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Why should I get a website for my business?

In today's computer-driven business world, a website can help any business get noticed. Many of your customers may expect a continuation of your services wherever they go - and the easiest way to deliver that is to have a website. Depending on your demands, it also offers a great way for employees to manage their data and customer relations. If you can think of it, we can make your website do it. Call us today for more details.

 

Why should I get a personal website? Could I put my resume online?

Many people keep blogs online, but seldom get noticed due to the long URLs that their visitors must type. You can use your website to keep in touch with family and friends, as well - You could post just about anything imaginable, from family photos to your calendars. You can even put your resume online for your potential employers to view.

 

Isn't a website hard to manage? How would I change the content?

Well, websites can be tough to create, but if you hire us to create it for you, all you have to do is maintain it. Maintenance (ie, changing prices, uploading news, managing users, etc) can be very easy thanks to our CMS's (Content Management Systems). We can make the CMS's by hand, if you have very unique requests, or if you have more generalized requests we can use open source CMS's.

 

What kinds of technology can you implement in my website?

We can implement the following technologies, as well as most any other that fits your demand.

  • PHP - This is the language that many websites are written in. It allows for dynamic coding, so that using databases and cookies the website can change. Without server-side scripting like PHP, there would be no way to have login systems or calendars.
  • MySQL - MySQL is a database system that integrates very well with PHP. It enables for simple storage of data, and it can make maintaining the website much easier.
  • Joomla! - Joomla! is an open source CMS that allows for dynamic maintenance of your website. It is highly extensible so that just about any type of content can fit well on the website.
  • Plogger - Plogger is an open source photo gallery, which is perfect for uploading photos and maintaining whole collections of photos.
  • MediaWiki - Wikipedia is based off of MediaWiki, a collaboration based system. Its perfect for writing books and doing anything where you want more than one person editing a document.
  • Google Apps - Google has released a set of applications that allows the user to use Gmail for their own email, Google Calendar for their own calendar, etc.
  • Wordpress - Wordpress is a lightweight, very powerful blog CMS. It is perfect for a news-based website, or a personal blog.

 

How much would a website cost?

Contrary to public belief, a website doesn't need to cost an arm and a leg. While we can't put our prices online because every website is different, we can give you a quote upon meeting. Call us today to schedule a meeting.