How long before you should redesign your website

Due to the nature of web development new technologies and techniques are constantly evolving and previous ones are becoming nothing more than a weight holding you down from potential growth. Just because your website was built with the most up to date and advanced standards a few years ago doesn’t mean that it’s not out-dated now.

If you website was built using frames or tables as a primary form of managing the layout of your website then it is long over due for a complete make-over of the backend. Four years ago frames and tables were the only way to ensure that you website displayed properly in all browsers. If you were to ask a web developer to layout your website using frames they would look at you like you were crazy. Nested tables are not as bad as frames, but they are also a thing of the past that needs to be weeded out of the backend. Of course tables being used for displaying data are still the way to go.

What it boils down to is that there really isn’t an exact time for redesigning your website. A big part of it is how the backend was coded originally. It also depends on how far web techniques and technologies have advanced since your website was originally developed. I personally created a website about a year ago using all of the latest standards (at that time) and now it is out of date and needs to be re-developed.

To discuss your website and get a professional opinion on if it is time for a makeover contact us and we’ll be more than happy to give you a FREE consultation.