WordPress Development
Is it time to update your existing website? Do you need a new website built from scratch?
If the idea of developing a website feels overwhelming and you’re not sure where to start, let us walk you through the process.
Charlottesville SEO Web Development specializes in building websites on the WordPress platform. Why WordPress? Consider these four benefits:
- A WordPress website can be customized to fit your needs precisely.
- The design and development process can be tailored to your budget and deadline.
- Once complete, you’ll be able to edit and add content yourself; no programming experience needed.
- Your site will look great and function well on any browser, Smart phone, or tablet.
If those qualities sound appealing, you’ll appreciate all that WordPress and Charlottesville SEO Web Development have to offer.
Not Just for Blogging Anymore
Maybe you thought WordPress was just a blogging platform. While that was true in the past, today it’s so much more.
WordPress has evolved into an amazing tool for designing and developing fully functional websites of almost every type. Charlottesville SEO Web Development can create WordPress sites for any of the applications below, and more!
- e-Commerce
- Mobile
- News aggregator
- Content curator
- Customer relationship
- Social media
- Business directory
- Portfolio and virtual business card
- Ratings and reviews
- Membership
- Video
- Job board
- Forum/discussion board
- Coupons/special deals
- Photo sharing
- Game center
The beauty of WordPress is that it can be used in so many different ways. The possibilities are endless, which explains why WordPress is often referred to as “the world’s best online publishing platform.”
WordPress Gives You Control
WordPress is a powerful content management system. That means you can control as much, or as little, of your website as you’d like.
In the past, if you didn’t know HTML programming, you couldn’t update your own website. Every time you wanted to change a few words or add a couple of pages, you had to hire a web developer. That was expensive and often frustrating.
With WordPress you will have the ability to do everything yourself. Once we build your site, Charlottesville SEO Web Development will teach you the few things you need to know to be able to update, change, add, or delete anything you want from your site.
Selecting the Right Theme
Most WordPress designs begin with the selection of a theme. A theme will provide the site with its overall look and style, including elements like page layouts, fonts, and colors. There are thousands of themes from which to choose, offering a massive number of options for your site’s design.
Based on your objectives and budget, Charlottesville SEO Web Development may recommend a pre-published theme or create a custom theme, one that will give a great first impression to your visitors, is easy to navigate, and scores high in usability.
Theme selection is only the beginning. It becomes the jumping-off point for us to customize the individual components of your site to look and function in a way that will appeal to your visitors and deliver optimal results to your business.
Next Come the Plugins
One of the best features WordPress offers is flexibility. That’s where plugins come in. Plugins are small programs or combinations of programs that augment the capabilities of a WordPress site. They add extra functionality. Like themes, thousands of plugins are available for little or no cost.
Want to add a slide show to your site? Need to incorporate a contact form? Would you like to include a photo gallery? There are plugins for that and so much more.
To provide your website visitors with the best possible experience, Charlottesville SEO Web Development will select plugins that are stable, efficient, and compatible.
SEO Friendly and Social Media Ready
Where your website ranks on search engines for its main keywords directly affects how much traffic your site gets. WordPress is search engine friendly.
The WordPress developers at Charlotesville SEO can build your site to load quickly, which is important to Google and also to visitors. With professional configuration, your pages and blog posts will be readily accessible to search engines and poised to attract online attention.
We’ll adhere to best practices for WordPress development. Attention to detail is something our developers take seriously. Error-free or valid code, along with semantic markup, are baked into our quality assurance process.
WordPress sites are also social media ready. We can install a plugin that automatically adds social-sharing and follower features to all your pages and posts. Visibility on social networks can drive new visitors to your site and solidify your brand.
We Want to Tell Your Story
From the moment we begin designing your WordPress website, we welcome your input. We want the finished site to be uniquely your own, with the look, feel, and functionality you desire.
Telling the story of your business should be a fun, easy process. To learn more about our WordPress development capabilities and how we can put them to use building the website you’ve imagined, contact Charlottesville SEO Web Development today!
