Creating a website for a client from scratch involves a variety of skills and services, all of which we offer. We are at our best when everything is in our hands, but we have worked with clients who only wanted some of these services, using in-house or third-party vendors to accomplish the rest. Services involved in creation of a new website include:

	Website Consultation/Strategic Development
	Information Architecture
	Graphic Design
	Logo Design
	Backend/Programming
	Search Engine Optimization
	Content Management
	Site Maintenance
	Open Source Solutions

Top quality professional website design is what sets iBell Host apart from other web design firms. First impressions are as important online as they are offline. A key element that will let your visitors know that your organization is professional is the design of your site. Custom web design will set your web presence apart from the crowd.

Custom design means that the look and feel of the website is built from the ground up to project the image the client wants. While it is possible to save money using pre-made templates, a serious business is almost always better off with a look that is both unique and tightly tailored to the requirements of the market. Custom website design costs a bit more, but the result is something you’ll be living with for the long term. The design of the website is the first impression many will have of your business or organization, and it’s the way you may be judged.

Web design can be simple or complex, but in either case it can be done well or very, very badly. Simple websites may look easy to do, but keeping something clean and professional requires a solid grounding in graphic design principles, as well as experience in creating websites. Once upon a time, the internet was a place anyone could splash up a bunch of text and a few photos and look like a serious player. Now, users are more sophisticated, expectations have risen, and professional website design has become the minimum standard.

iBell Host has substantial experience in website design. We have designed sites for clients in real estate, law, banking, and government. We have created websites that appeal to college students, we have designed websites that have reassured high-end financial backers. We have appealed to potential voters, donors, and customers. Our design can make the little person look big, the strait-laced company seem fun, and the struggling group seem confident. More importantly, we have given a sense of place, an atmosphere to businesses that are seen mostly online.