WEB DEVELOPMENT
Ensure your website is built the right way. Don’t risk costly rebuilds, difficult site admin, future bug fixes and breakages, insecure data or poor performance.
We develop future proof, robust, cleanly coded, upgradable websites built to evolve with your business. Here at Mainstay Digital we have an ethos and core company value of doing what we do very well.
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WHY MAINSTAY DIGITAL?
Built for longevity
Our websites and applications are built for the long term. This means that although the digital landscape may be evolving rapidly, our products have the robust architecture, in-built flexibility, scalability and best practice code to evolve as your business does.
We have a firm conviction that you should not be having to rebuild every 1 – 2 years – your digital platform should have been built as future-proofed as possible, and that new features, layouts, designs, campaigns or upgrades be needed, it’s straightforward, and that your investment continues to see years of return.
Best coding and web development practices
Time and again we encounter legacy websites and systems which were badly, inefficiently, or lazily implemented. Spaghetti-code situations with cross dependencies which make upgrades next to impossible.
Our development takes a best-practice approach, with a focus on clean, logical, documented code. Our tight-knit local team ensures continual quality, with tried and tested open-source tech stacks.
We love lean, intuitive, intelligent systems! This means for future, upgrades and scalability is enhanced, whilst risk and cost is reduced.
Ease of management and administration
Whether you’re building in WordPress, Craft, or a custom React or Laravel application, we bring together simplicity, intuition and flexibility to ongoing management for your web team. We’ll configure administration and management of content, articles, users, transactions or products to whatever level of granular management is required – and give you training if you need it.
“Matt and the team at Mainstay have provided us with fantastic support and guidance through various changes within our business. They are always responsive, warm and easy to deal with. And they are expert at explaining everything in layman’s terms, which is a major plus for those of us that are less tech savvy. We are proudly loyal customers and would highly recommend their services to anyone.”
Annie Ferguson - CEO, Great Southern Press
BRAND EXPERIENCE
Big or small, we strive to build awesome relationships with our clients. Here’s a handful that we’ve had the privilege of working with.
OUR GUARANTEE
We offer 12 month warranty on projects, as well as a money back guarantee period to prove our ability, give you peace of mind, and zero risk.
KEY SERVICES
End-to-end projects
We’re there from idea inception through to launch, helping you gather requirements, scope features, design & UX, building, testing, launch and training and support.
New features & functionality
Perhaps just your homepage and navigation needs a refresh, or you have a backlog of ideas to implement. We’ll help you plan, prioritise, execute and measure over the long term.
Systems integration
Integrating and automating business operations means greater efficiencies and productivity. Bring together your siloed systems for seamless data flow.
Legacy issues & refactoring
Old, archaic or poorly built websites can be a business’s Achilles heal. That doesn’t mean old projects need to thrown out – sometimes it just means rebuilding to modern code standards.
Headless WordPress
For custom builds, especially where multiple content platforms are involved, Headless WordPress with a React front end can mean powerful scalability.
Divi
Now one of the worlds most popular page builders, Divi is our choice for clients who want a high level of control over page styling, content and ongoing management.
Website security
Web and data security is built into our development, our internal processes and our ongoing support and maintenance service. It’s a passion and key aspect of what we do.
Website Performance
Traffic retention, SEO and great UX all need a fast and responsive site. We’ll optimise it to the nth degree to ensure it’s performing to potential.
Fully responsive
Whether it’s a WordPress build or custom application, we optimise for usability and interaction no matter what device – and comprehensively tested across all use cases.
RECENT WORK
Christians Against Poverty
Donation page rebuild for improved user experience and conversion optimisation.
Improved security and performance.
Bolstered hosting and server environment for site performance during event donation drives.
BEST-FIT TECH FOR YOUR BUSINESS
CMS and frameworks to match real business needs.
WordPress
Global leader in open source CMS platform. Flexible, scalable, robust. Extensive plugins and themes. No license fees (excludes some plugins). Leverage page builders such as Divi for ease of content management.
Craft CMS
Lightweight, performance oriented back-end system. Built for custom web and application solutions. Low-cost annual licensing. Open source, supported by an excellent development company. A clean, intuitive administration interface.
Laravel
Frameworks such as Laravel and Angular are excellent for highly customised digital products or applications as they are built from the ground up, and leverage pre-built code bases. Often best suited for Agile development environments where features may be iterated.
Python
Python is a versatile, powerful open-source scripting language, and amazing for augmenting functionality or automating processes. At Mainstay, it’s a staple for integrating systems, manipulating and calculations.
React & React Native
React is one of the most globally embraced Javascript libraries for building custom applications. It’s super performance-oriented, scalable and developer friendly with a global community.
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
We design and build digital products of all shapes and sizes. Website and application development often requires a flexible approach to the process.
Some phases may be linear, some may run concurrently, or the project may call for an Agile approach.
Each project is unique, and so are our relationships.
Depending on your organisational or project needs, projects may be managed in a variety of forms – fixed price/scope, agile/sprint based, dedicated resources, or time and materials.
We work with our clients and strategic partners to create beautiful user experiences; robust, functional and practical products, and achieve positive, meaningful outcomes.
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FAQs
Web Development
WHERE TO FROM HERE?
1. Get in touch
Arrange your free 20 minute discovery session at a time that best suits you.
2. Tell us about you
Explore business and project requirements, goals and what you're looking to achieve.
3. FREE audit
We review your existing site or application at a code level and provide a comprehensive report.
4. Plan and GO
With a roadmap in place, work with our team to evolve, advance and grow your business.
WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!
We’ll happily arrange a time for a call or meet, provide you with a scope of work and estimate, or give you some expert advice.
