Ever wondered how improvements to your website functionality could improve your Users’ experience?
Here are just a few ideas for making your website a haven for visitors, and bliss for you:
1. Integrate a content management system
A content management system allows you to alter your site’s text and images yourself - using a easy-to-use online system. A one time investment in a CMS will save you having to pay a web designer every time you need to make amends to the site. It means you can easily keep your site fresh by adding new content, managing your products and adding images – ie. improving the User experience. It means that this work doesn’t have to cost you a fortune.
2. Add Flash to your site
Flash is a type of programming that enables movement on a website - rather than just a page full of static elements. It can make your website not only look more professional, and your company larger, but can draw the eye of your Users to specific elements of the website - ideally product offerings or service demos.
Take a look at the recent website we’ve created for The JLS Factory. We’ve added a flash header to the top of their website – creating a scrolling catalogue of all the JLS hoodies they sell on the site. it really shows off their product offering and gives the site an edge over competing sites.
3. Infinite pagination
This means getting a website, where your CMS (content management system) allows you to add more pages - as and when you like, free of charge. This is great for writing lots of news articles - or if you want to add new products to your site regularly - it means each of these articles/ products can have a page of their own.
We’ve recently been working with a photographer who required the ability to add infinite pages so she can showcase each piece of work she creates - as and when she creates them. This means she can constantly update her website - without needing to consult with us each time she needs to do it.
4. Add a newsfeed
Take a look at our home page – in the right hand bottom corner we’ve got a news box that automatically updates as we add news articles to the site. If you want to showcase your news content then a newsfeed is a perfect way to do it.
5. Add a Shopping cart
If you’ve got multiple products then you’ll want to give your customers the ability to buy more than one product at a time. We can add a shopping cart facility to your website so your customers can do just that - filling up their trolley before they hit the checkout!
The SEO Marketing Workshop can offer a range of website functionality add-ons that can be piggy-backed onto your current website. Alternatively, start from scratch and we can deliver the full website package: cutting edge web design, domain registration and hosting, company email accounts and more.
For more information, or to discuss website functionality or get a quote - simply get in contact with us now.
