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GRAPHICS
Often the most appealing part of a web page is the art, graphics, or
photographs added for visual effect. We will help you strike a
balance between graphics and the time it takes for your page to load
-- an important consideration when designing a web site. We
strive to design our sites with this in mind.
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SITE HOSTING
SET-UP/DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION
If you have not begun the process
of setting up your site, we can make the arrangements for you,
registering your domain name and setting you up with a hosting
provider (ISP). We will handle all your technical issues with
the hosting service as part of managing your site.
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E-COMMERCE
The addition of a "shopping
cart" opens up a whole new area to increase sales while providing
customer convenience. It's important to ensure your business
has the resources to administer the new business this feature
generates! We can build a shopping cart to your
specifications, and make recommendations about credit card
processing options.
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INTRANET DESIGN
Having your own internal website for
your office is a great way of providing a single-source
communication tool to your employees
for retrieving
documents, schedule collaboration, or tracking customer information.
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INTERACTIVE FORMS
Order forms are a frequently used interactive feature of websites,
particularly now that the web is frequently being used to run
on-line "errands" such as shopping, requesting material, or
communicating with a vendor or business entity. Forms
can be included on your site to send you this information via
e-mail, or securely transmitted (if the information warrants this
feature).
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JAVASCRIPT
Much of the eye-catching enhancements you see on the internet were
done with Javascript. This includes mouse rollovers, slide
shows, pop-up info windows, pull down menus, scrolling marquees,
etc. Enhancements done with Javascript can really capture a
visitors attention.
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SOUND
To enhance your site, you can play background music, add sound
effects, audio tapes (for a meditation room) for example. If
your product is music, you can integrate samples into your
website!
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ANIMATION
The effective use of animation provides an interesting enhancement
to any site. In designing your site, we can effectively use
this tool to draw attention to your product or service.
Animation ranges from the most simple (single pictures) to short
slide-shows and
Flash-enhanced
"movies" or clips. We can help
you decide the amount and method of this technology to add.
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GUESTBOOKS
A guestbook is used as a method to gather feedback, provide users
with a vehicle to request information; and/or to expand a mailing
list. It can be useful if you are providing something in return for
this information, such as discounts, coupons, or another incentive.
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PDF FILE CONVERSION
PDF files (utilizing
Adobe Acrobat Reader) are now the standard for many
types of documentation found on the internet. Manuals,
documentation, other large amounts of information are often
presented in PDF format. If you have detailed text
content you would like users to be able to print or view (read-only)
in PDF, we can convert your documentation.
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REVISING AN
EXISTING SITE
Since the internet hasn't been around for that long, many small
business sites were done by someone who knew a little about HTML, or
web editing and were able to put together a functional site. The bar
has now been raised and it is not uncommon for someone to use their
site as their main marketing tool or information-center for current
clients. If it's time to update, perhaps we can make some
revisions to give your site an updated look
and feel.
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BANNER/LOGO DESIGN
Place a banner on other web sites (often called creating a
reciprocal link) is a common way to increase your visibility on the
internet. We will design the banner with your logo, if preferred, or
to conform to the look of your site.
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SITE EVALUATION
There
are many ingredients to a successful site - the methods used to set
the site up can effect its search engine standing, display in
various browsers, etc. We can do an analysis
of your site, including an evaluation of HTML code, download times,
and current search engine standing.
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NEWSLETTER/E-MAIL SERVICES
This is
a great marketing tool to keep your clients interested. We can set
your site up to gather volunteered e-mail contact information from
your clients, and automate a newsletter or promotional piece to
reach your clients on whatever time basis you wish.
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SEARCH
ENGINE REGISTRATION
We automatically register you with many of the major search engines,
and also make sure your site is properly constructed so it can be
found by these engines. We will optimize your site to maximize
your visibility!