Website design: a professional website, from mock-up to search engine optimisation

The terms ‘website design’, ‘website creation’ or ‘website development’ refer to the process of gathering all your clients’ requirements in order to produce a proposal, which is presented in the form of graphics, images and sketches, enabling a website mock-up to be developed.
This website mock-up, incorporating your brand guidelines, is then tested against user journeys to determine the best user interface (UI) that delivers the best user experience (UX) for your client.
At the end of the website design phase, the coding is usually carried out using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Once the website mock-up has been finalised using responsive web design, it is implemented in a CMS appropriate to its intended use:

• e-commerce site,
• showcase website,
• blog,
• catalogue site.

Using a manageable CMS, such as our ArteZya CMS, makes managing the website accessible to everyone.

Why choose a content management system?

To be able to regularly update the information and images on your website, amend prices, publish your services online or showcase your services through news items, a manageable website is the best choice.

A manageable website allows you to:

• Present a dynamic image of your business,
• Highlight your news, promotions and latest developments,
• Showcase the quality of your services,
• Promote your new products and services,
• Keep your content constantly updated and tailored to your target audiences,
• Improve your search engine optimisation (SEO),
• Make your documents available for download,
• Save on website update costs.

A website for all screens

Our websites adapt to all screen sizes — smartphones, tablets, computers — thanks to responsive web design: fluid grids, media queries, and images scaled to fit the screen. AmaZili has been using this technique since 2011 and has followed the work of Ethan Marcotte — who formalised the approach in 2010 — from the very beginning.

Every mock-up is designed and tested on several screen sizes before development begins: navigation, forms and visuals remain user-friendly across all devices, a factor that Google also takes into account in its rankings.

Support for digitalisation

Public funding is available to support businesses’ digital transformation. In Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the Region’s ‘Atouts Numériques’ scheme offers retailers and craftspeople an assessment and support for their digital projects; the public service France Num lists the funding available in each region.

Farmers developing processing or direct-to-consumer sales can receive support from the Region and the EU (EAFRD): your Chamber of Agriculture will advise you whether your project is eligible.

We can help you prepare your application — including the project description, a detailed quotation and technical documentation — which you then submit yourself.

How can you finance your website?

As your partners for communication and marketing services, we offer various financing solutions to support your growth.
To this end, we have established partnerships with various financial institutions to provide you with options for loans, finance leases or payment in instalments.

The members of the AmaZili team have been creating websites for over 20 years

Among our team members, we benefit from the experience of web pioneers, which enables us to tackle our clients’ website creation projects with confidence. Their experience in web development, combined with the talents of the up-and-coming members of our web design team, benefits our business clients of all sizes.

The agency brings together all the disciplines involved in website design – graphic designers, web designers, full-stack web developers and hosting providers – so that our clients can find a ‘one-stop shop’ for their digital needs.

Our technical teams are experts in all areas of website programming – front-end, back-end and performance optimisation – ensuring we use the most effective technologies for your website:

• front-end frameworks (Zurb Foundation, Bootstrap),
• JavaScript (Babel, Webpack, Vue, Angular, React),
• PHP frameworks (Zend, Laravel, CodeIgniter, Symfony…),
• specialised or general-purpose CMSs (MODX, WordPress, TYPO3, Drupal, Magento, PrestaShop).

AmaZili also offers the NO-CODE online website builder ArteZya, which will enable you to create and manage your website securely.

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