You may be thinking "I don't really need a website..." or "I could have my son's babysitter do it". Well, websites are crucial for almost all businesses. Just think about it, every major or reputable business entity has a website - there is no reason you shouldn't. Today's website are what business cards used to be back in the 1980's. They instill a feeling of trust, reputation and credability.

Quality vs. Price

You can find outrageously low prices out there, and outrageously horrible sites that accompany them. But before you start looking for a website design from the neighborhood high school techno-geek, remember - your website reflects your business - and in most cases it reflects you. Our sites are designed not just to look good but to be very usable and intuitive. In today's world, ease of use is very important and a website should be very easy to navigate and have easily accessible content.

Medium of the Future

After all, when was the last time you used the yellow pages? How about Google? As the internet grows, websites are becoming the best way to target your audience. A well designed website results in happier customers and more business, resulting in more profit.

How can we make the internet work for you and your business?

We believe that finding the right balance of process and action is essential to the success of any project. Too much process, and your project gets mired in bureaucracy without action. Too little, and the end result is doomed by shifting objectives, expensive late-stage alterations, and frequent delays. So, before we design your site, we research your industry so that we can build a custom site that will work best for you. When designing we always make sure to follow Web Standards and focus on accessibility.

Full Accessibility: The widest accessibility has always been one of the keys to good web design. Standards Compliancy will invite more browsers to view our websites, not fewer. This means a maximum coverage and larger audience for our clients -- and for us!

Price: Standards Compliant sites are cheaper to maintain and develop. The tabled and frameset websites of yesterday are more difficult to update, spelling out more client hours being spent. Well designed Standards Compliant sites are much easier to maintain and markup is simple. Moving items, changing fonts, backgrounds, colours, and (where necessary) creating a virtually new site is possible in a fraction of the time it once took. This means Vantage can be more flexible with price, which is especially important in this rather soft market.

Longevity: Because Standards Compliant sites are more easily controlled, they can essentially be built once and used forever. Older table-based designs are particularly inflexible when it comes to updating them. New browsers are approaching full Standards Compliance. These are the browsers that the vast majority of people use; so it makes absolutely no strategic or financial sense to build a site that is obsolete the moment it is finished. It only makes sense to build a website that will last into the future.

Search Engine Friendly (SEO / SEF): Standards Compliant sites are better for search engines - structured content helps engines index you better.

Unsurpassed Versatility: Standards Compliant sites are more versatile because they work at any resolution and any monitor size and will fully maintain design integrity.

Creative, Elegant and Affordable

Our websites are clean, elegant, fast loading, hand-coded business solutions that adhere to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specifications. We produce web platforms for all types of business and offer services for all kinds of budget.

We design websites in partnership with you

From the preliminary design concepts, right through to the final test phases we will work in close partnership with you. We will keep you informed as the site develops, making sure you are fully involved every step of the way.

From our entry-level Start-up packages, right through to our Business solutions we offer an affordable, web design service that is professional, client led, and result driven. To learn more please select a package from the menu on the left.

Overview of web services

• Start-up sites and Business Site solutions
• Hand coded XHTML / CSS design
• Information architecture
• Website usability advice and consultation
• Domain names, hosting and support
• Audio/Video: MP3, Real Audio, MPEG etc
• Flash animation
• Search engine optimization and promotion
• Ongoing support and maintenance (if required)
• Layout to code service
• BrightFire offers a fast, high quality 'layout to code service'. Simply send us your PSD/PNG layout and allow us do the rest. Furthermore, your site will be interoperable, accessible and W3C compliant! Contact us for more information.