Business Profile

Stiff Design is a web design and development company based in Warwickshire specialising in both technology and design driven websites for a wide range of businesses, organisations and individuals.

We design and engineer websites that focus on Usability, Accessibility, Functionality and Design. We offer practical advice and services in the following areas:

• Website Design
• Database Integration
• E-commerce Development
• Remote Back-Office Systems
• Website Management
• Search Engine Optimisation
• Site Updates
• Site Evaluations
• Internet Consultancy

We are an 'Approved Supplier' of services on the West Midlands Supplier Register (WMSR).

Underpinning our services is expertise in website engineering, Internet systems design, Information Architecture, open source server programming, open source database development and compliant web page authoring and creative visual design solutions.

We specialise in creating bespoke dynamic websites with MySQL database for content management and merchant products, using current best practices and technologies such as Really Simple Syndication (RSS), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Extensible Mark-up Language (XML), Hypertext Pre-processor (PHP) and Structured Query Language (SQL)

We also follow w3c standards for presenting web content and conform to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0. Our webpage authoring and search engine optimisation contribute towards a higher natural page ranking in search engine results.

Where businesses require online credit card processing we can provide a complete personalised payment solution integrating with clients chosen payment provider.

Our production cycle follows a simple approach to ensure a successful outcome.

Firstly we identify fully the project areas and produce a schematic representation of the undertaking in the form of wire frame drawings and site maps. The schematics identify specific areas of functionality, database interaction, technical underpinning and the Information Architecture structure.

Following this we cost out the project fully and offer clients a development schedule towards completing the project milestones

Within the schedule we produce design visuals and concept pages which demonstrate our ideas. included are areas outlined for consultation and feedback. We also publish a specification document which details the technologies and standards we propose to adopt.

Stiff Design is proud to be able to provide specialist web services achieving a high level of customer satisfaction.

 

Consultant Profiles

Peter Stiff graduated with a BA(hon) Fine Art. After 14 years as the specialist technician for the Arts Council Collection he undertook two years graduate studies gaining a PG Dip in Interactive Digital Media. Peter is expert in website engineering, Internet systems design, Information Architecture, server programming, database technologies and compliant web page authoring.

Joanne Makin has a BA(hon) Fine Art and an MA Illustration and Editorial Design. She has gained considerable experience in adverting and design during her 16 years as a freelance illustrator.

Clients of Stiff Design are from a wide range of industries including travel, insurance, events management and ecommerce.

For further information please contact us directly or send us a message