- The planning stages of your Website are probably the most important. I will analyze your needs and develop a proposal to lay the framework of the work ahead. Then, working in concert with your organization, I will design the structure and content of your website - including:
- Customized graphics to accurately reflect the nature of your business
- Programming to make your pages more interactive and
- Database design to help you deliver fresh content and keep your customers coming back again and again
- If you really want your pages to grab attention, consider adding Flash animations to your site. Con-Centric develops tasteful Flash animations that add to your website, not distract from it.
- For more information on the enhancements you can add to your site, see the Special Features section below...
Con-Centric draws from over 10 years of experience in Web Design and relies on a stable of industry-proven design tools to make sure that your site will stand out in a crowd.
- Flash is a great technology developed by Macromedia that allows for rich animated content to be delivered via the Web. Flash animations are extremely efficient, so you can use them to deliver near video quality moving images using very little bandwidth and they are interactive so you can use them as navigation interfaces or even include database content to drive the text.
Chances are that you've already seen Flash animations. Latest estimates are that 98% of web browsers have the Flash plug-in installed and it's used commonly around the Web. In fact... as long as you have the proper Flash plug-in yourself, you saw a Flash animation on the front page of the Con-Centric website!
- Training is often one of the most overlooked phases of projects to upgrade or implement new software solutions. Con-centric can develop customized online training solutions that allow your organization to offer employees or customers Web or CD-ROM-based self-paced training.
Online training may include visualizations of software screen actions, audio narration and written captions to illustrate key actions. Software simulations take the demos a step further and provide interactive options to allow students to try their own hand at the steps involved and to complete quizzes based on the material covered.
- Let your Website visitors stand in your world. 360 degree interactive panoramas allow you to create virtual tours of any location - indoors or out. Perfect for real estate applications or for giving browsers a unique view of your store, office or outdoor area.
Con-centric offers a complete service - I come to your location and take digital photos, then process them to create interactive Flash movies that can be added easily to your Website. Where floor plans or maps are appropriate, I can create clickable illustrations to orient visitors to the locations shown in your panoramas.
Virtual tour creation is extremely affordable - priced on a per room/location basis or in value packages. Click the links below to see live samples:
- Con-Centric recommends 1&1.com for our clients Web hosting needs. With business packages starting at $9.99 per month with 2 free domain names, 250 GB of Web storage and 2,500 e-mail accounts tied to your domain.
- Before the site is even ready to go live, I'll help you to find a domain name (your address on the Web) that will fit well with your business image and really help to brand your presence on the Web. Once you've decided on a name, I will register it for you and arrange to have it hosted on the Web. Then, when everything is ready, the pages will be uploaded to the site and tested to make sure that everything works exactly how it should.
- The work's not over once your website is up and running. In order to keep people coming back again and again, it's important to offer fresh content through regular updates. There are several ways to achieve this.
One is to have me serve as your webmaster. When you need a change made to your site, just pass the information on to us and I'll make the changes for you.
If you want to take a slightly more hands-on approach but lack Web design skills, I can develop a database-driven website that will allow you to make changes on your website through an easy to use Web-based interface.
Either way, Con-Centric will always be here to support your online business. It's a dynamic world. Don't get left in the dust...
- So now that you've got your basic site up and running and you want to know more about the options you have to help enhance your Web presence?
- DATABASE CONTENT - If you plan to include content on your Website that involves information that can be categorized or involves a number of listings with similar fields, such as a calendar of events or an employee listing, consider setting up a database to run that area of your website. Using a database simplifies the storage and display of a large volume of information and I can even setup password protected Web pages to allow you to update the database yourself. That can be a tremendous cost savings compared to having to pay me to make small updates for you on a regular basis. Another benefit to storing your information in a database is that visitors to your site can search through the database using keywords and other variables so that they can narrow down the content to see just what they want.
- E-COMMERCE - You've probably visited a Website with an online catalog and integrated shopping cart before. Amazon.com is probably one of the best known examples. The convenience of being able to click and shop is undeniable. Offering that convenience to your customers will make it easier for them to find the items they're looking for and improve your sales. Con-Centric specializes in creating database-driven catalogs and full-fledged shopping cart systems that will streamline the shopping experience for your customers and make managing your business easier for you.
- VIDEO - If you have short segments of video content that you would like to display on your website, such as television commercials or instructional videos, Con-Centric can digitize that video for you and convert it to a Web deliverable format, such as Windows Media Player, MPEG, QuickTime or RealVideo, so that you can make the most of all the marketing media you've invested in.
So you're ready to get started. Simply fill out the form below and click "Send Request" and a I will contact you. Be sure to check out my Portfolio page so that you can see what Con-Centric has done for others and to get an idea of what I can do for you!
