Our design and build studio

We draw the picture before we build the house.

This is where Irish Web Solutions designs and builds websites for our clients. Every site starts here as a design the client sees and approves before a single page is built.

How we design a website

Five steps, in the same order every time. Nothing is built until you have seen the design and said yes.

  1. We sit down and listen

    Alan meets you, usually in person, and records a conversation about your business, your customers and the way you work.

  2. We get the message right

    From that conversation we write down who your customer is, what they need from you, and why they should pick you.

  3. We plan the pages in your words

    We agree the pages the site needs with you, then write them from what you told us, so the site sounds like you and not like a template.

  4. We design it as one system

    Your colours, type, buttons and page layouts are drawn at phone and desktop size, together, on a private web address you can open anywhere.

  5. You approve it, then we build

    We walk you through the design. Only when you say yes do we build the site in WordPress, with every page made from the design you approved.

The picture and the house

A design system is the picture of your website: the colours, the type, every button and section, and the home page, drawn out and agreed. The website is the house we build from it.

Keeping the two apart means you see exactly how your site will look on your phone and on a desktop before any building starts, and it means the finished site stays tidy as it grows.

The pictureThe design system. Drawn first, shown to you, changed until it is right, and approved.
The houseThe WordPress website. Built page by page from the approved picture, and nothing else.

Why we work this way

No surprises

You see your site on your own phone before it is built, so there is nothing to undo at the end.

The same look on every page

Every page comes from the same approved design. A change to the look is made once and carries through the whole site.

Your words, not ours

The words on the site come from a conversation with you, so your customers hear your business, not an agency.

Looking for Irish Web Solutions?

We have been helping Irish businesses with their websites and marketing since 1998. Our main website has our services, our advice and how to get in touch.

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