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Practical website advice for business owners, from planning a new site to keeping WordPress secure, fast and easy to use. Explore articles on web design, search engine optimisation, hosting and the everyday decisions that help your website support your business.

I share what I have learnt from designing and developing websites for businesses in Herne Bay, Canterbury and across Kent, alongside work with larger organisations and digital products. The aim is to explain the options clearly, so you can make informed decisions about your own website.

Whether you are considering a redesign, comparing WordPress support or looking for ways to improve your content, start with a topic below. If you need advice about your particular site, use the question form at the bottom of the page.

Over 2 billion users online

According to a report from the International Telecommunications Union, one third of the world’s population will be online by the end of this year. The report suggests that 71% of people in western countries will be online by the end of 2010.

Web design in Kent

We work with all sorts of different companies from global blue chip to the local village community site and multi-million pound ecommerce sites to small Wordpress blogs and everything in-between.

SEO case study

Its not all about web design here at kc web design ltd. We do lots of development work, iphone user interface design, create our own products and do SEO.

Easy as 1,2,3

Web design isn’t just about your site looking good. Good web design also includes usability considerations, information architecture and content flow, call-to-action points and SEO.

Green web design

Technology doesn’t have to burn endless amounts of electricity. Your website design may be hi-tech but did you know your website could be run on solar or wind power.

Evolve, don’t reinvent

Most large organisations tend to redesign their websites every 2/3 years these days to keep them up-to-date with technology and the latest trends but theres no reason to completely throw out your old web design.

Know your users

If you’re thinking about a new website design then stop and think about your users first. Having a good looking, well designed website is all very well and good but if your website doesn’t en-power your users and enable them to achieve their goals then it’s not really…

Apple App Store guidelines

Apple has said that it will publish the guidelines it uses to determine which programs it will sell in its App Store to appease critical developers. “For the first time we are publishing the App Store Review Guidelines to help developers understand how we review submitted apps,” the…

Google Instant live searches

Google has sped up its internet search engine by launching a product called Instant that displays results as soon as users type in queries. The service predicts a user’s query and modifies the displayed results as more letters are typed into the search box…

Notebox logo

Notebox logo and brand design - internal project

Notebox launch coming soon

Its been hard work but Notebox - our web design feedback app - is nearly ready for launch. In the coming weeks we’ll be giving Notebox a real push in the media and letting our little baby loose…

The power of good web design

A simple web design project thats changing the world! It might not be the best looking website in the world but it is making a huge impact and helping to feed millions…

Realms of possibility

At Realms of Possibility we’re on a mission to inspire & create freedom for people who feel trapped in situations they don’t enjoy.

Alison Jane Photography

Alison Jane Photography is a professional wedding photographer in Kent and is based near Canterbury. Alison offers Wedding and Portrait photography across Kent and the South East.

Web design - Does my business need a new website?

Does my business need a new website? Is my website performing well? Is my website bringing in new business? These are some of the questions you should be asking yourself if you feel your website could be working harder.

Notebox - Design feedback

Notebox is our very own web app. We created Notebox from an in-house system we’d been using and felt it would be useful for other designers.

Protection and Investment

Investment can be tricky to understand but not with the new Protection & Investment Ltd website.

MLP Solicitors

Myers Lister Price Solicitors is one of the leading law firms within the Manchester area. MLP needed a new, modern website with advanced SEO.

iphone/ipad apps

We now design and create iphone and ipad applications. From iphone user interface design right through to the finished application, we have the team to create your award winning iphone app.

klover - asp/cms

klover is an ASP/MSSQL (and will also be available in PHP/MySQL) content management system designed by web designers, for web designers.

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