Many small business have their web sites built by inexperienced friends or buy an off the shelf template because it’s far cheaper than getting a professional to create a custom web site. This is a false economy. If your site isn’t built properly by an experienced web designer then you will generate less business as a result, and getting more business is why you want a web site in the first place, right?
Lets run down the top ten web design mistakes shall we?
And before you ask, yes, I have committed every single one of these over the years, but I’ve learned from my mistakes and I hope you can too.
The word ‘blog’ is now part of our everyday vocabulary, but even if you know what one is you may not fully understand how having a blog on your website can benefit your business.
Here are the top 10 business benefits of blogging.
If you have ever asked different web design agencies to provide quotes for a new website you probably found that prices varied wildly, even though you gave them all exactly the same brief. The more expensive agencies aren’t necessarily going to provide a better service and the really cheap ones may be cheap for good reason.
Are the expensive ones ripping you off? Are the cheap ones cutting corners? Exactly what is a fair price for a website?
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Net Explorers have provided business web hosting for popular applications such as Mambo, Joomla and osCommerce for many years. Today we have expanded our offering with the addition of a service designed for people developing business websites with Drupal, a hugely popular PHP & MySQL powered content management system.
WordPress is quite possibly the most popular blogging tool in the universe and currently powers thousands of personal and corporate blogs throughout the world.
It’s popularity is largely down to it’s ease-of-use. As a result it has grown a huge loyal community of users, including Net Explorers.
As a web host we deal with lots of web designers. One thing that never fails to amaze us is the number of them who pay absolutely no attention to image optimisation - one of the core fundamentals of website design.
The imminent release of Joomla 1.5 has the community rather excited (read ‘frothing at the mouth’). It constitutes the first major release since Joomla burst onto the scene back in 2005. There are some really impressive new features and usability enhancements that make it more of a viable prospect for serious business websites. Release candidate 3 has been available for some time now and Joomla users all over the world have been putting it through it’s paces.
You finally get the phone call from your web designer telling you that your new website is now online. You excitedly fire up a web browser to marvel at the finished product. Your very own piece of internet real estate, that was once just an idea scribbled on a Post-It note, has been realised as a fully functional, gorgeously designed, dollop of shiny website loveliness. You could not be happier.
But something lurks in the shadows. Something with malicious intent. Something that if ignored could leap out and bite a great big chunk out of your behind at any time. So what is it?
Well you may be surprised to know that it’s your web designer’s new baby!
There is huge selection of Joomla! extensions available as either free or commercial products. This article lists some extensions which will help everyone, regardless of the type of site you have. And for those of you with more specialist needs some advice on how to choose the best extensions for your site. Continue reading “Best Joomla! Extensions”
I am employed by Net Explorers who provide Joomla! Hosting services.
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This is a list of really useful tools and resources for web designers.
When I work on a project the following links really help me build better web sites quicker. They’re listed here primarily so I have a handy place to refer friends and colleagues to but I hope they come in handy for others.
Many small business have their web sites built by inexperienced friends or buy an off the shelf template because it’s far cheaper than getting a professional to create a custom web site. This is a false economy. If your site isn’t built properly by an experienced web designer then you will generate less business as a result, and getting more business is why you want a web site in the first place, right?
If you have ever asked different web design agencies to provide quotes for a new website you probably found that prices varied wildly, even though you gave them all exactly the same brief. The more expensive agencies aren’t necessarily going to provide a better service and the really cheap ones may be cheap for good reason.
Net Explorers have provided business web hosting for popular applications such as Mambo, Joomla and osCommerce for many years. Today we have expanded our offering with the addition of a service designed for people developing business websites with 
This is a list of really useful tools and resources for web designers.