A new website built for your business, not adapted from a template.
ACS Creative provides custom website design for businesses in Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Washington, DC, and clients nationwide. We design new websites from the content out, starting with what your customers need to find and do, and build them on a custom WordPress theme with no page builder, so they load fast, rank well, and stay easy to update.
Our medical device company uses ACS Creative to meet a number of our marketing, graphic design, web design, and web maintenance needs. They are a very responsive, talented one-stop shop for us.
What's included
- Discovery workshop on goals, audiences, and competitors
- Sitemap and content plan
- Wireframes for every key page
- Custom visual design for desktop and mobile
- Custom WordPress theme with no page builder
- SEO foundation: structure, metadata, and schema
- Accessibility and speed testing before launch
- Editor training and 30 days of post-launch support [confirm]
Who this is for
New companies and new divisions launching their first serious website, and businesses whose current site is a template they have outgrown and want to replace from scratch.
Where we do this work
Frederick, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Bethesda, Columbia and everywhere we serve.
What you get
A website designed for your business specifically: its structure, its content, and its look all start from what your customers need to find and do. It is built on a custom theme we write ourselves, with no page builder, so it loads fast, scores well on accessibility and speed tests, and is easy for your team to update.
How it works
We start with discovery: your goals, your customers, and the competitors they compare you with. Then we plan the content and the sitemap, wireframe the key pages, and design them for desktop and mobile. Once the design is approved, we build, test for accessibility and speed, train your editors, and launch. Most new sites take ten to sixteen weeks [confirm].
New website or redesign?
If your current site already has traffic and search rankings worth keeping, our website redesign service is the better fit, because it includes a full migration and redirect plan. This service is for starting fresh: a new business, a new brand, or a site so far off course that nothing on it is worth carrying over.
Common questions
How long does a new website take?
Most sites take ten to sixteen weeks [confirm] from kickoff to launch, depending on the number of pages and how quickly content comes together.
Do you write the content?
We can. Our writers work alongside the designers, or we can shape and edit content your team writes.
Why no page builder?
Page builders add code every page has to load and make sites harder to maintain. A custom theme is faster, cleaner, and easier for editors to use.
Can we update the site ourselves?
Yes. Your team edits pages in WordPress, and we train them before launch.
Do you host the site?
We can, through our maintenance and hosting plans, or we can launch it on your own hosting.
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A free estimate takes one conversation. You'll talk to a designer or developer, get a straight answer on scope and cost, and decide from there.