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Web Design Sydney - DRC Systems - Leichhardt Sydney

At DRC Systems we are not only Sydney web designers but differentiate ourselves by being a "full services' web company. We offer the following services - some of which are free of charge!

Web Design Sydney - 1. Friendly, attentive service

We understand that you may be new to some of the concepts that web designers in Sydney may use! We will talk to you in a non - jingoistic way so all everyone involved with your web design project or S.E.O. campaign understand exactly what you need

Web Design Sydney - 2. We visit you (if you would like us to!)

If you would like us to we are very happy to visit you in your home or office to discuss your web design project.  

Web Design Sydney - 3. We offer free hosting for 6 months!

We offer quality web hosting to our Sydney web design clients .Very few Sydney web design companies offer free hosting to their web design clients. We are pleased to offer the first 6 months hosting free of charge to all of our clients and offer ongoing web hosting for just $149 per year!

Web Design Sydney - 4. Full Graphic Design and Video Capability

We are one of just a small number of Sydney web development companies that offer video and graphic design. Video is increasingly used in web design to get a message across in a succinct, entertaining way. From ecommerce website design to corporate websites, quality graphics and video can hugely enhance your website visitors experience and the time that they stay on your website. This means more enquiries, leads and sales for your business.

Web Design Sydney - 5. We are Wordpress Experts

We are one one the leading Wordpress web designers in Sydney. Wordpress allows design of stunning websites (see some of our recent Wordpress designs here). Wordpress based websites allow for easy changes to your content and blend themselves to virtually any website application. In the last 2 years Web development in Sydney has increasingly used the Wordpress platform to create websites - in fact since mid 2011 22% of all websites globally are Wordpress based.

Web Design Sydney - 6. We are a leading Sydney S.E.O. Service company

We have many websites in position one on Google.com.au - not page one, position one! Very few Sydney SEO companies can make that claim. Our SEO services include full reporting to our customers and a detailed explanation of how the search engine optimisation process works. Simply put, by being ranked high in the google search results your website will attract a lot more enquiries and sales for your business.

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Web Design Sydney - Why Does The Website Design Matter?

The Following is a recent article we wrote about the importance of quality web design practices.

People may not judge a book by its cover but that courtesy is not extended to websites. 30 seconds. That’s how long the average surfer spends on a page before reaching a decision on whether to stay or leave. It doesn’t give you much time to sell the services of your business. If you want to attract and keep customers on your page, then the quality of the design of your website is essential.  

What Are 'Bounce' Rates and Why Do They Matter?

The design of your website will affect its ‘bounce rates’. A website’s bounce rate is the percentage of single page visits that it receives. It’s not enough for visitors to simply visit the page of your site and then leave. Your website needs veiewers interested, encouraging them to visit other pages. How else will they learn more about the product or services that you have on offer? If the current bounce rate of your website is over 35 % then you should be concerned. Optimizing the design of your website is the only way of ensuring that you are able to retain and convert a higher percentage of the traffic that your website receives. There are over 300 million websites online today, so the competition to get visitors to your website and once there, to retain their interest is fierce.

What Makes A Good Website Design?

So what makes a good website design? While the layout of different websites may vary, there are certain core design elements that every good website should have. For instance, when creating your website, it is important that you choose a design that is attractive and simple. A simple design will ensure that your surfers do not get lost while navigating through your websites.

Design Considerations

A good Sydney web design should also have pages that download quickly. To achieve this, avoid relying on graphic intensive images or videos. As attractive as Flash (a technology used in some website designs) may be, there are several alternative options that you can use on your page without the associated drag of flash. Most of the best Sydney web designs tend to be flash-less.
It is important to choose the right font size for your page and ensure that it doesn’t clash or get drowned out with the background. Avoid cluttering your website with too much information at once. The information on your site should be provided in a structured hierarchal layout and not splashed haphazardly across the page. Use tabs and drop down menus to distribute the amount of information found on a page. The colors of your links and text should remain coordinated on the different pages of the site. Be sure to choose colors that do not clash too loudly with the overall visual theme of the site.

E-commerce Website Design

Amazon is a good examples of how to approach your Sydney web design. Their site architecture is designed to help surfers find the products that they need with as little difficulty as possible. These ecommerce sites also use different type of cues such as call-to-action buttons and typography to encourage the buyer to try out new options. When designing your ecommerce website, it is important that you include a clear description of all your products.
Your buyers will want to learn more about the items that they are buying. You should also have different payment options integrated into your e-commerce website. Popular options include PayPal, credit/debit cards and electronic checks. This ensures that your customers will be able to purchase your products even if one payment option is unavailable to them. Lastly, don’t forget to place the “Buy Now” button in a prominent place! There’s no point in hiding this important button in an obscure corner of the website, or making it blend into the background. This is your “Call-To-Action” button – get it out there for all your visitors to see!

Our SEO Service:

If you’re serious about turning your business into a success, then search engine optimization is crucial. Statistics show that as much as 62 % of the surfers, who use search engines, click on links within the first result page while less than 10 % use links found on the third page of the search engine results. Don’t be content to sit on the lower pages of Google. Elevating the ranking of your website to Google’s first page will enhance your online visibility and increase the amount of traffic that your website generates. In the past years, DRC Systems has been one of the few Australian SEO companies consistently ranking websites on the first page of Google’s search result. There’s a reason for this. We don’t just understand the importance of being ranked highly on search engine results. We know how to get you there.

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Web Design Sydney - Latest Article on Web Design - March 2012

Web Design Sydney - What is a CMS or Content Management System?

When you're looking at web design in Sydney you might want to consider the benefits of having a web page with CMS - Content Management System.What that means is that your site will have a “back end” (not viewable by the public) where you can upload content (text, images, sound and video files, etc.) without relying on a programmer to do it for you. This makes making changes your self to your website very easy!

Web Site Design Sydney - What are the benefits of CMS?

Ease of Start Up

A CMS system means that you don't need to spend your time learning to program in computer ‘languages’ like HTML. In fact most CMS systems are designed for the absolute novice – and it takes very little time to learn to use them.

User-Friendliness

If you can use Microsoft Word, you can use a CMS; the interface allows you to type (or copy and paste) text into a window, upload images (or other files) and then the CMS does the hard work for you – it takes your input and formats it for your site at the touch of a button.

Ideal For Those Without Programming Experience

A CMS doesn't require a degree in web design or computer programming for you to be able to use it. In the long run some people like to, and benefit from learning a little bit about HTML so you can make minor tweaks to the code themselves – but to start with it's just like using a word processing package. Really it's that simple.

Web Design Sydney - What is Wordpress?

Wordpress is the world's number one content management system, it's used for hosting blogs and website content. It's very easy to use, and is the platform of choice for first time website users and bloggers alike. Because the platform is so popular you don't have to worry about it going out of date and losing support. In fact it's so straight forward that many people with no previous programming experience can set one up by themselves in as little time as a few hours.

Web Designer Sydney - Why We Design with Wordpress

Hang on, if it's that easy why do I need a web designer? Sydney residents might be able to set up a basic website by themselves, but to get a professional polished image – it takes a professional. While the CMS is very simple to use customising the templates to give an individual and corporate image – is not so easy, in fact it takes real programming experience. Our team specialise in web design for Sydney – and we use Wordpress so that you can manage your site once it looks just right.

Web Designer Sydney - Hallmarks of Good Graphic Design

It Communicates Your Ideas

When you engage your web designer in Sydney, you'll want them to be able to communicate the core concepts of your business – visually. That means visitors to your site should be in no doubt as to what you do – even if they can't read English.

Emphasis on the Message

The design should also complement the message of your copy and even enhance it. That means it reinforces your communication efforts without distracting potential customers. It's a sure way of increasing the return on the investment you put into your web site.

Aesthetically Pleasing

Great web design for Sydney will be truly aesthetically pleasing, that means it needs to follow long established principles of graphic design, that make your content pleasing to the eye and encourage your customers to spend more time on your site and increases the chance that they will make an enquiry or purchase from you, if your website is designed to sell a product or service.
Trends in Sydney Web design - What to Look For In Web Design in Sydney in 2012 Sydney web designers are amongst the leaders when it comes to innovative web design and latching onto the latest web design styles, programming techniques, web design graphics creating distinctive and fresh looking website designs. Here at DRC systems in sunny Leichhardt, Sydney love to create unique and eye catching designs, whilst conveyed our clients' ideas and messages to their website visitors.

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Sydney Web Designers - Emerging Web Design Trends in 2012

In this latest article we look at some of the web design trends that we believe will dominate web design in Sydney in 2012

1. Minimalist Home Page Web Design.

The day of the cluttered, 'in your face' web design is gone, or at least going, we feel. We talk with many other Sydney web design companies frequently and they are in agreement that often 'less is best' when it comes to a compelling, visitor friendly web design. Here is an example of a visually striking, but 'minimal' website design we can up with to demonstrate this concept : Minimalist website design
Note the striking graphic images on the home page, offset against a pure white background with a simple , but striking black and white logo which 'brands' the website to the clients business. Business websites do not have to be crammed with content and 'messages' to gain a web visitors attention. How often have you been to a website to be bamboozled by too much information , fancy graphics and images and an array of font sizes and typography that is an assault to the senses? A plain, clean white coloured background with a striking image is very powerful in gaining a website visitors attention and curiosity. As a leading Sydney web design company, we like to keep at the 'edge' of design trends and love to come up with fresh, new website designs for our Sydney clients.

2. Huge Images.

The combination a large image, focusing attention to a strong message is a powerful combination and many Sydney web designers are adopting this trend. As well as large images, our graphic designers like to use increasing large company Logo's to make sure the website visitor is under no misunderstanding as to who's website they are visiting. A recent website design project we came up with for a Sydney company needing a website for their kitchen business, illustrates this concept very well. Check out: Recent Sydney website design with large images Notice how the stunning graphics and images draw your attention immediately to the sensational kitchens that the Sydney company manufactures. The website designer paid a lot of attention to this aspect of the web design to ensure that the quality of design of the kitchen company became apparent to the website visitor.

3. Creative Navigation and Menu's.

There is an increasing trend for more imaginative menu systems used in web design. As long as the website viewer is able to easily located and understand elements of the menu then why settle for a standard menu bar at the top of the homepage of your website? The menu can be incorporated into the sidebar, into images (eg - 'click here for our portfolio' on our Web Design Sydney website!), into the footer or as single words , which then link to the relevant page of the website. We hope you can see some of these web design concepts by viewing our latest designs at our Web Design Portfolio

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Supplementing Web Design - Have you considered These Options For Your Online Presence?

  Contact Martin or Elizabeth today on 0466986046 for helpful, friendly advice

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Website Design for ECommerce in Sydney

Australians are increasingly look to shop online with the 2010 to 2011 online sales in Australia topping 160 Billion dollars. More importantly, the trend is growing and ECommerce is now an integral and increasingly important part of business in Sydney and Australia and expanding your business via an ecommerce store can be offer very substantial returns on your investment. It is important to understand that an Ecommerce website alone will not attract the 'traffic" or customers you need to make the website a profitable part of your business. In order for your site to generate revenue effectively, it needs a skilled Sydney web design company like ourselves to deign the website for visual appeal, functionality and, very importantly S.E.O. or 'search engine optimization'. To ensure the website we create for you is found by people using search engines (like Google, Bing, Sensis and Yahoo for example) to look for products or services offered by your company, via your website we use our skills as a leading Sydney S.E.O. company to ensure your website has a high ranking amongst the major search engines, particularly Google, which now dominates over 70 percent of all website searches.

Web Design Sydney - Creating Quality Content to attract readers and the search engines!

Combining a Sydney ecommerce website design with a S.E.O. campaign can be a balancing act. Even though Googles search engine 'spiders' are proficient in figuring out the subject matter of a websites content and ranking it in the search engine results accordingly it is still good S.E.O. practice to ensure that your website offers quality, well written content that offers value to people viewing your website, whilst also giving some thought to the search engines.

Ecommerce Website Design Sydney - Key Factors.

When designing an effective Ecommerce website some of the many factors that should be included in the design include: - A simple, easy to use shopping cart - Your companies terms and conditions of trade - A FAQ web page to answer potential customers enquiries and an easy to use and efficient contact form, should the customer have any queries - Clear product description and images and accurate delivery time information - A detailed 'about us' page. When people are buying from the internet they need to be confident in you and your company. - Security of payment system (eg paypal etc)

As an experienced Sydney web designer , we look forward to assisting you with any enquiries you may have regarding Ecommerce website design.

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Web Design Sydney - The Importance Of Logo design

In this article we discuss the importance of Logos. Logos represent an important statement and can be key in branding your company, product or service.With increasing importance of 'brand recognition' for a business a well designed logo can be created to, hopefully, leave an impact on visitors to your website. In graphic design one of the most important areas is logo design. Our view at DRC Systems is that a good logo design is unique to your company and needs to be both functional and memorable, and above all else represents the brand of your organisation. Key elements of good logo design include simplicity, the right colours and wording. Customers often use their web design logo integrated into their corporate stationary, business cards and promotional material to create a unified visual for their clients and customers.In terms of graphic design principles your logo is, generally, a phrase, word, or an an idea. Ideally it should be a representation of your business and should be memorable and visually as appealing as possible and can be thought of as the visual representation of the words, symbols and the colours that define your business.

Web Design Sydney - Incorporating Images into Logo Design.

Your logo is designed to represent your business and the services or products that your business offers. Some companies like to incorporate a simple but unmistakable image into their logo. This might be a spanner for a plumbing business, a cake for a patisserie or a pair of scissors for a hair salon in Sydney. Given Sydney is a very 'image' conscious city, our web design team will discuss options with you for your logo. Sometimes 'simple is better' and a 'clean' graphic is all that is needed to elegantly represent your business. At the end of the day the logo needs to be very easily recognizable and to clearly identify your business or company name. Using the best possible colour combinations and shades in your logo design will also 'brand' it and make the logo 'yours'!

Web Design Sydney - Typical Logo Design Cost.

Our Sydney web and graphic designers are experienced and very efficient in to all aspects of design. We will normally discuss with our clients the 'look' that the client is seeking for their logo design and the style and colours that they feel may be appropriate for their business. Once we have an idea we will generally come up with some 'sample' logo's that the client can view and then discuss the changes that they would like. This is a fast, painless process - web design and graphic design is what we do day in day out so we can usually produce the final logo in a few hours, meaning the cost to you is quite minimal! Web Designer Sydney- Logo Design Summary Remember that a well designed, distinctive business logo design should portray and communicate you business in a stylish ,and appealing manner. It needs to integrate well into your web design - As a leading Sydney web design company we are here to assist you in making this a reality for your business or organisation.

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