In addition to the low cost website hosting package, I offer a full range of services relating to existing websites and larger web projects.
quality website builder
I have worked on many corporate, large, or design intensive projects, individually or as part of a team and can adapt my services to the individual project. In particular, I have often worked with third-party designers, turning their graphic work into high quality web sites using technology to make rich, interactive services.
content management systems
I can take an existing website and turn it into a fully content-managed solution, where the client can make changes to their site via a secure admin. I can create blogs for clients to create fresh engaging content keeping in touch with their customers.
e-commerce and shopping carts
An online sales ability may be a central part of a client's business, or it may be something that they would like to add after a period of time. I can plug in the facility to all sites using paypal or a completely integrated payment gateway solution.
database and customer relationship management
Managing a membership database, or list of customers online is a great way of keeping touch with your contacts. I can create a full system for managing databases online, and tools such as HTML-based newsletter mailing lists.
search engine promotion and optimisation
There's little point in having a website if no-one uses it. Websites require skill in the initial planning and build to help them perform well in search listings, but there can be an ongoing need to optimise and promote a website as a site matures.
Contact me now! with your ideas and I'll be happy to help and advise, freely, and with no obligation.
portfolio
Here is a sample list of sites that I have worked on. Some were developed in collaboration with design agencies:
what's new?
Many people, clients and developers, now turn to Wordpress as a de facto solution to the content management system puzzle. It seems to me that wp is still caught between stools though. It started life as a blogging tool, and although a blog can be an ideal structure for a website for some, it's a square peg in a round hole for most. Wordpress realised this a long time ago right enough and over several releases has released features, recently custom types and taxonomies, that attempt to shave the peg's corners. Plug-in developers also realised the gap between need and provision - possibly wp's biggest strength is that it was developed in php/mysql making custom tie-in reasonably painless - and there is now a staggering array of CMS type features that can be added to Wordpress. It still feels like it needs a tap with a wooden mallet though!
Don't get me wrong... I really like Wordpress - it's my favourite tool of the bunch, and it's a complex, powerful application which is probably the way to go for most website developments now. The question is whether wp developers should continue adding features to the core, running the risk of making it bloated and too hard to use for bloggers, or rely on developers to find ways of tying-in custom development. I guess I don't have a lot of faith in the one-size-fits-all argument, in my experience clients almost always expect a one-size solution to do something unique!