Website hosting

Secure, reliable hosting options for every website

All websites need to be hosted on a server somewhere. At Castlegate IT, we offer a range of fast and reliable web hosting services that will keep your site running quickly and securely. We can take care of registering and managing your domain name registrations for you.

We offer a range options, from affordable hosting on shared servers to customised hosting on a dedicated server. To give you total peace of mind, all our hosting options support encrypted https: connections by default and come with full daily backups.

Website hosting in York

Affordable shared hosting

Our most affordable hosting package is provided by tsoHost, an established and well regarded UK-based hosting company. Your website will be hosted in a secure, shared datacentre. These reliable servers are well suited to hosting WordPress sites and simple web applications.

Website hosting services in York

Fast dedicated servers

For high-performance websites, we offer hosting through our dedicated servers with Bytemark, a York-based industry-leading provider of dedicated and cloud-hosted servers. This premium hosting service gives you complete flexibility, extremely high performance, maximum reliability and the highest level of security in a continuously monitored datacentre. We recommend this service for bespoke web applications and any sites that are mission-critical or likely to attract a high volume of visitors.

web hosting company in York

Your own dedicated server

Working with Bytemark we can provide custom hosting for large, complex applications or websites produced by us. With the management of Bytemark’s engineers and our system administrators, we can tailor your hosting to suit the specific needs of your application. Custom hosting for your website can be a regulatory requirement in some industries or sectors. The key benefits are exceptional security, superior server uptime and failsafe back-up systems.

WordPress security compliance

WordPress security compliance

Around the world 30,000 websites are hacked every day. The average data breach costs £3.15 million. For global brands and corporate institutions this is too big a risk to take. We work with household names to secure their WordPress websites and applications to the very highest level.

WordPress security compliance

WooCommerce websites

WooCommerce websites

Want to sell online through your WordPress website? Look no further than WooCommerce. Join the 6 million users who are selling their products and services with the world’s most popular e-commerce plugin.

WooCommerce websites

Multi-language WordPress websites

Multi-language WordPress websites

The internet is a global, multilingual marketplace. Translate your website to reach international clients, build brand trust worldwide, and make your offering accessible and inclusive. Start speaking your customers’ language today.

Multi-language WordPress websites

WordPress website development

WordPress website development

We build custom-designed websites using WordPress, an industry-leading, open-source content management system. WordPress provides easy control over the content on your site, and a well-supported platform that is secure, versatile and future-proof.

WordPress website development

Bespoke web applications

Bespoke web applications

If you have a business process that could be better done, or only done, on the web, our developers can create a bespoke web application just for you. No project is too big or too unusual!

Bespoke web applications

Website design

Website design

Web design is about more than making your site look nice. Our designers have experience and training in user experience design and coding to make sure that your design flies in real life as well as it does in the presentation.

Website design

Branding, design and print

Branding, design and print

First impressions matter. The way you present yourself to prospective customers makes the difference between showcasing your professionalism and casting doubt over your credibility. We understand how important strong branding is to create an identity for your business.

Branding, design and print

Google Ads management

Google Ads management

Ranking highly on Google is crucial if visitors are to find your website. It can be challenging for a new site to find its way to page one of a Google search, especially in a competitive market. Google Ads gives you a shortcut to the top. Instant results from day one.

Google Ads management

Search engine optimisation

Search engine optimisation

Your website will only be successful if people can find it. Search engine optimisation is the technique we use to improve your ranking in Google and other search engines – helping your website to reach its target audience.

Search engine optimisation

Accessible website design and development

Accessible website design and development

Web accessibility is the inclusive practice of designing websites with no barriers to users. With accessible web design you can reach more customers and protect your business from legal action. Done properly, web accessibility benefits everyone.

Accessible website design and development

Consent management platform for automated GDPR compliance

Consent management platform for automated GDPR compliance

Big data gives you more information about your potential customers than ever before. But with access to their data comes a responsibility to their privacy. We can help you integrate data privacy technology into your website, build trust with users, and stay on the right side of the law.

Consent management platform for automated GDPR compliance

Website copywriting

Website copywriting

Website copywriting must create content that works for search engines and humans To be successful and effective, website content must satisfy the demands of its two most important audiences: your customers and search engines.

Website copywriting

Photography for websites

Photography for websites

Professional imagery for your website, demonstrating who you are, what you do, and why you are top of your game.

Photography for websites

Email campaigns

Email campaigns

When you want to keep your customers, clients or members up-to-date, informed and in touch with your organisation, email newsletters are a fast, effective and versatile communications tool.

Email campaigns