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Strategic Planning

An effective web site must demonstrate a cohesive, unified message to the viewer.

It therefore requires that you, the client, clarify your vision and distill that vision down to your actual goals.

We will help you do just that. And then build a web site that reflects that vision.

 

Kalanit Design Studio offers a full range of web site development and design services, ranging from forms, newsletters and forums, to e-commerce shopping carts.

Professional web site design

  • Domain registration and/or setup
  • Custom email addresses that reflect your domain name
  • Custom forms to gather information from prospective clients
  • Custom web site design

 

Custom web site development

  • Database-driven web sites
  • PHP/MySQL technologies
  • Article management, with archives
  • Photo galleries
  • FAQ pages
  • Guest books
  • Bulletin boards
  • Blogs
  • Accept ecommerce payments

 

Ecommerce functionality

  • Shopping in a secure environment
  • Accept credit cards online
  • Easy web-based product management
  • Product search
  • Online product status
  • Administer specials/sales
  • Shopping-cart status on every page
  • Multiple shipping options
  • Integrate with multiple payment gateways
  • Order tracking
  • Upload product photos
  • Item inventory
  • Multiple password-protected administration levels

 

Flexible content management

  • No HTML experience required
  • Manage your web site content
  • Password protected admin pages
  • Use from any computer
  • Advanced users can use their own HTML
  • Upload pictures/images

One of the keys to high rankings and return visitors is fresh content. We can help you implement an easy to use CMS that allows you to add your own company news and announcements from a web based interface. Only basic word processing skills are required.

We build in PHP, on mySQL databases, and I recommend using, and if necessary, modifying existing Open Source solutions to obtain advanced functionality cheaply. We use Joomla, a Content Management System (CMS) created by the same award-winning team that brought the Mambo CMS to its current state of stardom.

What is Joomla?

JoomlaJoomla is an Open Source Content Management System (CMS) that allows the web site owner to maintain the web site's contents without the need for specialized (or expensive) programming skills. Basically, if you can use a browser (Internet Explorer) and have the skills to operate a program like Microsoft Word, you can maintain a web site built on Joomla.

Let us know if you are interested in CMS when you are completing the ESTIMATE REQUEST FORM, so that we can incorporate this into your site design plan and give you an accurate cost estimate.

We offer maintenance and support services on either an hourly rate basis, a per job basis, or through purchase of a package of commonly-used services. What’s right for you?

If you need only occasional, piece-meal work you will probably prefer the hourly rate structure. The system is simple: You tell us in detail what you need done and I give you an estimate of how long it will take. At the conclusion of the job, we will bill you.

If you need custom development work (say, for example, you want to add a new interactive feature to your site, like a newsletter subscription function or an online gallery) it is probably best to ask for a quote for the job – a “job rate”. Once you approve the quotation, you will need to pay a 50% deposit, with the balance being paid after acceptance of the work.

If you wish to regularly change your web site’s contents -- even as little as one page a month – please contact us for more information about Maintenance and Support packages. As we offer a variety of packages, you can also enjoy economies of scale.

 


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