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Business Success Centre

Website Academy

Plan a useful business website, choose a suitable approach and understand the decisions that affect content, design, development and support.

What this path helps you do

  1. 01Turn business goals into a practical website brief
  2. 02Compare platforms and development approaches
  3. 03Plan content, journeys, launch and ongoing ownership

Guides and tools

Start with an existing AHANIX resource

guidePlanning

Should I Build a Custom Website?

Compare custom design, themes, bespoke front ends and business platforms against templates, including cost, ownership and maintenance trade-offs.

12 min readRead resource
guideDevelopment

Should I Use WordPress?

Decide whether WordPress suits your business by comparing content editing, plugins, maintenance, performance, security and custom alternatives.

11 min readRead resource
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Website Cost Calculator

Build an indicative UK project and support range from real scope choices.

About 1 minOpen tool
guidePlanning

What Is Website Accessibility?

Learn how accessible content, structure, keyboard support, forms, media and testing help more people use a business website.

14 min readRead resource
guidePlanning

What Is Mobile-First Design?

Understand how mobile-first planning prioritises content, touch interactions, performance and equivalent functionality before layouts expand.

11 min readRead resource
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What Is Responsive Web Design?

Learn how fluid layouts, content-led breakpoints, responsive media and adaptable interactions make one website work across devices.

12 min readRead resource
guidePlanning

Template Website vs Custom Website

Compare template and custom websites by requirements, design flexibility, accessibility, integrations, ownership, maintenance and lifetime cost.

13 min readRead resource
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Website Builder vs Web Designer

Compare doing it yourself with a website builder and hiring a web designer across strategy, content, time, ownership, support and cost.

12 min readRead resource
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When Should You Redesign Your Website?

Decide whether a website needs focused improvement, technical migration or full redesign using customer, content, performance and maintenance evidence.

13 min readRead resource
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How Website Backups Work

Plan website backups around complete coverage, frequency, retention, separated access, monitoring and tested restoration.

12 min readRead resource
guidePlanning

How to Choose a Web Design Company

Compare web design companies through relevant evidence, process, scope, ownership, accessibility, security, support and honest commercial claims.

14 min readRead resource
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How to Plan a Business Website

Plan a business website through objectives, audiences, content, page structure, functionality, ownership, budget, measurement and launch.

15 min readRead resource

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