Web Design, Content Management, Bespoke Development

Dynamic Bespoke Web Design Solutions

Rossco-Designs specialises in bespoke website design from the classic 5 page website to highly tailored developments that deliver maximum impact and stunning quality. Accessibility, intuitive navigation, SEO (Search engine optimisation) and usability are the keys for any successful, professional web site and we stick to these requirements for all our developments.

As a highly experienced bespoke website designer, we deliver stunning, high-quality and tailored website designs at competitive prices. We are firm believers in following the Web Standards Authority (W3C) recommendation on Standard Compliance which is closely followed and thoroughly tested on our sites.

Based in Edinburgh, we offer the full web package of web design, front-end development, back-end development, on-site search engine optimisation and off-site search engine optimisation. Absolutely nothing is outsourced, which means your web site will be professionally developed. To insure that our clients get the very best solution for their requirements, we feel that keeping our work in-house has long terms benefits. It's our design and development so we know how to update, upgrade and manage content very efficiently.

It's our job to insure that you make an impression on the web. We work closely with our clients to insure that the very best solution and strategy is followed to achieve this. A good website makes you money, if developed well. It could also be the best salesman you ever had. If done badly, it could cost you thousands of pounds and you won’t see a penny in return.

Our sites use a powerful, dynamic and highly customisable Content Management Framwork (CMF) that allows us to deploy websites that are manageable via a secure administration area. With the ability to edit content via a web browser this brings benefits to the client. Simple updates are easily carried out with minimal training which gives the client control. Read More...

Hand Coding You Can Trust

At Rossco-Designs every single page is hand-coded using the most trusted techniques, scaleable, and keyword-rich content.

Our Code is clean & minimal, resulting in easily manageable content.
HTML markup is optimised for search engines to trawl.
Scaleable websites that can increase in size without any degradation to content.
XHTML and CSS standards free of errors for increased cross browser compatibility.

We are a proud member of the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce to bring a better standard of web design to the internet for local business as well as through out the UK.

Working closely with the biggest and best search engines of today will help to increase page rank and traffic which will generate more potential sales and interest.

Why not take a moment to look around and familiarise yourself with our services.

Web Design

Our goal is to pin-point the requirements of the client and how they envisage their web site is to look. The design is the key to any successful web site and is paramount to holding potential clients and customers to that site, which could produce a sale or subscriber.

First appearances is everything and having a professional looking site is essential. As a Designer, we have the responsibility to produce a design that is suitable to the client, attractive to their potential customers and meets their expectations. Many designers use industry standard packages.

Some of the most popular, industry standard packages are also the most difficult to master. We do not rely on any one package to create a design or web site but use a number of them together which results in a feature and keyword rich design.

Photoshop – Graphic manipulation

Xara – Graphic and photo manipulation

Illustrator – Print and vector graphics.

Flash – Graphic Animation

Dreamweaver – Web site construction.

Notepad ++ – Hand coding for pros.

Many designers rely on programs such as Dreamweaver to construct a web site which could be a warning to their actual ability. Dreamweaver is a professional program and is used by some of the best designers out there but take this tool away from them, can they fix potential issues? Knowledge beyond your tools is important.

Web Development

Design done, time to make the web site work. To insure the graphics are sliced correctly, creating a bare-bones structure in order to see how things piece together in a mock setup is essential. This gives us a working prototype of a design before the serious development starts.

Wasting essential time on other tasks when the basics are not even ready is bad time management. We work with Dynamic Database driven frameworks that allow quick deployment of complex web sites as we have already spent the time developing our techniques and bespoke work.

With our bespoke web designs we use a number of techniques and languages to get the end product, which is a highly polished, professional and robust web site that is upgradeable and extendible. Some of the technologies we use include ;

XHTML – Our preferred markup language

XML – Used for sitemaps and feeds

RSS – Mostly used for news and blog feeds

PHP – Open Source Server Script Language

MySQL – Open Source Database storage

Javascript – Client Side Script Language

We use a variety of Open Source and 3rd party web design software from Content Management Frameworks, Systems, Blogging platforms, integrated shopping applications as well as bespoke development within these applications. Depending on the client’s requirements, the right solution can be found and tailored to requirement.

Web Standards

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), along with other groups and standards bodies, has established technologies for creating and interpreting web-based content. Web designers and developers should consider these standards and test to verify the final product complies.

These technologies, which we call 'web standards', are carefully designed to deliver the greatest benefits to the greatest number of web users while insuring the long-term viability of any document published on the Web. The benefits of using web standards in the long run help both the developer and user of a web site.

Following even the basics will have an impact on how a web site is maintained, accessed and will help to future-proof. Many designers and developers do not follow or understand the basics of standards but we do and we follow them. So what are the basics?

Use CSS rather than tables for layout

Use a valid markup language

Provide text for non-text components

Use hyperlinks that make sense

Compatible with newer browsers

Extensibility and accessible

Validators check the syntax of your HTML and CSS to make sure it is correct, and let you know about any errors or ambiguities. It's up to us to fix any errors and to uphold both our standards and those of the W3C. There is a lot more to web design than many believe but we cover all bases.
Visit W3C for more information on standards