Egn’s web development services will help you to access and engage with more visitors by making your website user friendly, search engine friendly, compliant and feature rich.

Build standards-compliant web pages

Pages will be valid XHTML with valid CSS. Content and structure will be separated from presentation. This means that the pages can be easily maintained and adapted for other media such as print, mobile, etc. The pages will be tested on all the major browsers and any inconsistencies will be dealt with. The upshot of all this is that the site will be stable, future-proofed and ready to take advantage of the next releases of XHTML, CSS and accessibility guidelines.

Build accessible web pages

All pages will conform to at least WCAG 1.0 double-A guidelines and triple-A wherever possible. Colour contrasts will conform to at least minimum recommended levels. Pages will cater for keyboard-only navigation. Markup will be semantically correct to enable accurate interpretation by assistive technologies. Further design objectives are described in Egn’s web accessibility consulting services.

Build usable web pages

Pages will be designed to ensure clear and easy navigation. They will include self-evident signposts to tell the visitor where he/she is within the site and where he/she can go next. Content will be visually ‘scannable’ by making appropriate use of headers, bullets, highlights, font sizes, etc. Page structure will be consistent throughout. Further design objectives are described in Egn’s web usability consulting services.

Note: Standards compliance, accessibility and usability design are all inextricably linked. Developing for one area will benefit the others by default.

Add functionality

With a content management system you can incorporate such functionality as blogs, forums, galleries, e-commerce and memberships. All of which is maintained by you in a user-friendly, secure environment. Egn’s CMS of choice is Expression Engine because it enables valid, accessible, search engine friendly pages as well as being very reliable and feature-rich with a strong pedigree.

Create bespoke applications

Go beyond a CMS and get a web application tailored to precisely meet your processing requirements. Interact with your staff, your customers or the world at large. Maintain high volumes of data. Save time and effort on labour-intensive, error-prone, repetitive tasks. All in a user-friendly, secure environment. All bespoke developments include specification, design, development, testing, documentation and support. Egn’s development platform of choice is PHP / MySQL .

Consulting services

If you already have a website and would like to find how well it performs and what would be required to bring it up to scratch, Egn can offer a number of consulting services to evaluate the site and make recommendations. Egn’s accessibility and usability consulting services would incorporate evaluations of web standards by default.