Web Design
If you are looking for a web designer in Wantage to create a new website or refresh an existing one, Acorn Web Design can help. Based in Wantage, Oxfordshire, Acorn Web Design provides custom web design and website redesign services for businesses that want to promote their company online, generate enquiries, or sell products and services through their website.
From a simple single-page website to a full ecommerce store, Acorn Web Design offers bespoke web design tailored to your business. Every website is created from scratch rather than by simply altering an off-the-shelf template. For established businesses, a website can be designed around your existing logo, colours, and branding. For new businesses, Acorn Web Design can create a completely original design based on your ideas and the image you want to present.
As an experienced web designer, Acorn Web Design creates websites that are attractive, easy to navigate, quick loading, and built to work well across the wide range of devices people use today. Every website is fully responsive, meaning the layout automatically adapts for smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers to provide a smooth and user-friendly experience.
Acorn Web Design can also incorporate ecommerce and booking functionality into your website. Whether you want customers to book services, facilities, or events online, or you need to sell products through an online shop, your website can be built around the specific needs of your business.
Each website by Acorn Web Design incorporates search engine optimisation as standard with the aim of achieving good search engine placement for relevant searches. We strongly believe that web site design is not simply about creating a website that looks good, it is about creating a website that performs well in search engines, loads quickly, and gives potential customers a positive impression of your business. The aim is to help businesses improve their visibility online and attract new customers through relevant search results.
Acorn Web Design offer competitively priced web design services to make our services affordable for small businesses and startups and a full quote is given upon enquiry detailing the web design and creation cost, together with the costs of any hosting and domain registration required so clients are assured there are no hidden extras. Our standard practice is to charge a one-off design and creation fee spread over 2 payments which means that once the website is launched and the final payment made the website is owned outright by the client.
Whatever your industry, Acorn Web Design can create a website that reflects your business and supports your goals online. While offering web design in Wantage and across the UK for all types of businesses, Acorn Web Design is particularly well suited to equestrian and pet-related industries makes us uniquely suited for equestrian web design and dog related web design.
Our Web Design
Bespoke Web Design
A custom website design created specfically for your business that stands out from your competitors
Responsive Web Design
A website design that adapts to a range of devices to ensure it looks good and functions well on each
Prioritising Performance
Quick loading websites resulting in better user experiences and higher search rankings
User-Friendly
Structured content that is easy to navigate, ensuring visitors can find the information they need quickly and effortlessly
Search Engine Optimisation
Included as standard within all our website designs to help your website achieve good search engine results
Content Management
Websites created within a content management system giving flexibility to update content yourself or let us do it for you
Online Transactions
From simple booking of services to ecommerce stores our web design services can incorporate ecommerce facilities if required
Copywriting
Copywriting services where help is needed with the website content, incorporating keywords to help boost search engine results
Images
For those lacking images or photos to include on their website, we can source stock images or generate unique AI images
Scalability and Longevity
Our designs can evolve as your business grows, ensuring long-term flexibility without restriction
Free Legal Pages
All websites created include pages containing standard GDPR Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy and Website Terms of Use – free of charge
Free Search Engine Submission
Once live every website created by us is submitted to Google search engine for indexing free of charge
Why We Don’t Use Drag & Drop Website Builders and Pre-Built Themes
At Acorn Web Design, we believe your website should be more than just an online presence – it should be a valuable asset that supports your business. A website isn’t just about aesthetics; it should function as a powerful tool to attract customers, build credibility, and drive growth.
While platforms like WordPress are incredibly versatile, the way they’re used makes a big difference. Many websites are built using drag-and-drop editors such as Elementor or Divi, and/or rely heavily on pre-built themes. These options can speed up development, but they often come at the cost of performance, flexibility, and long-term maintainability.
We take a different approach. We build a custom WordPress theme tailored specifically to your needs without relying on drag-and-drop editors. This allows us to create fast, lightweight, and SEO-friendly websites that are designed to grow with your business. We focus on quality over quantity, while keeping our services affordable and transparent.
Below are some of the key reasons we avoid the use of drag-and-drop editors and pre-built themes.
Slow Loading Times: Pre-built themes and drag-and-drop website editors generate excessive code, leading to slower loading speeds, negatively impacting both user experience and search engine rankings.
Unnecessary Features: Many pre-built themes are overloaded with features designed for broad use, regardless of whether they are needed for your website, which can increase the size and complexity of your website and reduce performance.
Limited Customisation: Pre-built themes come with pre-designed layouts and restricted customisation options, limiting the ability to fully tailor the website to the unique identity of your business and your needs.
Lack of Uniqueness. Pre-built themes are often used by many other businesses, resulting in websites that fail to stand out or truely reflect your business.
SEO Challenges: Inefficient code from drag-and-drop editors and pre-built themes can hinder a website’s search engine rankings. These tools often miss opportunities to optimise key areas of a website, limiting its visibility and effectiveness in search results.
Support Challenges: If issues arise with a pre-built theme, obtaining support can be difficult – especially if the theme creator no longer provides updates or assistance.
Website Maintenance
Acorn Web Design create websites within WordPress as this gives customers the ability to easily update the website content themselves if they wish to, or we can carry out website content updates as and when required so business owners can concentrate on running their business. Unlike many other companies we don’t charge a monthly fee to cover website updates, instead we charge per 15 minutes (based on an hourly rate) only when updates are needed, meaning customers only pay for work done to help keep their website running costs to a minimum.
In addition, if the website is hosted with us we periodically manage any WordPress and plugin updates with no additional charges for this.
