Our Services

Thistle Website Design Services Canada & USA
Thistle Website Design Services Canada & USA

Our TEAM has worked together since 1999 creating & building custom websites for clients in Canada & the USA.

We build your site using Joomla, a customizable content-management platform, utilizing the professionally designed extensions needed to create results-driven solutions, benefiting you in cost & time. The platform can adapt with your needs, to add or edit content, change images & much more, using integrattion of a large variety of plug-ins including:

  • individual user registration / login

  • shopping carts

  • membership subscriptions

  • event registration

  • online data-input submission forms

  • online booking

  • image gallery options

  • user communities / forums

  • integration with PayPal & other credit-card processing applications

  • file exchange - uploading, downloading & storage of files by registered users

  • secure email contact forms

  • AND THE LIST GOES ON ....

A reliable hosting service is one of the most important choices you have to make before launching your website.

We Provide Complete PREMIUM Hosting Service For Our Clients
Our services are offered at competitive rates. In order to keep your website operating properly & securely our server is kept up to date with the most recent versions of all administrative & security software. We make sure that hosted sites don't violate any laws or run services which could negatively impact the performance of the server, negatively affecting other clients' websites. Our servers are located in Canada with a 99.996% UPTIME record.
 
Services Include
  • large-capacity storage
  • nightly server backups as well as 3rd party location nightly backups
  • SSL Certificate for your site is included (this is an industry-standard requirement)
  • periodical maintenance to keep your site platform & installed administrative components up to date - time is logged & billed at an hourly rate
  • in the rare situation where your site is compromised due to malicious attack we will restore it as quickly as possible using the most recent nightly backup to avoid lengthy down time... at no extra charge
  • initial set up of email accounts
  • assistance with domain name registration
Our years of experience in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), assure that visitors can easily locate the information, services or products you provide & search engines will find you to collect your data for indexing.
 
What Is SEO?
SEO is the term used for improving your site's placement in search engine listings. It is really just COMMON SENSE combined with GOOD DESIGN principles and WELL-WRITTEN MEANINGFUL CONTENT. Without proper optimization your site could be ignored by the search engines. 
 
Beware Of High-Pressure SEO Companies
A professional, honest SEO company will not make 'page one' promises nor distribute unsolicited emails or telephone calls, using promises of making your site #1. Beware of companies offering up a list of erroneous, meaningless site stats to back up their attempt to scare you into parting with your hard-earned money. Optimization alone CAN'T guarantee your site will be on page one or in the top 10 page results. Yes, it is advisable to 'tweak' your content keywords, from time to time, if analysis shows that people are searching for your product or service using different or additional words etc. And never fall for ..."We will submit your site to 1000s of search engines & directories for a fee". This is NOT necessary because the search engines will find your site very quickly, after it is launched, all by themselves
 
Bottom Line!
If your site is properly designed & optimized, with well-written content, utilizing keywords & phrases relevant to the products or services you offer, & designed to be easy for site visitors to navigate, then the search engines will like it as well.  A well-optimized site will achieve decent 'organic' results. The only way to guarantee page-one placement is to pay the search engine for it through one of the advertising programs they offer. And keep in mind that, even if your site pops up on pages 1 - 5 in a search on any given day, it will not show up in the same position the next day because those results are governed by the search engine algorithms which fluctuate CONSTANTLY. If you really need your site at the top of the first page in Google you should hire a marketing expert & pay Google.
 
SEO May Not Be Enough.... You Need Social Media & Search Engine Marketing Strategies!
Social Media Networking is a key element in marketing success on the Internet, so you should consider hiring a reputable Search Engine Marketing (SEM) or Social Media Marketing (SMM) expert to help you come up with a workable strategy to effectively market your business or service.

We can look after your website's maintenance, while you concentrate on growing your business.

  • adding / removing content or images
  • installing additional plugins as needed
  • modifying site layout to accomodate new features or content etc.
  • updating software running the site as newer versions are released & deemed necesssary for the smooth & secure running of your website
RATES: $75/hr. logged as work is done & billed when the amount reaches a size worth invoicing.
 
NOTE: We provide hosting & site-maintenance services ONLY to clients we have designed websites for.

Jay has been exceptionally easy to work with & always provides professional advice & affordable solutions for our organization. We are extremely happy with everything we have received & look forward to growing our website with her team going forward.
MTM Conservation Association

Thistle Site Design produced a beautiful & easy to use site. "Sunny, bright, easy to navigate & read", were comments from members. Jay integrated original & new information seamlessly & responded quickly to requested changes with a positive, friendly attitude & experienced advice. 
Age-Friendly Orillia ON
Advisory Committee

Jay & her team were a lifeline for us. They stepped in exactly where we needed them, offered professional & honest direction, & continue to be our best experience ever in the field of web design. We would highly recommend them. They know their stuff!
Roanne Kerzner, VP, Leasing & Operations
Designers Walk, Toronto

Thistle Site Design revitalized my professional websites.  Jay worked on the page content & overall structure. Throughout the process, both Jay & Rich were extremely efficient, friendly, creative & clever. Patients compliment me every day.
Dr. Ethan Grober, Vasectomy Reversal & Cosmetic Urology Specialist