What makes fuel different?

The company website often makes the first impression for the business. Therefore, it is vital that this impression is the best one possible. Great design, combined with tried and tested usabaility methodologies will guide your customers to where they need to go with the minimum number of clicks.

The website also needs to be updated easily, fast loading, secure, W3C compliant, measurable and future proof. There are many things to consider when it comes to building an effective business website.

Fuel have been creating successful business websites for more than ten years, we understand the complexities of web design so our customers don't need to. Fuel work to identify the requirements, then design and build the right solution for the business on the best system, to the highest industry standards.

What makes one website better than another? Is your current website...

Made using W3C Web Standards and Best Web Practices!!! +

A feature with all Fuel Design's websites. We feel that W3C best practice web design will ensure your website is positioned well for the future and will be held in the best possible light by Google and other search engines. We also hand code all our sites, eliminating bad code that often falls between the cracks from some commercial software programmes - further streamlining your website.

It's a complicated task to achieve, but all you need to know is that your website is built to the best possible standards, and you are joining the new 'validated' breed of websites that are making the Web a better place to be... and making your web design more readable by search engines!

Check if your website validates using the free W3C Markup Validation Service
Well managed +

One of the most critical aspects of creating a smooth build is ensuring everyone is communicating! We start of with a 'Discovery Meeting' to get a general understanding of your business, your competition, your points of difference, and what your potential clients are looking for in your new website. We follow this up with a 'Scoping Meeting' to better understand the finer aspects of the design, functionality and anything else we may need to expand upon. We add all our clients into our Project Management Software, this allows everyone to communicate from one central point and tracks tasks, milestones, files and time etc.

The proven systems we have in place streamline the web design process and ensure you know exactly what is happening at every stage of the web design and build process.
Attractive & alluring +

We have many years of graphic design and web design experience and understand the importance of having an eye catching and professional glow. Your website is a direct reflection of your business, and by utilising proven design principles we can give your web site design the edge over the competition!

Keep in mind the average user looks over your website for less than 10 seconds before deciding to explore further or move on to your competitors! Does your current website instantly capture your desired audience?
Usable & intuitive +

It's important to remember the fundamental purpose of any website is to deliver information about your business, products and / or services. Fuel Design prides itself on creating user centric interfaces that are intuitive and easy to understand, and leads the user to where they need to be.
Easy to maintain & update +

We offer a number of simple to use, but extremely powerful content management systems (CMS). This allows you to easily maintain your web site with no knowledge of web design or development, and provides a powerful array of tools to streamline your business and help it grow.!

View more information on our Content Management Systems here.
Search engine optimised +

With expert knowledge of search engine optimisation (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM), your website content will be clearly visible to search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing. Some CMSs hide your content in a deep hole, our CMSs enhance your search engine listings!

Find out more about our Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) services here.
Future Proof +

Using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) we separate content from presentation. This approach to design ensures forward compatibility with future generation browsers and allows us to easily adapt your design in the future.

Our CMS are modular, this allows you to add functionality as your business grows. Don't get caught with a CMS that leads your website down a dead end road!

Website design with a difference

Fuel are a boutique web design and digital media company. Our designs are fresh and original, each design represents the unique character and personality of our clients. The combination of graphic designers, web designers, web developers and digital marketing specialists ensure that each project is allocated the perfect blend of business resources.

Fuel specialise in giving expert advice and guidance on important components of web design such as Web Standards, choosing a content management system (CMS), keys for website design and usability, effective search engine optimisation (SEO) and web marketing.

Adobe Business Catalyst Partners +

We have been working with our partners Adobe to supply you with the most robust online business solution available - Adobe Business Catalyst (ABC). So much more than just a content management sysytem, ABC is a complete online business suite.

Find out more about Adobe Business Catalyst here.
Best Practice Web Standards - better Search Engine Optimisation and a future proof website +

W3C Web Standards are a strong push to standardise the web, but all too often overlooked by most website design companies. We see Web Standards as one of the most important features in your new website. Not only does it make for faster loading, more future proof, more accessible & easier to update - it creates better search engine optimisation!

What makes Fuel Design different?
Website design that makes your business look like you mean business +

Graphically & technically advanced, our website design services give your business a professional edge - an important task in any competitive market. Don't just take our word for it,

Come and view our website design portfolio
Communication is the key +

We communicate every aspect of the design / build process through our Project Management Software. This keeps everyone on the same page; including Project Overviews, to-dos, milestones, email messages, files and time tracking. We have a lot of happy clients at Fuel, some which we have worked with for nearly ten years.

Come and view what our clients have to say about us
Website design is an evolution +

Website design is always evolving, and you want a website design company that will evolve with it. We pride ourselves in our unique abilities. From the initial scoping, to the design, to the hand written W3C compliant code, to our search engine optimisation skills - every aspect is to the highest degree. Our CMSs are also powerful, affordable, secure and adaptable - to suit your unique business.

View our list of Content Management Systems here

Orca Communications: Fuel Design delivers results that stand shoulder to shoulder with the worlds leading web-design companies. The biggest difference being exceptional value for money. We highly recommend Fuel Design.; Orca Communications; » read more testimonials here