Mercato Solutions is able to offer the highest level of creative web design, turning
ideas into dynamic visually inspiring websites using leading edge technology such
as Windows Presentation Foundation and Silverlight.
Services
The design meeting is the first step in the creative process, where we discuss your
needs and talk about ideas. Site structure is an important and often overlooked
step, where we analyse the site content, develop site maps, wireframes and look
at key user paths. Our professionally trained designers then translate all this
information into creative concept designs. We offer multiple proof stages before
developing the creative into a fully functional web page.
We have rich experience in developing a custom web application to transform your
business. Our custom programming services cover the full lifecycle of an application
and include:
- Defining requirements and solution specification
- System and database design
- Programming
- User testing
- Support and maintenance
We follow an organised methodology and employ bug tracking systems to help us provide
an excellent level of support. We can also help integrate web systems with back-end
legacy systems (often via XML data interchange).
Content Management Systems (CMS)
A Content Management System (CMS) is a set of tools designed to give you control
over your website. A CMS manages your whole site enabling you to make updates confidently
and securely.
A CMS can benefit many organisations. If you have many people who need to update
your site, a CMS helps control user access and can allow managers to approve content
before it is made live. It can support multiple languages so you can manage content
for country-based websites. Content audits are kept, so you can easily roll back
to older versions if mistakes are made.
Accessibility and usability
Web accessibility is about making your website available to everyone, regardless
of what disabilities people have or how they are connecting to the web.
In the UK It is a legal requirement under the Disability Discrimination Act, that
websites are accessible to all. At Mercato Solutions we believe in building sites
that look great and remain fully accessible using best practice web standards.
Usability is also a cornerstone of our work, designing the way sites work to ensure
they are easy for your customers to use.
We develop many web applications as well as more traditional static websites so
understand well the need for sites to be straightforward to use. Increased usability
equates to happier users, helping to increase your ROI.