About Us

Our History
Established in 1999. Key Designs is a small independent web and graphic design company based in Leigh, Gtr Manchester the heart of the North West.
 
We provide everything from simple brochure style web sites right through to full E-Commerce Solutions and bespoke database driven dynamic websites. Our web design and development is compliant to the latest W3C XHTML coding standards.
 
Why Use Key Designs
Unlike some other web design companies all of our sites are designed from scratch, we never used templates meaning that your site will be unique to your company and function how you want it to function.
 
Our superior knowledge and coding skills ensure a professional looking accessible website and because we write our own code we never outsource work to other companies so our quotations can be considerable less than other companies
 
As a successful web design company Key Designs doesn't need to tie you down with licensing fees or charge monthly fees to clients to keep the turnover going, we charge no ongoing fees, once your site is completed and your final invoice has been paid we won't ask you for another penny until your annual hosting fee is due again, plus , you own everything we create for your project, including source code and specifications, without restrictions.
 
Content Management Systems
What is CMS (or Content Management System)? CMS allows the web site administrator to perform their own updates from their browser without any coding skills or knowledge. Basic Content Management would allow users to update text and images on one of more of their pages, while a more complex solution would allow the user to actually add additional pages meaning their site can grow as their business grows.
 
Key Designs will never download an open source Content Management System such as Oneadmin, Joomla or Drupal add it to your site and try to pass it off as our own creation like some amateur designers do, Our CMS code is written from scratch for your site meaning it will work exactly how you want it to work, it will be streamlined easy to follow and navigate and will process information and upload content quickly.
 
Ask us about a CMS for your existing site.
 
Bespoke Quotations
As well as set priced packages, We also specialise in Bespoke quotations for larger more complex dynamic database driven sites, online stores, members forums, recruitment sites and more.
 
Even if you have received a quotation from another company and the quotation has been far greater than you expected making you change you mind about a web presence, you should still get in touch with Key Designs for a free no obligation consultation, as independent designers and skilled coders we don't need to outsource any work so our fees are usually much lower.
 

 
Freelance Work
Our work over the past few years in server side coding and dynamic database driven content has built us up quite a good reputation and we regularly write freelance php code for a number of north west design companies, we have been the lifeline for many companies who were reluctant or unable to pay the vast salaries demanded by professional php coders.
 
We charge by the hour and consider our fees to be highly competitive, outsourcing your php code will mean that you no longer need to turn down a job simply because your client wants content that requires code that your staff simply don't have the skill to write.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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