How technology can work for you — whatever your needs and budget

How complex does my website need to be?

At Blue Violet we are often asked “how much does a website cost?”, which is a perfectly reasonable question. The answer depends very much on the client’s requirements from that website, not least in terms of the technologies used to perform those functions.

Starter web presences and brochure sites can be a very effective and inexpensive solution for a small business that just wants to be able to showcase their business, its services, perhaps some case studies and client feedback, and provide a means for customers to get in touch with them.

We are more than happy to develop your website over time to match your business growth — so, you may start off with a simple brochure site of just a few pages, and gradually introduce features, such as an interactive enquiry form requiring the website’s pages to connect with a database especially designed and built for your website.

Flash content — is it right for me?

Flash can be an important asset to your site, but it has to be carefully and accurately used, to ensure that your pages comply with current web standards, particularly regarding accessibility. Generally, it depends on the nature of your business — as well as how the Flash movies are constructed — as to whether it is a good or bad idea to incorporate Flash in your website. For example, you don’t want your site to have a long, complicated Flash animation as an introduction just ‘because you can’, as this may actually work against you if it frustrates the site visitor. But for more visually creative projects etc, such as for arts-focused businesses, where animation and interactivity are now almost essential, Flash is a valuable and powerful tool.

Flash also provides an excellent means of delivering multimedia content to your site users — for example you may have a video clip that you want to showcase on your website, and Flash can handle this (plus supporting text, images and animation) beautifully.

We are happy to advise you on all aspects of creating your website, including what technologies might be useful for your particular project and why.