Blogging and Web Design
Overview
Let NetSmith help you solidify your company's presence on the Internet. NetSmith can create a site tailored to your business's logo and promotional materials. We work with you to select a domain name, choose a hosting platform, graphically design the site, and write copy. Don't let a amateur web site reflect poorly on your business.
Blogging
Are you a political candidate trying to engage your future constituency? NetSmith can help you set up a blog (see the FAQ for a blog primer) to allow you to post your opinions and solicit feedback and dialog. Our blogging solutions include creating a web site, but can also be integrated into existing sites.
Blogging can also be used by businesses setting up a user community or corporate intranet. The blog is a collaborative tool that enables you to share messages and even files.
Is your site content always stale? Set up a blog and manage your site without having to call an IT guy.
Our Approach
To set up the blog, we work with you to determine your requirements and to educate you on what it means to maintain a blog. We identify the look-and-feel that you want on the site; this is often based on existing sites or printed materials. We then produce sample sites (sometimes called "mockups") to capture this. We also document your expectations considering cost, capacity, security, performance, and scalability (potential future requirements).
We use well-documented third-party software to provide a simple maintenance interface that allows you to post articles, moderate the site, and administer user accounts.
Choose Us Over a Volunteer
Setting up a web site is easy and many business and campaign sites start as a special project for a volunteer. While there are many tools that will help you personalized a canned template, there are several compelling reasons for going with NetSmith.
- Cross-browser compatability
- Multiple media support
- Flash animations, video, and slide shows
- Web application development
- Blog training and best practices
NetSmith builds sites to work on the broadest range of browsers, not just the most popular (Internet Explorer). Additionally, the techniques employed by NetSmith (Cascading Style Sheets) support the low-bandwidth user and various media devices including printers and handheld devices.
For a more visually interesting site, there are a number of technologies that NetSmith brings to the table: Flash, PHP or Cold Fusion web application development, and JavaScript animations. Some applications of these more interactive technologies include advertising, surveys, and managing contact lists. Click here to see a simple example of Flash technology.
Lastly, although a volunteer may be able to log on to a web site and create a blog, are you confident that the site is secure and well-moderated? Blogs offer many advantages, but there are some serious risks to your organizations credibility if a blog rollout is poorly planned.