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Website development
An award-winning website development agency
Bolser design, build and maintain enterprise-level websites for global B2B and B2C brands including Microsoft, Xbox, Budweiser Brewing Group and Taco Bell.
Our full team of experienced UX design, development and digital marketing professionals are based in Leeds. They have a proven track record of delivering digital applications across many diverse industry sectors. Whether you're in finance, sport, charity, entertainment, construction or healthcare, we have the expertise to build you a robust, secure website that personifies your brand online and is accessible to all.
Our world-class websites are optimised to deliver the same, best-in-class experience across desktop, mobile and tablet devices with consistently high performance levels. We pride ourselves on the quality of our code and our websites are tested by real people using real devices to an International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) level.
Our process
Full stack development
Agile scrum methodology
Continuous integration & deployment
Our CMS partners
The team of developers at Bolser have extensive content management solution (CMS) experience working on the following enterprise-level platforms:
CMS website specialists
We believe that the website and applications we build should be user-friendly for our clients to edit and update. We build secure and easy-to-use content management systems (CMS) tailored to your specific needs. We are proficient in a number of content management platforms and have specialist knowledge of WordPress, Strapi, Contentful and Drupal. When your website is launched, we can train your team on how to do content updates, perform security patches, optimise site speed and schedule regular feature upgrades to ensure you are on the latest compliant version of the platform.
We have been a trusted CMS software delivery and strategy partner for a number of high profile brands including KFC, Football Foundation, Portakabin, Brent Cross Town, Battersea Power Station, Innovate UK and Garolla garage doors.
Our standards
Accessibility
We prioritise accessibility to ensure inclusive digital experiences for all users. Our dedication to meeting and surpassing the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) up to level AA means we create digital products open to everyone.
We follow accessibility best practice, utilise advanced testing tools and incorporate features such as keyboard navigation, screen reader compatibility, and appropriate colour contrast, to ensure that our digital products offer an inclusive and seamless experience.
Security
As cases of online fraud and hacking continue to rise, we prioritise security as a fundamental component when building websites. We work to government-approved Cyber Essential Plus processes and standards to ensure your website is fully compliant.
We adhere to a rigorous security development lifecycle process to build more secure software and are annually audited by both Microsoft and RSM UK to provide certification in best practice, adherence to data processing guidelines and evidence of security compliance.
Testing
Our in-house ISTQB qualified test team ensures that your digital product meets stringent quality controls for WCAG accessibility while acting as your audience to guarantee the product meets success criteria and delivers a flawless user experience.
We employ a test-driven development (TDD) approach, ensuring the highest coding standards. Our development work undergoes rigorous user perspective testing, conducted by our dedicated team of testers. Covering a wide range of devices and browsers, our methodology ensures seamless performance on all platforms your customers use.
Maintenance
We provide website maintenance contracts post launch. A well-maintained website loads faster, improves user experience, protects against security vulnerabilities, and has a long shelf life. We’ll take regular backups to safeguard your content and data from potential losses. We’ll ensure that plugins, themes and CMS features are up to date and work correctly to prevent compatibility issues with everyday devices. Once your website is launched, we’ll monitor its performance, security and stability daily to ensure 24/7 uptime. If it falls down, we’ll be there to remedy the situation and ensure that it doesn’t happen again.
Investing in regular maintenance saves money longer term. By addressing issues proactively and iteratively, you can avoid costly platform upgrade jumps or over time the need for a complete rebuild.
Technical SEO
A successful website should be discoverable and accessible to users. To ensure this, our developers work alongside our digital marketing team and business analysts to create a comprehensive approach to search engine optimisation (SEO), combining technical, on-page, and off-page strategies to maximise visibility in search engines.
We prioritise performance optimisation to ensure your website loads rapidly and runs smoothly. By employing techniques such as code minification, caching, and image optimisation, we guarantee an optimal user experience.
Insights
Our in-house team of business analysts will collect, interpret and translate data into meaningful insights to inform you how your website is performing and identify opportunities to improve user experience and convert more site traffic. We’ll move you away from best-guess, gut-feel scenarios into high impact, data-driven decision-making.
Our expertise extends to advanced, automated integrations with Google Analytics 4 and Looker Studio, providing valuable insights into user activity and website performance to enable conversion rate optimisation (CRO) campaign development. Using heatmapping tools such as Microsoft Clarity and HotJar, we can better understand on-page user behaviour and identify UX improvements.
Technically ground breaking app for Xbox
Our current technology stack:
Technologies
- SQL Databases
- Elasticsearch
- Apollo
- GraphQL
- Redis
- nginx
- Google Maps & Mapbox integration
- Vue.js, Node.js / JavaScript Full Stack application & service development
- SAAS
- Vitest
- PHPUnit
- CMS: Wordpress, Strapi, Drupal, Contentful
DevOps
- Microsoft Azure
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Serverless computing with AWS Lambda and Azure Functions for scalable and cost-effective solutions
- Containerisation with Docker and Kubernetes for consistent and efficient deployment
- Cloudfront / Azure Front Door for CDNs
Monitoring
- CloudWatch
- Azure Monitor
- New Relic
- Rapidspike