We are a St. Louis digital marketing agency who specializes in website development. Our custom-built websites are engineered with precision to create a seamless front-end experience for your users. This means making sure that your site is functional, responsive and accessible to all.
Equally as important is making sure that your team is able to easily update and manage the back-end of your site. You should be able to quickly and easily make edits to your content without wanting to throw your laptop across the room in frustration. We do this by creating custom templates on WordPress that provide you with an easy-to-navigate user interface and virtually limitless plugin integrations. Simply put, we make website management easy.Schedule a Free Consultation!
What Is Website Development?
Website development is the process of building a website which often includes technical tasks such as setting up hosting, configuring network security, creating a staging environment, and writing markup and programming language. Now before your eyes start to glaze over too much, we’ll break these tasks down into real human language:
- Hosting – This is the process of setting up your website on a server where files such as code, images, and content live. Similar to building a new home, you must first find a suitable plot of land before construction can start. The same goes for websites except that the plot of land is a web server.
- Network Security – This is the process of making sure that your website is secure and isn’t prone to data breaches. It’s basically like hiring an invisible squad of digital security guards to prevent unauthorized access, misuse, or theft.
- Staging Environment – This is essentially your website in its final form before it actually goes live. A staging environment allows us to enter content and deploy changes without it ever touching an end-user.
- Markup Language (HTML & XML) – This is a computer language that uses tags to define elements within a document. It’s readable by both humans and machines meaning that it uses standard words such as <head> and <body>.
- Programming Language (C++, Java, Perl, and PHP) – This language consists of a set of commands, instructions, and other syntax used to create a software program. This is usually what most people think of when they envision “code” which often looks like some kind of crazy gibberish or alien language.
Congrats you’re now a developer! Just kidding… If only it were that easy. There’s obviously a lot more to it than that, but at least now you have a better grasp on the basics. Think of it this way – the design is the blueprint or building instructions, then development is the process of putting all the pieces together to create the actual structure.
Our St. Louis Website Development Process
Our goal is to help break down each phase of our website building process in a way that is easy to understand and digest. With that being said, development is usually the most challenging to break down due to its technical nature. We’ve done our best to outline each step in our process, but if any part below doesn’t make sense, we encourage you to reach out to us so that we can help provide further clarification.
What Makes Our Website Development Services Different?
There are a million and one ways to develop a website. The decision of which method to choose and how to make it happen is the job of the development team. Your job is simply to choose a team that you want to hand over that responsibility to. Well, maybe simple isn’t the right word. We realize that there’s a lot of weight on that decision, which is why we’ve outlined exactly what sets us apart to help you decide if we’re the right tech nerds for the job.
Trust
Trust is the foundation of a successful partnership. We help to build this trust early on by providing transparency into our process and making sure that you receive the updates you need to feel confident in the progress of your site. Then we continue to build upon this trust by consistently delivering on our promises.
Communication
It may sound cliche, but communication truly is key. The dev process can be where clients feel the most “in the dark” if not properly informed. We make sure this doesn’t happen by always keeping you in the loop with important status updates. We’ll give you all the key points without diving too deep into any unnecessary details.
Problem Solving
You know those people who love Sudoku puzzles and algebra equations? Well, that’s the type of people we have on our dev team – problem solvers. Computers and the internet are always updating which means that you need a team that’s able to adapt and respond efficiently to those updates. Our team is not only equipped with these necessary skills but they embrace challenges with open arms.
Matchbox helped us tweak and update different sections of the site, making it be the best that it could possibly be. The previous website didn’t show a secure connection when it came to making registrations or donations. Many people told us that they would not be registering or donating because of the security issue. The current website features secured registration and sponsorship areas, completely changing how people communicate with us. Matchbox is always willing to step up to the plate and add value wherever they can.
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