Responsive Mobile Design

Revolution

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It’s no secret that responsive website design is changing the way that we design and build websites…

We are seeing a radical departure from traditional web design principles, as web designers find increasingly creative ways to design both for desktops and for smartphones/tablets. The beauty of responsive web design lies primarily in its functionality, as one website can have the capacity to be equally effective on radically different devices and at completely different screen resolutions.

However, responsive web design is doing more than just broaden the horizons of web designers. It’s changing the way that we think about web design. 

It’s been suggested by some commentators that responsive website design has actually emphasised how limited we are in our design practices. It’s a fair point; we take a standardised resolution, create a design, and then work out how we can rehash it to work on other devices. The argument goes that responsive web design should actually level the playing field. It is out of this discussion that mobile-first responsive design has been birthed.

Responsive mobile design begins with mobile-first presuppositions. In other words, it is the mobile version of the site that is prioritised, and then adjustments are made for larger devices. This sounds like a simple adjustment, but responsive mobile design has had a wonderful impact on the way that we think about design. It’s helped simplify the web design process no end, not least because it’s helped website designers work out what shouldn’t be included. The result is a movement towards cleaner, minimalist designs.

We’ve seen various changes as a result of responsive mobile design. The introduction of ‘whitespace’ (ie large, unoccupied spaces on the site) has resulted in leaner, cleaner sites that really do concentrate on the essential components and design features. This is often accompanied by ‘big photography’, with images being upscaled for higher-resolution devices and filling the page with life and colour. That web designers are less concerned about loading pages with content and text has left few people complaining…

There has also resulted in a big movement towards functionality. When you’re using a mobile device, ease of use is an essential requirement, because you’ve got a smaller screen and fingers tend to be less accurate than cursors. This means that we’re looking for big buttons, clear links, and much more intuitive design – we can’t, for example, use the hover function in the way that might on a desktop-orientated site. Responsive mobile design also tends towards linear pages rather than multiple menus, encouraging the user to keep scrolling down in order to find information. This can easily be transferred to desktop-versions of the site, encouraging the site visitor to do likewise. After all, who says that a website shouldn’t have 3 or 4 pages, each accessed by scrolling down?

We really like responsive mobile design and love the impact that mobile-first design is having on the industry. Vive la revolution!

Exeter’s WordPress Wizards

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We’d be lying if we said that it didn’t make web designers a little nervous…

The time has arrived to hand over the beautifully crafted web design that’s had us sweating blood (literally) for weeks. We’ve worked hard to develop a website that fulfills the requirements of the client and that we think looks jolly fine.

However, we’re nervous. Not because we’re worried that the client won’t be happy with the site – far from it – but because website designers desperately want their clients to be able to take the web design that they’ve crafted and make it their own. The painful reality is that if a web designer fails to equip their client to handle and improve the website themselves then the website design is in danger of failing to fulfill its purposes.

This is why the choice of Content Management System (CMS) is so important. The CMS is a bit like the CNS of the website, controlling the behavior and performance of the site itself. It’s where changes are made, pages can be added and removed and content updated. The CMS needs to be sufficiently powerful to allow for complex web design solutions to be implemented, but intuitive enough that anybody can keep the website up to date.

We point many of our clients in the direction of WordPress. This enormously popular CMS is responsible for around 15% of the top 1 million websites in the world, and 1 in 4 new websites are built with WordPress. Whilst some of our clients have more complex requirements, we’ve found that WordPress is ideally suited to many of our web design projects.

So, here’s the question: why is WordPress such an effective CMS, and why do we reckon that we’re Exeter’s WordPress Wizards?

Versatility

The huge appeal of WordPress is due in part to its versatility as a platform. It’s open-source, which means that thousands of developers have contributed to making it brilliantly effective. There are numerous free plugins to help you get your website doing exactly what you want it to, and if we can’t help you find one that does the trick then we’ll build one for you. With such a large community of web designers contributing their knowledge and skills, there aren’t many things that WordPress can’t do.

Simplicity

WordPress is remarkably easy to use. It’s well-known as a blogging platform, and many of the features that bloggers use (adding and editing content, photos and videos) are also a significant part of website maintenance. Using WordPress as a CMS allows us to give clients the ability to add/remove pages and make fairly significant changes to their web design, safe in the knowledge that if they host their website with us we’ll be able to keep a backup of the site and help make any changes that are proving a little tricky…

It’s BulletFuture-Proof

Its open-source nature means that WordPress is always being improved and updated. This means that the latest changes are easily accessible to every user in the community. Furthermore, if you want to upgrade or redesign your website we’ll be able to quickly and easily transfer existing content and functionality to the new site.

We’re really quite good at it

We’ve found that WordPress is an ideal CMS for many of our clients, and we’re experienced at training our clients to get the most out of their CMS. We can help you develop a stonking SEO strategy. We’ve also specially-configured our hosting for WordPress to increase the speed and load times of our clients’ websites.

To find out more about working with Exeter’s WordPress Wizards on your next website design project why not contact us and find out how we can help you…

How to Win Friends & Influence People (The SEO Question)

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In 1936 Dale Carnegie wrote a short book called How to Win Friends and Influence People, based on a short course that he had been running in New York. 15 million sales later and Carnegie’s self-improvement, salesmanship and interpersonal skills are still considered a benchmark in developing yourself in life and business.

The success of the book draws upon something that resonates with every business and every businessperson; we’d all like to have more friends, more influence and more success in the workplace.

In 2013 local businesses are still asking the same questions. How can we attract a wider audience? How can we become an authority in our field and add value to our business? How can we grow our customers/client base and increase our turnover?

Within the web design industry one of the answers to this question is search engine marketing, which includes the more commonly known search engine optimization (SEO). This draws upon the very simply principle that a percentage of search engine users are looking for the product or service that you are looking to sell.

In other words, search engine marketing allows you to develop your web strategy in such a way that more people visit your website, read your content and buy your products/services.

SEM/SEO is an entire industry in itself, and larger companies will often employ staff within their marketing department for this specific task. However, there are several ways in which every website can be search engine optimized in order to make friends and influence people.

Here are 4 ways in which you can improve the effectiveness of your website today and take your first SEO steps. Believe it or not, many of your competitors won’t be actively engaging with search engine marketing, and even these simple improvements will give your business a significant headstart over your rivals. Better still, if you’re updating your website’s content then improving your SEO is something that can be done at the same time…

Identifying Keywords

In every industry there are keywords that you will need to identify and use throughout your website. There are various tools that you can use to work out what these should be, such as Google’s Adwords Keyword tool. However, a good starting point is to sit down with a pad of paper and work out the search terms that potential customers are using. If you’re selling lawnmowers in Kent, for instance, this might mean using “lawnmowers kent”, “industrial lawnmowers kent”, “sit-on lawnmowers kent” and “lawnmower repairs kent”.

When you’ve worked out your keywords, the next step is to ensure that they feature regularly in your website. This includes the body text, menus, homepage and footers. If you’ve got photos and video embedded in your site then these too can be labelled using your keywords. This will mean that as searches are made, search engine algorithms will realise that you are a suitable target website and in time increase the likelihood of your website appearing in the search engine results page.

Social Media

You’re probably familiar with the benefits of using social media – Facebook, Twitter, Google+ etc – to promote your business and connect with your audience. However, you might not have realised that this is also a fantastic way to reach more people through search engines. Google, for example, takes social media into account when ranking a site, and will assume that lots of social media chatter is indicative of your expertise in a given area. It’s also a great way to share your original content with your audience…

Original Content

Time invested in producing original content pays dividends in the SEO stakes. If you’re writing blogs, news items or regular status updates it’s helpful to include your keywords so that the search engines are able to find you. You’re also more likely to find that people are sharing links to your website with their friends/clients, increasing the volume of traffic heading to your site (potentially of highly interested visitors) and in turn giving your search engine rankings a boost.

Influence

Dale Carnegie found a way to help his clients expand their influence. As you improve your website, engage with your active audience and share your expertise you will do exactly this. In turn, you’ll give yourself a great opportunity to expand your influence and develop your business in the process.

This really is just the tip of the iceberg. If you’d like to find out more about SEO then why not get in touch with us today? Alternatively, there are loads of great resources available online. Failing that, you could do a lot worse than pick up a copy of Carnegie’s iconic bestseller… Little did he know.

Exeter High Street, Responsive Web Design & the W.I.

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Web Designers here in Exeter have got a serious problem on their hands…

Let us explain. Take a stroll down the High Street and it will quickly become clear that the way we use the internet has radically shifted in the past 3 years. The explosive growth in mobile internet usage has radically altered the landscape, even amongst the rolling hills of Devon. You see, it’s not just the next generation of tech-savvy teenagers that are driving the use of mobile internet; it’s pensioners using their smartphones to check the bus timetable, toddlers playing with mum’s iPad and travelling salespeople ditching their netbook in favour of a tablet.

And here’s the issue; traditional web design has focussed exclusively on desktop users. Think sweeping images, multiple columns and vast quantities of text on every page. However, with even the most conservative of sites experiencing 20%+ mobile traffic, the traditional approach favoured by web designers is becoming increasingly redundant. Whilst some web designers have embraced web apps and mobile-specific websites, the maintenance required to keep multiple websites updated and SEO-effective has proved simply impossible for the majority of local businesses to manage.

This is exactly why responsive web design is being touted as the solution to this conundrum…

It’s a simple, holistic solution to the proliferation of devices populating not only universities and tech capitals but pensioners’ tea parties and WI cake sales.

A responsive website design is carefully developed to most helpfully redistribute the various elements of each page according to the device that the visitor is using. If the display resolution is 1920 x 1080, then a beautiful vista of landscape goodness with multiple columns is a winner. However, if the display resolution is 1136×640 (a 4″ iPhone screen) then a simple, stripped-down portrait format with key information, enlarged text, big buttons and one clear call-to-action is a much better solution.

In development terms,

“By marrying fluid, grid-based layouts and CSS3 media queries, we can create one design, that… responds to the shape of the display rendering it. It’s a more unified, more holistic approach to design, one that doesn’t see the web’s inherent flexibility as a constraint to be limited.” Jeffrey Zeldman

Responsive Web Design in Exeter

The great news is that responsive website design is increasingly prevalent and increasingly affordable for local businesses. It’s not just the ‘big companies’ that can embrace responsive technology (although ironically many of them are proving rather slow on the uptake!) If you speak to web designers here in Exeter you’ll find a consensus that the versatility and future-proofing that responsive web design brings should be available to local businesses. That’s exactly why we’re working hard not only to make responsive web design an industry standard, but an affordable one.

We’d encourage you to have a look at your website on a variety of devices and see what kind of experience you have. Here’s the big question: is your website accessible for somebody on Exeter High Street? 

In the next few months we’ll be blogging about – and developing – various facets of responsive web design. If you’ve got any questions (or would like us to address specific issues) please feel free to drop us a comment and we’ll see what we can do.

Web Design Jargon Debunked

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Web Design Jargon Debunked

We’re a web design agency in Exeter, designing and developing beautiful responsive websites for all kinds of businesses. We’re working hard to bring affordable web design solutions to our brilliant clients, who vary in size from startups and local not-for-profits to corporate heavyweights and international agencies.

In our working practices we acknowledge that every client is different, and we factor this into every stage of the web design and development process.

However, whilst every client requires a unique finished product, we’ve noticed that there is always one common denominator… there is a constant need for web design jargon to be debunked.

Language is a powerful tool in the workplace, and web designers employ a range of abbreviations and acronyms on a daily basis. However, whilst our clients need to understand what we are doing and why we are doing it, we’re very much aware that we have a responsibility to put things into understandable, clear terms. A web designer who produces a superb website but utterly bamboozles their client in the process is at best only doing half a job.

Given that we’re committed to building great websites and building great client relationships, here are a few of the most common abbreviations/acronyms that web designers are guilty of throwing around the office. We hope that this helps to debunk some web design jargon for you…

CMS: Content Management System

The CMS is the engine room of a website. It’s where you enter and edit your web content. If you’re looking for a web design where you can get hands-on, this is where you add pages and images, tinker with your homepage and write lovely blog posts for your readers (like this one).

Domain, DNS & Hosting

Your web domain is registered with a hosting provider, much like your company is registered at companies house or your charitable trust is registered with the charity commission. When somebody enters your web address (ie domain) into their computer it’s your DNS that translates this into the IP address at which your website is stored, enabling them to see your site.

Most web design agencies will sort out your domain name registration and hosting for you. This gives you the peace of mind that you’ll have a team of professionals looking after your website formalities and registration.

SEO: Search Engine Optimization

SEO can be a particularly guilty party in the web design jargon conglomerate. We apologize for the Americanized spelling. SEO is all about enhancing your website’s content so that you feature more highly in search engine results pages (SERPs). This involves identifying certain Keywords that potential site visitors are likely to be searching for.

When web designers talk about SEO, you might also hear PPC mentioned. This is Pay-Per-Click, which enables you to place sponsored links to your website in the search engine results pages (SERPs) of specific search terms.

CSS/HTML5/jQuery

If your web designer starts to throw this kind of web design jargon around then you’re well and truly entitled to ask for an interpreter. We use these languages and frameworks to build, structure and present content. This is how we bring our web designs to life in their fully fledged, functional form.

*An Apology

If you’ve ever been bamboozled, baffled or bemused by a website designer spouting their own bizarre dialect of web design jargon then on behalf of our industry we are very, very sorry. We hope that you’ll find us to be clear, transparent and very much down-to-earth.

5 Things Every Exeter Web Design Startup Should Know

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As a relative newcomer to the Exeter web design scene we’ve experienced first-hand some of the highs and lows of starting a web development company.

We’ve been running in our current guise for around 3 years, and it’s been quite an adventure! When you decide to launch a new business venture you inevitably sign yourself up for a steep learning curve, and the experiences that we’ve had in our formative years have been invaluable to the growth of our web design business. We hope to carry on learning, both from our successes and from our mistakes!

We thought that it would helpful to share some of the things that we’ve learnt so far.

If you’re a web design startup or considering setting out in the big bad world of web development, here are a few tips that you might find helpful:

1. Find your Niche

Launching a new company is a very exciting process! In the early months everybody carries a huge sense of expectation, and it’s not hard to keep motivation high. Looking back it probably felt like we were destined to become Exeter’s most successful and high-profile web development agency with 60 staff, an expansive array of world-class website design services and an office complex to rival Google’s.

Instead, we’ve found that it’s impossible to do everything immediately. Whilst it’s true that a startup will benefit from having a team of generalists, it’s better still to find a niche that you can thrive in and do everything that you can to be the best at it! We’ve enjoyed building a portfolio of responsive websites and E-Commerce online retail stores. We’ve also found ourselves gaining considerable expertise in WordPress development.

This information has shaped our business strategy and helps us deliver a high quality of service to our clients. If you’re not sure exactly what it is that you’re good at, we’d encourage you to find out – it might just be the shove in the right direction that your business needs.

2. Developer/Client Relations

Unsurprisingly, most web design startups tend to employ a combination of web designers and web developers. These are the guys and girls who design and develop websites. However, one of our steepest learning curves was in the whole realm of project management and developing a client-facing culture.

In an ideal world designers are given a clear and thorough brief, allowed a designated period of time to dream, design and deliver, and then receive prompt payment from a delighted client. The reality is that it can be really difficult for clients and designers to communicate clearly with one another. We’ve learnt so much about agreeing expectations at the outset of a project, during the development phase and upon completion. It’s made life a lot easier, both for our team and for our clients!

If you’re starting out, recognising the importance of communication and the client relationship cannot be underestimated.

3. There are few Shortcuts

It can be easy to think that the success of your website design company will depend entirely upon the quality of your web development. After all, surely that’s what it’s all about? The reality is that it takes time to build a successful web design agency, not to mention marketing, slowly building your reputation and waiting for those all important bigger projects to come your way.

We would advise any web design startups to be patient, build your business from the bottom up and be prepared to ride out those early lean periods. After all, once your web development agency is established and attracting new clients you won’t have as many opportunities to work on your company. Consider it an opportunity to shape your business culture that you might struggle to find time for in 12 months! Ensure that you keep focused on what’s ahead, plan diligently and don’t be too concerned if there are one or two months when business is a little slower than you might like!

4. Be Idealistic and Pragmatic

A big part of our vision is to provide high quality, affordable web design solutions to local businesses across Exeter and Devon. We love being in the South-West and want to be agents for positive change in the place that we live.

However, we’ve also learnt that to continue doing this in a sustainable way we’ve needed to pull in bigger projects from across the UK (and indeed from North America and Europe). The experience, profile and cash-flow that these website development projects have brought have been invaluable in helping us grow.

We’ve had to pursue a realistic middle ground comprising both idealism and pragmatism; every big commercial web design project that we take on gives us the stability that we need to help more local Exeter businesses…

5. Find Web Designers in your City

Finally, get to know others in your city who are doing the stuff and make sure that you take every opportunity to learn from them! We’re grateful for the likes of @ExeterWeb and @DigPen. These kinds of forums provide a wonderful opportunity to learn and grow together. We’re proud to be part of Exeter’s flourishing web development sector.

Exeter Branding Review: Ruby Modern Diner

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There’s always a buzz when a new restaurant or coffee shop arrives in Exeter. There’s been lots of chatter about Ruby Modern Diner, who have just opened in a fabulous Grade II listed building in Queen Street.

It would seem that the Exeter food and drink market is a tough one to crack. We’ve enjoyed the arrival of the likes of Bill’s, Coffee#1 and Devon Coffee in recent months, and we hope that Ruby also manage to hit the ground running.

We’re web designers, not food critics, so we thought that we would review Ruby Modern Diner in a slightly left-of-field manner. Much as we love great coffee and burgers made with locally sourced Ruby red beef (we hope they have a delicious vegetarian option too), we thought that it would be fun instead to have a look at the way in which owners Erin and Dicky have developed the branding of their business.

We like it!

Erin and Dicky have been very savvy in gathering an audience for their diner even while 72 Queen Street has been redeveloped. They’ve received over 600 ‘likes’ on Facebook and used a simple WordPress blog to Ruby looks great.share Instagram-style photos as the refurbishment of the venue has progressed. We’re impressed by the way in which Ruby has developed an online identity even before the doors first opened to the public.

The sense of identity continues the moment that you walk in the door. If you check out Ruby’s fledgling website or recruitment material you’ll notice that typography features very prominently in a clean, modern design. The same typeface has been employed throughout the restaurant, giving it a consistent, classy, spacious feel. The menus are simple and clean, and the branding in the windows running parallel to Queen Street is a classy touch.

When we asked our in-house graphic designer Matt what he thought of Ruby’s graphic design he was very complementary, drawing comparisons with the surf brand Roxy. The use of a distinctive typeface (font family) is an increasingly attractive option in both graphic design and web design, and allows local businesses to easily stamp their identity on their website, premises and literature. It’s timeless, memorable (you’d recognise that Coca-Cola scrawl anywhere, right?) and very much in fashion.

We trust that Ruby will be a big hit with Exeter’s food & drink aficionados. If you’re in and around Exeter, head to Queen Street for great local food and quality coffee, and while you’re at it, why not spend a moment taking in that carefully-crafted branding that is such an essential part of a fledgling local business…

P.S. If you’d like to look at more beautiful photos of Ruby Modern Diner pop by Matt Austin’s blog.

Affordable Exeter Web Design

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If you’re looking for affordable web design solutions in Exeter we imagine that there will be a number of considerations working their way around your head. With so many different companies offering affordable websites, not to mention those exasperating pop-up banners that promise you the best website in the world for £49 (they’re lying) choosing a web design company can seem like a thankless task.

When it comes to affordable websites, there are two obvious traps that you are in danger of falling into:

The first is being lured into the false premise that choosing the cheapest website in town is a good idea; those old mantras about getting what you pay for, peanuts & monkeys aren’t mantras for nothing.

The second, slightly less obvious pitfall occurs when you choose a perfectly respectable web design company whose affordable website solutions suddenly end up costing far more than you had anticipated, thus rendering them very much not affordable.

As a Exeter web design company we think that it’s only fair to voice our equally vehement dislike of both of these outcomes. We don’t have much to say about cheap, nasty websites that cause local businesses more harm than good.

The second pitfall, however, is one that is much more common than you might expect. It has significant implications for both the client and the web designer, because hard working web design agencies care very much about producing websites and website design services that their clients absolutely love.

The problem usually arises either because the initial consultation is insufficiently detailed or because of disagreement over the financial implications of an increasingly complex website design that is developed and improved over a period of weeks. Much like those solicitors fees that we all find ourselves reluctantly paying, web developers tend to work by the hour, meaning that every hour spent carefully honing a client’s website needs to be accounted for. Needless to say, significant deviations from the initial consultation will inevitably result in the possibility of increased costs.

If you’re looking for affordable website design in Exeter that won’t end up costing the earth, here are 4 top tips from a bunch of good natured web designers who really do want other local businesses to have great websites that they can be proud of:

 1. Research

Those hours spent looking at your competitors’ websites are certainly not wasted. Working out exactly what you do and don’t want before your web designer gets to work will save time, energy and ultimately money.

2. Relationship

You’ll probably be spending quite a bit of time contacting your web developer whilst your new website is being built, so finding a web design agency that you really get along with is a huge priority. Work hard to find a web designer that you like, understand and feel comfortable emailing and speaking to on the phone.

3. Realism

Being realistic about your budget and expectations will make an affordable website that much more achievable. Much as we’d love to build you a Google/Facebook/BBC News replica for £300, it’s simply not going to be possible.

4. Respect

This is a huge one. It’s clearly vital that the web designer listens to and prioritises the preferences of the client. However, it’s equally important that the client respects and embraces the skills, experience and preferences of the web developer. After all, it’s their professional reputation on the line, and by working in the web design company’s sweet spot you’ll be getting maximum value for money. If your research is thorough, relationship is good and goals are realistic, giving your website designer room to breathe is a great way to achieve an affordable website that everybody is happy with.

Mobile Website Design

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There is no doubt that the smartphone revolution is here to stay. It’s estimated that over half the UK population now own a smartphone, and this is having a significant impact on the web design industry. If a website design isn’t highly functional for a visitor using a smartphone then it is effectively out-of-date, posing significant questions for the website owner and web designer. This is particularly true when the majority of companies are looking for affordable web design solutions that will in turn generate new business revenue, not result in a hefty web development bill.

A PC, Tablet and mobile showing different responsive designs for the same siteThey say that there’s more than one way to skin a cat (not that any of us have tried recently) and it’s also true that there are various ways to develop a mobile-friendly web design. Some companies have decided to build multiple websites to cater for the diversity of their site visitors. However, the most popular solution at the moment would have to be responsive website design. We’ve been integrating responsive web design into our development process for a while now, and we have to say that we think it’s a brilliant concept.

The premise is very simple. If a website design needs to be as functional and visually pleasing on a smartphone as it is on one of our 27” Macs, the perfect solution has to be a web design which is able to adapt to the browser and device that the site visitor is using. This isn’t necessarily as straightforward as it sounds – you’ll notice that when you’re using a smartphone the screen is essentially ‘portrait’. This is very different from a widescreen desktop or laptop! It’s a bit like taking a beautiful landscape photo and trying to squeeze it into one of those bedside photo-frames where you keep a picture of your mum. It just doesn’t work.

The beauty of responsive web design lies in its simplicity. Instead of simply showing the whole page on a smaller screen, a responsive website will redistribute the different components of the page in a way which is helpful for the smartphone browser. This means that the web design can be subtly modified, with menus arranged down the page (rather than across the top) and the size of buttons/links increased to cater for touchscreen users.

A responsive website design is also incredibly easy to keep updated. You have one content management system, and making one change will enable every visitor to your site to keep up-to-date. It also makes life easier when it comes to Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) simply because you have just the one website to invest your time and energy into. If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing once*.

If you’re looking for an affordable website design and want to find out more about mobile solutions or responsive web design then why not get in touch? We’ve got an office in Exeter and we’d love to hear from you.

*That is the saying, no?

Web Design in Exeter: Thrills, Skills and Half the Bills

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Exeter is a fantastic city. It’s not a secret that at the heart of Devon lies a thriving city with outstanding shopping, a top-10 University and an unparalleled quality of life. The tourist guidebooks love that fact that in the same day (admittedly an exhausting one!) the keen adventurer can enjoy the culture of a European city, the rugged wilds of Dartmoor and the laconic beauty of some of Britain’s best beaches.

We love Exeter. Simple. You’ve probably heard such sentiments a thousand times.

However, you might not be so familiar with the news that Exeter is home to an absolutely thriving web development sector. The place is positively teeming with innovators, web developers and creative web design types. What’s more, they’re really rather good at what they do.

It might surprise you to hear that Devon is something a breeding ground for cutting-edge website design. Isn’t it meant to be a breeding ground for… well, farm animals? That and Cream Tea, holiday homes and fudge? Surely Exeter lends itself more to early retirement than cutting-edge creative design agencies?

We would suggest that the answer has to be a resounding “No!”

There is something counter-intuitive about employing a web designer who spends their day engulfed by a dreary cityscape, shuttling from A to B on an underground train where nobody speaks to one another before arriving home just in time for a microwave meal and the imminent arrival of bedtime. Surely a web designer, web developer or graphic designer should be able to spend their weekends kitesurfing, walking or mountain biking? Inspiration is, after all, an everyday part of the job, and if you’re not encountering anything inspirational*…

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It’s also been our experience that the website design services that are available in Exeter stand shoulder to shoulder with the majority of competitors in our capital. It’s our firm belief that employing a web design agency in Exeter will deliver everything that you would expect from London-based web developers at a fraction of the cost.

Whether you’re looking for the latest responsive website design, cutting edge SEO services or a professional E-Commerce online retail website, we reckon that you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for in Exeter.

Oh, and the Cream Tea isn’t half bad either.

* We like to caricature, we also quite like London!

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