Archa Solutions - Web Design Huddersfield

We design and develop accessible web sites that look great and are easy to use, regardless of a person’s ability, technical knowledge or age.

Everyone can design a web site can't they? Well...no, not really.

A web site is one of the most valuable tools your company or organisation can have. Don't think of it as a final thought or an extra to stick onto the budget, think of it as a way to reach millions of people.

Every company, big or small, can get a lot out of having a web site. Your clients expect you to have one and they want to log on right now and find out more about your business.

Web sites we have made

  • TEAM Food accessible web design York
  • Alps accessible web design Huddersfield
  • IJM Photography accessible web design Nottingham
  • Environmental Defence Systems Ltd accessible web design, search engine optimisation (seo) and content management system (cms)
  • FloodSax web site concept design
  • Nottingham based MainstreetMedia, content management system and streaming media
  • Nathan Croft, Birmingham based magician, web site design and seo

Our service

When a client chooses us, we look at their company; what it does and what it means and will build a web site with those points in mind. We take time to get to know you the client and their business but also do our own research in their field right at the beginning of a project. We listen to our client’s needs and what purpose they want a web site for. We suggest how these requirements can be best implemented on the web and constantly keep them up to date throughout a project.

How we do it

  1. We meet and have an informal discussion (and drink some coffee/tea)
  2. We listen and discuss your potential web design project
  3. We produce a proposal and send it to you the old fashioned way
  4. If you like our ideas you hire us and we get started on your project
  5. You get the results you’re after, and more

The importance of accessibility

Ensuring your web site is accessible is very important. Put simply it means; reaching more people...and that can't be bad, can it?

You may have seen old accessible web sites and be reminded of a site that has a black background with very large yellow and blue text. This is an accessible web site, but they don’t have to look like this.

Using technology and programming languages correctly, accessible web sites can be built that do not compromise on creative design and style. Just like our own web site.

Business benefits of accessible web site design

  • Reduces web site maintenance costs
  • Faster page loads
  • Dramatically reduces bandwidth for you and your customers
  • Improves usability
  • Greater compatibility with different web browsers
  • Higher search engine rankings
  • Future-proofs your web site

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

Web sites that we produce are naturally optimised for search engines. The process of developing an accessible web site gives you the best possible start to getting a good page rank on search engines.

How we optimise web sites for search engines

  • We create web sites with valid HTML/XHTML
  • We keep Content, style and behaviour separate using valid CSS and JavaScript
  • We use semantic and meaningful markup
  • We use PPC search engine advertising
  • We ensure your web site uses search engine friendly links
  • We develop web sites with logical page layouts

Out of all the project feedback that we receive, it is search engine results that our clients are always really impressed with.

The technical bits

All of the web sites that we develop comply with Web Standards established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and promoted by the Web site Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

Some technical jargon

  • Valid HTML/XHTML
  • Valid CSS
  • W3C Standards Compliance
  • WAI AA and AAA Guidelines
  • Semantic Markup
  • Platform Independent

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Our services

Web Site Design
Creative web design for your business that complies with web standards.
Content Management Systems (CMS)
An easy and cost-effective way to update and maintain your website.
Web Consultancy
An indepth analysis of your web site so you know what is working for you and, even more crucially, what is not.

Recent projects

What are our clients saying?

Toby Ahern - Alps commercial director

“Highly professional, well organised and friendly to work with. I cannot rate Archa Solutions highly enough. „

Toby Ahern – Alps™ commercial director