after all your website needs. We can work in plain HTML and FTP, website content management systems like Wordpress and Joomla! or custom coded PHP.

As a part of her career as a Communications Officer since 2006 Amanda has maintained and updated dozens of business websites for her employers and clients. These include:

I was also the volunteer webmaster for an online speculative fiction magazine for 3 years called The Specusphere (no longer online). I design and maintain my own business websites with a bit of help from a trusted offshore developer to keep my time management efficient.

Website design

There are two main types of website and your choice will depend on the content, the way you want to update it and your budget.

HTML/PHP website
Some websites are simply like folders on your computer. They consist of a series of files in a folder structure, including pages and images. This option is good for an online brochure type of website. It will have simple yet attractive page design, a maximum of around 20 pages and limited or no interactivity with visitors.

CMS website
CMS means content management system, which is like a website program you can log into and use to update the website. You may have heard of Wordpress or Joomla!. These are free content management systems that are relatively easy to set up and can have plugins installed to help your website become more of an interactive hub for visitors. Visitors will be able to log in, have accounts, shop online, chat, respond to blog posts etc. Here at Greenslade Creations we keep a firm view of the ultimate aim of a website, which is to promote your business or ideas.

Website designers often aren't very good with words. A major advantage of working with our team is it includes writers, editors, graphic designers and website designers. Let Greenslade Creations write or edit your website text before commencing your website project.

Website hosting and domain registration costs
Website hosting and domain registration can be included in your package or we can work with your existing provider.

What is a web host?
A web host is a company with computer servers that make your website files available on the Internet. There are differing levels of complexity in website design, so please contact us for advice.

We can arrange hosting as part of your website design package.

Every website project is different so please contact us to discuss your needs.