Web Design

Your website design strategy consists of understanding your website's goals, audience, functionality requirements, usability, depth of language in regard to copy, and advertising medium.

Understanding your goals within web design is simple, it is the things that your website will for your business. Whether it is just commercially promoting your website presence, or to increase customer loyalty, or an increase in sales, or maybe just to provide more information, a website will most certainly in today's world of online help your customers better understand your credentials and will help your business grow.

Establishing who your target audience is important because that is mainly who your website is aimed at, it is who will mostly be viewing your website. It is also a very good idea to create a list of main and secondary potential viewers or users, and try to the best of your ability to describe the group's age, income, gender, income, lifestyle, geographic location, internet access, etc.

At Ardent we believe most users would only be looking at a few things on your website, so to further elaborate on the audience list, try and add things that you think the different groups would be looking for. We are situated in Auckland, New Zealand and are looking forward to hearing from you regarding your website.

Ardent Interactive engages in web design that will stand out from the crowd and shadow the ordinary. We guarantee the most effective presentation through beautiful visual designs for the web.. as long as your pockets can afford it. Everything we create is specifically targeted towards your industry and your target group, based on our 360 degree revolving web design process. Ardent’s design is not just aesthetically pleasing it also embraces industry best-practices in usability, cross-browser & web-standards accessibility, and content design.

You may wonder why our fees are so high (even during this time of recession), simply because the work that we deliver is outstanding, and if you're not convinced yet, have a look at our portfolio of work. We deliver beautiful web design to New Zealand businesses nationwide, as well as businesses world-wide.

We do what we do, because that's what we're good at!
We've tailored a few 'package' type deals to make your choices easier. If however any one of these packages does not meet your expected requirements, get in touch with us today and we'll specifically tailor a deal to suit your requirements.

HEAVYWEIGHT - Web Design Package #1


This particular package is our high-end web design package tailored to suit essentials for a start-up business, small-to-medium sized business looking to re-design.
The following is included in our service to you;

  • 3x finished logo or brand designs
  • PDF Booklet - Logo Use & Limitations
  • 3x Home page website concept designs
  • 1x inner page concept design
  • Hand-Coded XHTML & W3C Table-less CSS markup
  • SilverStripe CMS (Content Management System) Integration
  • 1x Externally loaded Flash XML Gallery w/ unlimited Albums
  • 1x Home Page Flash XML Slideshow
  • 10x Email Accounts
  • 1yr FREE Domain Name Registration
  • 1yr FREE New Zealand Based Web-Hosting

The process of the above items is approval based, each section will need to have sign-off before we move on to the next item. This method guarantees you results!

*Timeframe of delivery 4 weeks.

MIDDLEWEIGHT - Web Design Package #2


This package is our mid-range web design package.

The following is included in our service to you;

  • 1x home page website concept designs
  • 1x inner page concet design
  • Hand-Coded XHTML & W3C Table-less CSS markup
  • SilverStripe CMS (Content Management System) Integration
  • 1x Externally loaded Flash XML Gallery w/ unlimited Albums
  • 1x Home Page Flash XML Slideshow
  • 10x Email Accounts
  • 1yr FREE Domain Name Registration
  • 1yr FREE New Zealand Based Web-Hosting

The process of the above items is approval based, each section will need to have sign-off before we move on to the next item. This method guarantees you results!

*Timeframe of delivery 3 weeks.

LIGHTWEIGHT - Web Design Package #3


This particular package is our express web design package tailored to suit those individuals or business that just need an attractive but static web presence.

The following is included in our service to you;

  • 1x Web Template bought online
  • SilverStripe CMS (Content Management System) Integration
  • 10x Email Accounts
  • 1yr FREE Domain Name Registration
  • 1yr FREE New Zealand Based Web-Hosting

The process of the above items is approval based, each section will need to have sign-off before we move on to the next item. This method guarantees you results!

*Timeframe of delivery 2 weeks.

Individual Items


If you have more specific requirements and you feel the packages above are not tailored well for you, you are welcome to contact us for costing on any of the following items listed below.

  • Custom-Designed web concepts (in Photoshop, to suit your company or brand)
  • Logo, Brand, Identity Concept Designs
  • Hand-coded XHTML & W3C Table-less CSS markup
  • SilverStripe CMS (Content Management System) Integration
  • Domain Name Registration
  • New Zealand Based Web-Hosting

We can tailor any services to suit whatever requirement you may have!

*Timeframe depends on requested services.

*Timeframe delivery depends largely on how busy we are at the studio.