Website features

Responsive WordPress websites

WordPress is by far the most popular content management system in the world and we use it for all our website projects. Features include:

Easy to use interface which allows you to create unlimited pages and news posts
Post content whilst you are on the go and keep an eye on your stats and website notifications
Easy to build forms for newsletter signups, membership, job applications etc.
Create customised layouts and page structures with any type of content
Manage users easily with tiered access to determine content moderation permissions
Share your website content directly to your social media accounts as soon as it is published
All your media assets are organised for you and available to preview insert into any page or news post

Google and SEO friendly

Your website needs to be connected to Google so it appears correctly within search engine results. We will verify your website with Google’s search console and supply a website map to make it easy for Google to index as much of your content as possible.

Your website will also be configured correctly for SEO to give your content a much higher chance of ranking within search engine results. We can also help with Google My Business, a great way to get started with local SEO.

Content management

Keeping your website and its content up to date is vital to a continuing presence on the World Wide Web. Successful websites need to be updated, users and search engines need a reason to come back.

Our ongoing maintenance service covers the infrastructure required for your website to operate such as hosting, security certificates and spam protection. AND more importantly we also manage your content. This might include:

Optimising and adding images
Adding videos on a regular basis
Creating new pages and news articles
Donation
Adding courses
Creating additional pages for specific times of the year such as Christmas and Easter
Keeping opening times up to date
Group updates

General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) guidance

Making sure your user’s data is handled correctly is an important part of your online procedures and needs to be reflected in both your policy and your actions. We are happy to provide guidance and example documentation for your website.

WordPress app (Jetpack)

Post content whilst you are on the go and keep an eye on your stats and website notifications. WordPress have developed their app to keep you connected where-ever you choose to work and we will get you up and running with their app on your mobile devices.

Third party integrations

WordPress can integrate with many third party applications such as:

Mailchimp
Eventbrite
PayPal
Stripe
Just Giving
Ticket Taylor
YouTube
Tawk To

By integrating social media, streaming and booking services into your website your community can connect and interact more easily. Services, groups, fundraising, all your activities can be facilitated online.

Advertise live streaming events and host the content afterwards, text video or audio
Create donation buttons linking directly to payment apps or take payments on your website
Display social media feeds directly on your website
Keep group timetables and activities up to date, allow users to register interest and share online meeting details
Use online chat tools to reach out to your community
Integrate Eventbrite, Ticket Taylor or similar online event management services
Increase your audience with automatic newsletter sign up

And much more besides, your website can become a hub for all the interactions you make with your community on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc.

Responsive design

All our websites respond to the device they are being viewed on; desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile. The layout adapts to the width of the screen and as the viewing area gets narrower the layout responds to give the best possible user experience.

Spam Protection with Akismet

Prevent unwanted comments to ensure that your site remains professional and trustworthy.

Performance

Hosting Optimised for WordPress. A managed hosting service that has been 100% committed to optimizing the WordPress experience for more than 15 years.

Staging Sites

Test changes on a staging site first, so you can review and sign off any updates before they go live.

Collect Payments

Accept payments for just about anything using a third party payment provider.

Support

I look after the whole process for you, security, hosting and support for updates and amendments.

Backups and Restoration

Easily restore or download a backup of your site, two independent backup systems are used to give extra peace of mind.

Social media

Most social media feeds can be directly embedded into your website, usually the home page makes a great spot to keep people up to date with what you are posting online.

We can also help with social media platform selection and help develop guidelines as well as artwork creation to make sure your brand is consistent online.

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

Google recently announced that having an SSL Certificate is the easiest thing site owners can do to boost SEO ranking. The Google search boost for using SSL applies to all sites, whether they have personal information or not. All our websites include a SSL certificate as standard.

Monitoring

We will look after the health and protection of your website but you will have full access to all areas of the platform. You will also be fully integrated with Google analytics so you can keep an eye on your website stats including where your visitors are coming from, the pages they visit and what device they use.

Google Analytics

Access in-depth data on how and why people come to your site without writing a single line of code.

Post Management

Post by Email
Schedule your posts in advance.
Provide automated content recommendations to visitors

WOMA TRUST

Mark has undertaken a complete redesign of our website. We love the fresh new look and the ease with which it can be navigated. Mark spent many hours working with me to get the best possible result and took great care to ensure that all details were correct. We are a small charity so we have to watch our costs very carefully and are so grateful to him for giving up his time to help us.

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Spike Western

We are a Law Centre in North Kensington and rely on our volunteers to provide a lot of the pro bono services we offer the community. Mark kindly offered his services pro bono (his way of volunteering!) and built us our incredible website. He gave us everything we wanted and more, and is always there when we need to make additions or updates and he always makes things so easy. Thanks Mark, we're very happy to recommend your services!

Edward Locke

Mark has been maintaining the Inspire Hounslow web site for many years now, and has recently redesigned it according to our new brand design template. This has been very successful; he never said no to anything and always tried his best to accommodate every request. The result is fully functional and looks great. We are very pleased!

Ollie S

We were over the moon with what Mark created for us at Chiswick Flower Market. A clean and fresh website which is easy to navigate, and that was quickly updated and remodelled by him as we moved from an idea to an actual market! He gave spot on advice, was pro-active and is a pleasure to work with. Most importantly, our visitors to our website like it and it conveys brilliantly what we are about.

Parule Basu-Barua

Mark has created the right look and feel for the Hounslow Giving website as part of his charity arm. He has really enhanced our brand and understood what we wanted to achieve with flying colours. Mark is also a pleasure to work with. I would recommend him in a heartbeat.

Michael Robinson

Mark redesigned our existing website making the design "cleaner" and easier to navigate and find information. Mark was very easy to work with, describing options, taking us through the design and has been very responsive to do small tweaks following the new website going live.

Rich Ward

Mark is fantastic and really helped one of the charities I volunteer with called Ealing Street Pastors. He build a brilliant website that was exactly what we were after, he was very efficient, met all the deadlines and a pleasure to work with.

Paradise Coop

We had a great experience working with Mark and we are thrilled with our new website. He carefully listened to our charity's requirements, understood the priorities and created a site that reflects our charity's ethos and audience. He always went the extra mile in answering our questions, and clearly had a passion for creating something that we were happy with. Mark's website has transformed our online brand and image, and we're so thankful for his help.