The Internet continues to evolve and expand at a rapid pace. Trends in effective web design and development are now on a one to two year cycle.

Database Designs has breadth, when it comes to website design and development. We can provide strategic consulting, design expertise, knowledge of a range of eAdvocacy and communication tools for enewsletters, political mobilization, discussion boards, news and events.

Database Designs also has depth when it comes to website design and development. We have designers and developers proficient in Dreamweaver, Drupal and other php Open Source Content Management systems, as well as DotNet and SQL Server for more complex sites. Unlike many web design companies, we can perform all levels of integration of your internal database with your website or web portal. We can strategize, design, architect, and implement the entire web project.

Here are a sampling of web sites completed or updated this year.

Planning for A Redesign of Your Website

For many organizations, excitement about new technologies coming online is tempered by anxiety about which innovations to adopt, what specific tools to choose, and when to jump in. The decision to redesign a website has to get beyond what is “hot” to what will really serve your organization and its constituency.

When we do needs assessment for website design and development projects we work from five guiding principles:

Know your existing audience and the audience you want to attract. What are your visitors looking to find the first time they visit? What will make them want to come back?

Integrate your vision for your website with your organization's overall goals and priorities. A vibrant website requires engagement from all parts of your organization, not just the webmaster or a few enthusiasts.

Your website is only as good as the content you offer. Don’t overlook the need for an ongoing process for collecting, editing and publishing meaningful content on your website in a timely fashion.

Visitors to your site have to be able to quickly find the information they are looking for and in a form that they can easily digest it. A jazzy design is great, but make sure that visitors are just a click or two away from getting access to what they came looking for.

Find ways to draw visitors who share your organization's interests into a dialogue and active engagement which is not just on your terms, but theirs as well. Effective websites today can be a community and community-building experience. Visitors are looking for websites that give them leads to other individuals or organizations with similar interests and concerns.