Design and development of websites and blogs
We design unique websites and blogs for individuals, start-ups, businesses and non-profits using WordPress as a content management system.
Each project is done completely from scratch in close consultation with you and is not a generic pre-built template. Our WordPress themes are not re-sold to other clients.
Our package pricing is from $3000US (or $3750NZ+GST for New Zealanders). We offer a very personalized and tailored service.
This includes: consulting, original design, standards compliant XHTML/CSS coding, WordPress installation and set-up, plugins installation and set-up, thorough instructions for updating your site, training and personal on-going support. Learn more about our process »
If you’re interested, please fill in our design survey. We aim to send you back a project brief and quote within 48 hours. If you have a limited budget, please contact us with your budget range and what you’d like to do.
Logo design
Our logo design package is $950US (or $1180NZ+GST for New Zealanders) and this includes up to three different concepts with unlimited revisions. We provide you with a package of files at the end in different formats, sizes and versions (e.g. favicon, black and white, color, CMYK for print and RGB for web). We also provide you with editable source files.
If you’re interested in our logo design service, please fill in our design survey.
Design
We design logos, develop branding and print assets.
If you wish to develop your site in a content management system other than WordPress, we can supply you source design files and/or HTML coded templates for your developer to use.
We can also freshen up your current website by adding new design elements.
If you’re interested in our design services, please contact us.
Development
If you already have your design sorted but are looking for a WordPress developer to build the site, we can handle this for you. You supply us all the finalized design files (Photoshop or Fireworks) and design notes about how the site should function. We’ll review them, clarify anything we need more explanation or details on and then we can provide you with a estimate of time to do the build.
Estimated time to do the build will depend on the complexity of the design, number of different templates and functionality required. For example, one site we recently quoted for had an expected build time of up to 12 hours work (4 simple templates), another was 20-30 hours work (12 more complex templates). Our hourly rate is $95US (or $120NZ+GST for New Zealanders).
We use XHTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL and Javascript. Attention is placed on standards-compliant code, usability and accessibility and also cross-browser checking.
We can also add new functionality to your current website.
If you’re interested in our development services, please contact us.
Site maintenance
After you’ve been running your site for a while, you might be in need of one or more of the following:
- Migration – we have moved websites over to WordPress from Typepad, Blogger, MovableType, Drupal and custom content management systems. Old links can be redirected to the new ones. If you’re using a custom domain name in Blogger or Typepad, links can be redirected properly retaining all SEO benefits. If you’re not using a custom domain name, you can still redirect visitors with a meta refresh – this isn’t the ideal for SEO purposes, but the only option available in that scenario.
- Upgrades – WordPress and its plugin authors regularly release security and feature updates.
- Bug fixing
Our hourly rate is $95US (or $120NZ+GST for New Zealanders).
If you’re interested, please contact us.
Consulting
Advice on how to improve the usability of your site, increase website leads for your business and get more community engagement. Advice on how to start blogging in your niche area. Support for new and experienced bloggers. Tips on how to promote your blog. Our hourly rate is $95US (or $120NZ+GST for New Zealanders).
If you’re interested, please contact us.
Things we don’t do
We like to focus on our strengths and collaborate with others as required for things we don’t specialize in.
We don’t write or heavily rewrite all your content for you. If you need this service, we recommend talking first to Dianna Huff.
We don’t build sites framework themes such as Thesis or Genesis. The upside of these themes are that they are constructed in such a way as to allow virtually any design to be implemented with them. However, that is also their downside – we prefer to a build a website that is lightweight and completely tailored to your needs, rather than taking an existing product with a lot of unused functionality and trying to bend it into a shape that you want. We don’t work with BuddyPress or specialized membership plugins.
We don’t build custom eCommerce/shopping websites. While there are several plugins around which provide an eCommerce solution for WordPress, we prefer to leave any such functionality to third party solutions that are specifically built for such purposes such as Shopify, Volusion and Magento.
We don’t do video/audio editing or Flash development.