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It is
very rare nowadays to build a website from scratch.
Most professional website design firms use pre-made
templates which they then re-work and enhance
according to their clients' needs. The end result is
presented to clients as custom design. It is
possible to take this approach one step further.
We
invite our clients to have a say in the process of
selecting the base template. Using highly reputable
and professional ready-made web templates, we
source, present and discuss a number of potential
versions with you and then select the most
appropriate one, most suited to the needs of your
project.
We then
customize the look and feel of the site by changing
the site's color scheme, navigation structure,
styles and fonts, and other visual elements - to
simulate or create the desired brand.
We then
install and configure into the website pre-made modules and components
to enable various required functionalities (e.g. a
registration form, e-commerce, polls, comments, etc).
Our
clients watch the site's development through 3
stages and at each stage they are invited to provide
feedback and make recommendations.
Once the site
is configured, you can then manage it and add content
to it via your browser, simply by logging in. The process of creating
content is almost identical to the way we write
emails in
Yahoo,
Gmail or other web-based email systems.
Joomla
website design by configuration
The
"configuration" type of website design is possible via
Joomla, the world's largest and most popular
open-source website content management system. There
are many other
content management systems, but we prefer
Joomla (Drupal is good too, but it is more
suited for technically savvy users).
An open-source free
website design and website content management
system, Joomla has the
largest support community and the largest repository
of extensions (i.e. various functionalities) - all available for download free of
charge; it has been in existence
for over 10 years and has gone through a number of
reviews and clean-ups; and above all - it is also one of
the most user-friendly open-source content
management systems.
Once your Joomla website has been setup, it takes
roughly 30 min to learn how to add and edit content on your
website.
Some of our most recent Joomla design clients (2009):
How
we create Joomla websites
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We will
source and recommend a website template that would be most
appropriate for your current brand and type of business.
Some of the template sources we use:
http://www.joomlart.com
http://www.yootheme.com
http://www.rockettheme.com
MORE TEMPLATES -
NEW!
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We will discuss with
you what features and functionalities you might need
and decide what additional modules and components (i.e.
registration form, e-commerce, survey, polls, etc.) to
install and configure.
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We then provide you an
estimate on how long it would take us to assemble
and customize
your site.
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If you already have a
website but would like to port your content to a
new Joomla-based template, we will be happy to do that
as part of the project.
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If you rather not use a
template and would like to have your own
website created from scratch, we'd be happy to do that as
well. Whether you are hoping to have fancy product
galleries and
sliders,
funky cartoons or impressive 3D visuals, we would be
happy to create them for you together with
our partners,
at very competitive rates.
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Custom coding, 3rd-party integration (e.g.
Salesforce.com) is
optionally available.
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It takes between 2
days and 2 months to build a new website, depending
on the scale of the project and your requirements.
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Both Joomla 1.0 and
Joomla 1.5 are supported.
Basic Joomla website
design includes:
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Assistance and recommendation
on selecting the most appropriate template
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Website
+ Joomla installation & setup
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Setup of
a user-friendly top navigation (dynamic drop-down
menus are included)
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Content
porting and presentation
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Color
scheme and font style modifications
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Color
scheme and font style recommendations (if your
business is brand new)
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Beautifully rotating images on the front page that
are search engine friendly (not Flash!)
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Image
recommendations and selection (copyright free
images)
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Site
search
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Breadcrumbs
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Site map
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Basic
SEO (Search engine friendly URIs; Title tags and
META tags) - NEW!
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Installation of two additional custom components
(e.g. surveys, polls, etc.)
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One-hour
training on how to use Joomla as a user (for
adding/removing pages, uploading images, adding PDFs,
etc., not for template customization)
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Support by phone for the first 2 weeks after launch
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Recommendation for quality hosting at affordable
prices (hosting itself is not provided, but we can
refer you to our trusted hosting partners).
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Additional modules & components can be installed on
demand (i.e. Google Analytics tracking, e-commerce,
PayPal, advanced image galleries, content rating,
etc, etc).
Additional perks:
Call or
email us for a free 30-minute Joomla consultation. We
will walk you through the process of getting a
Joomla website to help you
clearly visualize what's involved.
Heck, we
will also send you a website design plan for SEO
free of charge!
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Anna
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