At Aloha Web Designs, we strive to build you the best website. Our process begins with getting a good understanding of your business and goals. After this, we design a mockup for your review. If you like it, we'll start building your site right away. If not, no worries! We'll tweak it until you're satisfied.
We utilize a technology called Content Management Systems (CMS) to make it easier for you to update your website. This saves a lot of time for our clients and allows them to make changes without learning to code. The CMS that we use is called Wordpress, and you may have heard of it before! It's very popular and powers over 40% of the internet. All Wordpress websites require a "theme" which is what we build for you. After finishing the design, we translate these styles into code, which we then use to set up your website. Once this is done, you can change the website's content without changing the overall aesthetics. But by using our services, you don't have to worry about any of that. We take care of theme development, wordpress initialization, domain registration, everything! We even offer maintenance packages that continuously optimize your website to rank higher on search engines like Google. This is called Search Engine Optimization and is crucial for an effective business website. These services also include monthly reports, website hosting, and website health assurance.
After building your website, there are a couple of other things to keep in mind. If you decide to host with us, we'll take care of all of this. If not, however, please be sure to consider the following:
A domain is like the internet's phone book record, it helps people find your site easily. Although you don't strictly need one, we highly recommend it. It'll make your business much more professional, which is important for both users and search engines. Domains can cost as little as $10 to many millions and have to be renewed periodically. Don't worry though, we'll help you find one that's affordable and good for business. If you decide you'd like to host the website yourself, we transfer the domain over to you and show you how to maintain it.
Hosting is another critical part of operating a website, and is how your website responds to visitors. You can think of a host like your website's home. In order to be visible to people online, it has to have a place to live. In this analogy, hosting fees are your website's rent. Just as with houses, you get what you pay for. If your website has a lot of traffic, your hosting fees are going to be a lot higher than one that doesn't. As part of our website building process, we take care of setting up your hosting. However, you will need to pay this recurring fee if you decide to maintain it yourself.
SEO is a continuous process. Search engines like Google are always changing to better server their customers, and people's search habits tend to change as well. Thus, it is important to continuously monitor your websites SEO and stay on top of the changing landscape. Although not strictly necessary, this helps your chances of being ranked on Google and getting more website traffic.
Finally, it is important to keep your website healthy. Just like a car, your website needs occasional maintenance to keep everything running smoothly. If you decide to manage the website, you should check for things like broken links, site backups, security vulnerabilities, and performance issues on a regular basis.
Have more questions about how we design our websites? Take a look at our design information page for more details.