CONNECT·POINTS: CUSTOM DESIGN VS. PACKAGED WEB SITES

Why should I choose Connect-Points custom design instead of using a cheaper, pre-packaged web site or larger design companies?

Connect-Points web sites are tailored to focus on your client base rather than our design. We will not make your site fit our templates but make our design fit your needs. Custom designed pages are not only faster and more flexible than pre-packaged templates, they include many additional architectural touches to speed your clients' surfing.

How are Connect-Points designs efficient for my clients?

Web surfers are notoriously impatient! We want them to understand your business immediately. Every page on your site should be within a few clicks of your home page. Colored pencils

To foster instant client connections, we design clean, light pages for quick impact. Anything distracting is removed. For speed we substitute, for quality, we enhance. For example, if color and line make the same statement as a graphic, we substitute. If your products shine through photos, we adjust your images to the highest, fastest quality for your site.

How are Connect-Points designs efficient for my business?

1. Because they are designed using style sheets (CSS) and XHTML, Connect-Points web sites will adjust to your clients' web use and screen resolution whether it's at the office, at home, or on the move.

Custom designed web sites using CSS positioning take longer to build than table-based template designs but you wind up with pages that will display neatly and quickly on the latest forms of Internet devices as well as on slower connections.

Clients with slower connections can load your site in seconds and won't lose patience waiting for your data.

Mobile clients can view your menu, products, or services clearly and easily on a cell phone screen and place an order from the soccer field or a Starbucks®.

Traveling clients using a PDA or Blackberry™ with "images off" at BWI can access your data as simply as they can from their office desktop.

2. Your site will not need to be redesigned in 6 months to a year to adjust to changing web design style and structure codes. CSS color and style changes can be easily incorporated into routine updates.

3. Your pages will be compliant with the World Wide web Consortium's (W3C) web Access Initiative as well as the federal government's Section 508 guidelines for accessibility compliance. Besides aiding a diverse group of disabled clients, your site will have brief explanations for every graphic or photo that a text browser cannot display.

What do I do next?

Tell us about your company! You can email us or submit a form. We look forward to learning about your business and making you look good on the web.