Welcome!
My name is Shea Dawson. I am a freelance web designer & developer based in Christchurch, New Zealand. I specialize in building high quality, small to medium sized websites that are well designed, logically structured, standards compliant, and easily found by your target market. It is my goal to make this process easy, enjoyable and affordable for you.
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Search engine optimisation
Whats the point in having a great website if no one can find it?
Websites I build are carefully constructed with the right keywords and metatags to make sure your online presence is strong. My initial set-up includes submission to all major search engines, set up of Google Analytics and creation of XML sitemaps allowing you site to be found easily by search engines.
Content management systems
A content management system (CMS) enables you to easily add, remove or make changes to your website's content, without having to be an expert.
LiveSource can build you a CMS customised to your website, allowing you to take control of the site's text content, images, products or whatever you may need.
Web hosting & email accounts
Your site will need to be hosted on a server in order for it to be available for viewing on the internet. Hosting plans with LiveSource start from just $10 per month.
If your site is designed with me, I will happily take care of uploading your pages, setting up your email accounts and making sure everything is fully operational.
Domain name registration
Your website's address www.youraddress.co.nz will need to be registered and linked to your website. If required, I am more than happy to take care of this process for you and can provide you with your domain name for just $25 per year.
Affordable rates
With the aim of getting a good number of completed projects together to build on my portfolio, I am currently offering some great rates!
Single page sites from $250
Extra pages $50
Hosting plans from $120 per year.
Web Solutions
- Search engine optimization
- Content management systems
- Web hosting & email accounts
- Domain name registration
- Affordable rates
Having the correct design for your website is crucial to its success. If a website doesn't offer it's visitors what they are looking for within 5 seconds, they will most likely leave to find a website that's easier.
My design process starts by looking closely at the goals of your website, the goals of your visitors, and how to best guide your visitors towards achieving those goals easily and intuitively.
I build sites using languages such as XHTML, CSS, javascript, PHP and MySQL. All code is written using the best programming practices and is W3 standards complient, ensuring that your site will be free of any bugs and working smoothly on all browsers.
Once your site is live, the information, products or sevices your business has to offer will be readily available to the millions of people using the internet every day.
If you choose me to build your website, you can be assured that those looking for what you can offer will have a great chance of finding you... And as the sites I build are easy to update and manage, you will have no trouble evolving, changing and growing with your market.
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