Web Development for Charities and Nonprofits
Website Development with Qlic IT
At Qlic IT, we understand that a well-designed website is a crucial tool for charities looking to engage their communities, raise funds, and increase awareness of their mission. Our website development services are tailored specifically to meet the unique needs of charities, ensuring that your organisation’s online presence is not only visually appealing but also functional and user-friendly. Whether you need integrated fundraising platforms, event management systems, or seamless volunteer registration processes, we have the expertise to build custom solutions that support your goals. Our team ensures that your site is optimised for both desktop and mobile users, making it easier for your audience to connect with you from anywhere.
Trust Us to Deliver
We discovered Qlic at a charity training event, and have subsequently purchased their Website Design package. We have been extremely happy with the service we are receiving, the support team explain things clearly and in a way we can understand.
Pamela Forsyth
Relate: The relationship people
Key areas which we’ll be focusing on throughout the design process:
Your site will be designed to react for optimal viewing on mobile, desktop and tablet devices. This ensures that its compatibility with the Google ‘Mobile-Friendly’ update.
The website will place emphasis on the portfolio of services available and utilise the best in class navigation to ensure visitors are easily able to find the information they are looking for.
The site needs to be designed with clarity and encouragement for visitors to interact, view services and contact you for further information.
We take all of the elements that you love about your current site and combine them with a brand new design created by Qlic.
A simple, easy to maintain content management system will be incorporated to provide control and management of the new website content, pages and property portfolio.
It is important to keep a clear understanding of brand recognition throughout the site (colour schemes, relevant images and a layout) which is lacking with the existing construct.
Our Web Design Process
Research
The first port of call is to understand exactly what it is you want and what your requirements, aims and goals are for your new website. This is to ensure we deliver not only what you want but what your customers actually want and are looking for. This ensures your website will deliver the results you’re expecting.
Brainstorming
Then our web team to map out a logical website structure and prioritise content accordingly. We will focus on delivering the ideal journey for each user which also integrates the aims and goals of your business. We then go ahead and create a specification document for the new project.
Design
Design is essential to the success of your website; as humans we see something and interact with it in order to fully understand it. The design of your website is so important as it represents your business and what you stand for and will therefore largely impact the customer’s decision to do business with you or not.
Build
Our approach to building your website is very much one of collaboration, flexibility and empathy. It can be challenging trying to design websites that meet both the clients and customer's expectations, something that we believe shouldn’t be made any harder by technical limits or a tough delivery process.
Test
One of the final parts of a new website is ensuring that it is tested thoroughly so that when it goes live it works perfectly. The two key areas that we focus on are usability and accessibility. Usability focuses on how users interact with your website and if there is anything we can do to improve it, and accessibility ensures that the website is accessible to users of all abilities.
Go-Live
Once we have fully tested the website and you are happy with everything we will deploy the finished version on our server. If we have developed a content management system for you we are also happy to provide training for your key administrators along with our user guide in order to ensure you are comfortable at updating the website yourself.
Support
We believe that supporting our customers after the website is complete is vitally important and something we pride ourselves on. We offer a 24 / 7 email support and ticketing support system to ensure any issues or difficulties you may have get resolved quickly and easily. All our projects are accompanied by a Service Level Agreement which covers any issues, bugs or errors that arise on the site including those that may arise due to the technical updates such as new browser releases.
Want to know more about how we could help your charity?
Web Development for Charities FAQ
How should I contact when I have an issue with my website?
Our Service Desk are here to help as well as your Account Managers.
For urgent website queries, please contact our Service Desk on 0203 832 7010, and our Account Managers on 0203 904 3464 (option 1)
For less urgent website queries, please contact our Service Desk on [email protected], and our Account Managers on [email protected]
What is an SSL Certificate?
To put it simply, an SSL certificate is coding on your web server that provides security for online communications. When a web browser contacts your secured website, the SSL certificate enables an encrypted connection. Every website should have an SSL certification.
Does Qlic provide website training?
Yes! We provide website training. We offer up to 1 hour of website training to help you get to grips with the features and tools you can use to develop your site.
There are also several other companies that provide website training and courses. This includes Elementor and WordPress themselves, as well as Udemy, platform training, and more!
WordPress Queries
What is WordPress used for?
WordPress is a content management system where you can host and build websites. WordPress contains plugin architecture and a template system, so you can customise any website to fit your company.
How do I access the admin area on WordPress?
The easiest way to access your WordPress admin area is the below;
- In your browser, search for your domain name with /wp-admin.com or /wp-login.com after it. For example, charity.org.uk/wp-admin.com
- Type in your WordPress Username and Password to sign into WordPress
- Once you have successfully logged in, you will land on your WordPress Dashboard and admin area.
How do I create a new page and post on WordPress?
New Page
You can create a new page via WordPress by going to the navigation list on the left of the WordPress dashboard, click on ‘Pages’ and then ‘Add New’.
You can also duplicate your current pages on WordPress. If you like the design and layout on one of your current pages, you can search for this pae in the search bar under Pages and simply click ‘EA Duplicator’. You can then edit the duplicate draft version of your page.
New Post
A new post on WordPress acts as a blog post on your site.
You can create a new post on WordPress by going to the navigation list on the left of the WordPress dashboard, click on ‘Post’ and then ‘add new’. This will allow you to create a new post and add in your imagery and text.
How many websites can you create on WordPress?
You can have as many websites as you want under your WordPress account. Your paid plan would just be tweaked to a per website basis.
Elementor Queries
What is Elementor used for?
Elementor is a drag-and-drop editor plugin for WordPress. With Elementor, you can create a visually perfect website for your organisation. This WordPress plugin is an all-in-one solution which lets you control every part of your website design in a single platform.
What is the difference between WordPress and Elementor?
Elementor is a popular plugin for WordPress websites and works as a drag-n-drop builder tool, whereas WordPress is the Content Management System. WordPress provides a building framework for your website, while Elementor let’s you create and design your website’s pages.
Is Elementor good for beginners?
Elementor is perfect for beginners who are looking to create a website. The software is easy to use and the interface is simple.
Elementor Academy provides hundreds of video tutorials to help guide you, check them out!
Do you need coding for Elementor?
Elementor is a drag-n-drop website builder that doesn’t require any coding. Elementor does not require coding knowledge, however, you may need to know some basic HTML and CSS when going into more detail on your website pages.
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