Professional Website Designer
If you’re seeking a professional freelance website designer in Manchester to create a customised CMS website, you’ve come to the right place. With years of experience as a freelance web designer, I’m confident that I can deliver a bespoke website that caters to your unique needs.
I prioritise professional website design and top-notch CMS development, which is why I always use the latest industry-leading technologies to ensure your website is fast, secure, and optimised for search engines. As a testament to my commitment to excellence, I never use cheap or free WordPress themes and plugins, giving you exceptional page speed results and top-notch SEO performance.
My personalised approach means I take into account your specific goals and preferences, guaranteeing that your web design is a true reflection of your brand and offers your visitors the best possible user experience.
Don’t settle for mediocre web design. Contact me today to learn more about my professional website design services and discover how I can help elevate your online presence.
Services
Bespoke Website Design
100% bespoke website site design and development. Although the websites I produce has WordPress at it’s core, each website is carefully crafted to meet the needs of your organisation or business. I don’t rely on bloated pre build themes and build each site from scratch using very light weight frameworks to ensure optimal website speed and SEO performance.
It doesn’t matter if you require a single page site or 100’s of pages, I’ll be able to develop a design and framework that will showcase your products and services in the most effective way possible.
Branding and Design
We offer branding and design services to get your business off the ground or to rebrand completely. All logos are designed to last a lifetime and we consider different use cases like Social Media and Packaging or Printed media like business cards.
- Your company brand is vital and the messaging surrounding what you do and the values you hold to is a very personal matter.
- We can assist you with branded clothing like t-shirts, hoodies, or small gift items to give away to your customers.
- Business cards and letterheads can also be incorporated into our workflow to ensure you get a package with everything you might require to stand out above the rest of your competition.
- All original artwork produced can be downloaded from our cloud (link will be provided upon completion)
- We take font choice and typography seriously and will limit your website to a maximum of 3 fonts to ensure best speed results.
Hosting services
Has your website outgrown the limitations of your shared hosting package? Are you nervous about not doing regular backups and overall website security?
- Fully managed VPS hosting options are available to host your website.
- Server locations can be in most counties of your choice. USA, UK, Germany etc.
- Daily backups are performed and should you wish to move your site, we can compress it and make it available for download from our cloud infrastructure.
- We utilize the latest server technologies and all sites are in their own Docker containers ensuring security and safety.
- VPS (Virtual Private Servers) offer greater CPU and memory resources than typically shared hosting accounts which will be a HUGE benefit to website speed.
e-Commerce Systems
We utilize industry-leading e-Commerce systems like WooCommerce which are used widely on the internet to help you sell your products or services.
- Product creation and setup
- Payment gateway integration for Google Pay, Apple Pay, Stripe or Paypal.
- Custom filtering and attributes for your products.
- Integration to Google Analytics for reporting and analysing user behaviour.
- Product photography can be included in the scope of your project (Product dependant on size)
SEO services
SEO is a bit of a dark art form in our circles and anyone who claims to know it all should be approached with a healthy level of scepticism.
- I strive for good SEO compliance in all my website designs.
- I can assist in keyword research and optimising pages and images to utilise chosen keywords.
- It is vital to connect your site to Google and Bing webmaster tools as well as Analytics to track performance over time.
- I can offer advice and help bring your SEO and advertising campaigns under control making sure you get the best value for money and stay in complete control on your ad spend.
WEB SITE FEATURES
CMS
All our websites use WordPress for their core CMS. Unlike other agencies and freelancers who rely on pre-built themes, we design/develop your site from the ground up ensuring exceptional page speed results.
GDPR
GDPR can be a bit of a minefield and we implement tools to help you comply with EU and UK law with regard to the data you may collect on your website.
SEO optimised
We will add an easy to understand SEO framework as part of your web design project to ensure your website is optimised for organic search in all major search engines. We can assist in selecting the correct keywords for your site and with a maintenance plan you’ll have access to ad-hoc changes and tweaks to optimize your site further as time goes on.
Mobile Friendly
We take responsive website design very seriously as most people browse the Internet using smartphones these days. Your website will look beautiful on all screen sizes making sure your visitors get the best possible experience when browsing your website
E-Commerce
We can implement industry-leading E-Commerce systems into your website. We will adapt WooCommerce to suit the specific needs of your business and ensure your products or services are easy to purchase for your customers.
Custom Development
Your new website will be custom-built using a lightweight fast framework integrated into WordPress CMS. We do NOT use off-the-shelf themes and every page is carefully handcrafted.
website design process
Experience a professional and methodical approach to your web design project. As a website designer and CMS website developer, I take great care in guiding you through a proven step-by-step process to ensure efficient development while staying within your budget guidelines. At DOTJUICE, I use unique frameworks tailored to your needs, rather than relying on clunky pre-built themes for WordPress. You can trust me to deliver a bespoke and high-quality website that will exceed all your expectations.
1. Consultation
In this phase, we'll ask loads of questions to understand your brand and business. We'll talk about colours and website functionality.
2. Wireframing
This step isn't always necessary but is useful in some cases when specialist page layouts are required.
3. Design
At this point, your website front end is being designed. Complex application functions might not all work at this stage.
4. Develop
In most cases, this happens alongside the design process, but in some cases further programming might be required.
5. Content creation
At this point, your website should be mostly finished and needs to be populated with the correct copy and content.
6. Testing
We test your website speed and optimize any settings to ensure it looks and performs well.
website cost considerations
Use our project planner to help you prepare a brief and develop an idea of the costs involved in getting a website.
References
5 star ratings
Debbie Baker
Johan did an amazing job building my website www.dogwalkermarple.co.uk The knowledge and experience along with the advice Johan offered has been invaluable with getting my business up and running. Johan designed various versions of my logo for the website, t-shirts and vinyl for the van. Whilst building the website we had many conversations about the style, content and layout which has proved pivotal to the success of my business. I’ve had many compliments from clients about the website and have gained a few customers because of the professional design and layout. Johan and I have bounced ideas off of each other and I have to say I’m extremely happy with his professionalism and friendly service. I have absolutely no hesitation recommending Johan and I will certainly be using his services in the future.
Sean Yeates
Johan did an exceptional job designing both a logo and a website for my business. I knew I wanted the end product to appear slick and professional, but had no idea of how it should look. Johan helped and guided at every stage, making suggestions but also listening to my criticism. His professionalism and dedication was (and continues to be) excellent. I can’t recommend him enough!
Katherine Tupper
Working with Johan was great. He listened to our objectives for our new website and then came up with some great ideas as to how we could achieve them. He worked collaboratively with us to make sure everything was how it needed to be, whilst also ensuring the site looked fresh and sleek. We are delighted with the end result and would recommend Johan without hesitation.
Kevin Stuart
For thirty years, I’ve been operating from my main road location and dealing with customers on a one to one basis. Times have changed and modern customers check on line for goods and services. Presenting my services on line was a minefield. There are plenty of web designers but few impressed, many claiming nationally known clients which is a far cry from my small business and probably attracting large fees. Johan stood out because he offered a very personal service. He asked many questions and got to know and understand my business and what I am trying to achieve. The web sites he has built for other local business are impressive and gave me confidence. His recommendations on how I could use social media to promote my business were insightful and useful. He put together a logo which we developed together into a full design. Johan did all the work but I was very much involved in the process. Johan Koke provides a service which is extremely good value for money and which I would highly recommend.
Jason Graham
I’ve been using Johan for my website needs now for the last 5 years. He originally took on a significant project in moving my entire site from an expired WordPress theme to a completely new platform and refreshed layout with new interaction and a simple page build structure. It was no small task but he was very easy to talk to and understood my needs and requirements quickly, implementing them without issue and always able to resolve technical problems and come up with new solutions. Since then he has been responsible for making the site more mobile friendly and improving security. He is always available and reliable and I trust everything he does implicitly and rely on him for ongoing maintenance. I can highly recommend his services to anyone considering and wouldn’t look elsewhere.