Website Renewal

Many people and companies have had websites already for a number of years. And although not every website needs to be changed every 1.5-2 years (we change ours with that frequency), it can be very useful to change your site at least every 3 to 5 years.

Why change something that is working?

The number one reason for website renewal is probably change of taste. With that we mean that you very much liked the style of your website a few years back, but now you are ready for something different. This can be a change from dark to light, but it can also have to do with fonts used on the site, colors of header images, etc.
In some cases a website renewal is also necessary because the logo has been changed. With the logo change you want to show a different image and perhaps your current website does not bring that image across very well.

Changing Technology

Another, perhaps less obvious, reason to renew a website on a regular basis is the rapid change of technology. A great example of this is the recent popularity of HTML5 and CSS3. Before this technology the use of shadows, gradients and rounded corners – as you can see here on Senlin Online – in all browsers was only possible by using images. Apart from the efforts to make it look correct in all browsers, a big disadvantage of using images to implement these visual aspects of web design is the additional load it puts on the server. The heavier the load on the server means the slower your website loads, which results eventually in more people leaving your site instead of browsing through it.

Security

Last but not least there is the security aspect. Nowadays internet is a part of almost everybody’s life, for some even more than for others. And with many people becoming more literate in (computer) technology, the risk of security breaches of your website are also on the rise. By renewing your website to the current standards the chances that your site gets hacked is a lot slimmer than with an outdated website.

If you still like your current website, but you have realised that the way it is programmed is not exactly up-to-date, Senlin Online can help you to re-code your current site into a fully functional Content Management System. Of course at the same time we take care of the probably much needed Search Engine Optimisation!

New look without downtime

Something that seems to be one of the biggest hurdles for companies with an existing website, is that they don’t want any downtime. Specifically for this purpose we have set up a separate domain to be able to develop your new website on. In this Sandbox we can create the exact environment as on the server where your website is running on. This way we can develop and test your new website thoroughly and only after you give us the green light, will we switch the new site to your server.

Hire Senlin Online for your website renewal

Are you already convinced that your website needs a renewal or perhaps you need a bit more time to think things over? We would like to invite you to contact us, give us some details about your current website and the most important things you would like to change. We will then send you a proposal and you can decide for yourself!

Sample

A great sample of website renewal is the case of NZI Helmets. On the left you can see their old website (screenshot courtesy of waybackmachine.org) and on the right you can see the website renewal of November 2010.