Comparsion between a Web Designer and Web Developer ...

Before you contract a web design / web development agency (or person) to build your website, it is important to understand their skill set and what they are providing you now and into the future.

A website designer, is someone who can visually design the site, and might be able to deploy your design into something like WordPress or a hosted platform such as Shopify or Adobe Business Catalyst.  They usually will have some low level technical skill such as tweaking some frontend code.

A website developer, is someone who can write code from scratch, and should be able to provide custom solutions to meet client's needs.  Someone that can "WordPress install plugins" is not a web developer, as they really aren't writing anything (rather they are just using third party code).

Why is this important?

As your business grows or changes, you need someone who will be able to build and change your website to meet your needs.  If you've only employed a web designer, this person may not be the right person for the job. 

Specifically, we've had cases where clients have come to us, having "out grown" the person who originally built their website because they need new processes, or their website has simply broken (or been hacked), and the person who originally put it together doesn't know how to fix it.

At TMD Online we employ both website designers and web developers.  Ensuring you get the best of both worlds.