01.18.10
Posted in Browser, Safari, Web Design, firefox, google at 10:51 pm by john
In the web design world, web design professionals HATE HATE HATE Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser. Its the one topic that even feuding web designers agree on. Typically, our customers look at us funny when we suggest that they stop using Internet Explorer. It feels to me as though the customers think we are being tech snobs because we use web browsers that might have a few more toolbars and tools than Internet Explorer. Or they might think that we use the other browsers because they are open-source.
These are not the reasons we want you to stop using Internet Explorer!
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10.21.09
Posted in City Website Design, Content Management System, Delaware.Net, Inc., Local Delaware, Municipal Website Design, Web Design, Web Design Pricing at 8:31 pm by john
The City of Harrington, Delaware recently awarded Delaware.Net the contract to rebuild their website. Harrington researched web design companies from around the country. The proposal from another competing municipal website design vendor for the city’s website was over $30,000 and a included a 3-year contract commitment for hosting the site. By contrast, Delaware.Net prepared a strategy for the city to prepare a new website interface, install our proven content management system for cities, a request tracking system, a city Intranet, a new police department website, a mass emailing system, live training, and much more. Delaware.Net saved the city over $15,000 with the project, and was able to offer more features and better support. Read the rest of this entry »
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10.18.09
Posted in City Website Design, Civic Logic CMS, Content Management System, Delaware.Net, Inc., Municipal Website Design, Web Design at 10:04 pm by john
ICON Enterprises (doing business as ‘CivicPlus’) is a company in Kansas that specializes in building municipal websites. My company (Delaware.Net) competes with companies like this from around the country when we bid on municipal website design projects. We lost a couple of prospective new projects to CivicPlus in 2007 when we were in the middle of producing our own Content Management System (CMS) for government websites. But in 2008, we had completed building and testing our CMS system for eGovernment websites, and we have won many municipal projects from around the USA ever since. Our new system is called CivicLogic. In this article, I will explain why our solution is better than some of the other options out there, and how we can help municipalities to migrate to our solution.
Here are some of the differences between us and our competitors;
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08.02.09
Posted in ECommerce, Internet Marketing, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engines and SEO, Web Design, Web Development at 7:57 pm by john
Anyone can setup an ecommerce store online. There are many ways to post products for sale in minutes, even using sites like ebay. I speak with people that want to sell products online every day. While many people want to make lots of money and come up high in Google, most of them aren’t ready to commit the time and resources that a true ecommerce store takes. Those who understand the demands and that are willing to commit the resources are the ones that have the most success.
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08.12.08
Posted in Articles, ECommerce, Municipal Website Design, Team-Logic CRM, Web Design, Web Development at 1:11 pm by john
Delaware.Net has built many websites for municipalities, and one of the major reasons why we are chosen for projects is our integration of the public website with complaint systems, content management systems, mass emailing systems, intranets, project management and – online bill-pay systems (or OBPP). A solid municipal website design effort requires all of these components to be successful, and an online bill-payment is one of the most important features that municipalities need. In this article, I will provide an overview of what is involved in building one of these systems, so that your city/town can plan how to integrate a bill-pay system. Read the rest of this entry »
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07.21.08
Posted in Delaware.Net, Inc., Local Delaware, Municipal Website Design, Team-Logic CRM, Web Design at 11:38 am by john
Since I was a kid, I have fond memories of going to the Delaware beaches. Rehoboth Beach has always been a special place for me. The boardwalk, the shops, restaurants, all of it. It still has that charm that brings a flood of Pennsylvanians and Delawareans to the beach. Rehoboth IS the beach for many folks.
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07.19.08
Posted in Articles, Content Management System, Delaware.Net, Inc., Web Design, Web Development at 10:41 am by john
There are many Content Management Systems (CMS) software packages on the market if you want to manage your own website content. Some are very inexpensive or free, and other enterprise CMS suites can cost over $100K. Delaware.Net offers our own system, called Team-Logic. It is neither costly nor free, and it is incredibly powerful but still easy to use. Prices start at $50 per month for the whole system.
There ARE cheaper open source solutions out there, and on the low end you have systems like Drupal, PHPNuke, PostNuke, .netNuke, Joomla, and others. These can be made to work if you have the time and patience, but for the most part they are solutions for non-profits and companies that don’t want to spend a lot on their website design work. I would never recommend them for a growing business that really cares about their website. Especially if they don’t have an in-house IT team. These low-end systems are well suited for a website where it is OK to use design templates for someone that wants to get up and running quickly. But there WILL be problems when using these systems, and like everything else – there is a trade-off.
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12.05.07
Posted in Adobe Dreamweaver, Delaware.Net, Inc., Real Estate Web Design, Web Design, Web Developer Tools at 9:21 pm by john
Microsoft FrontPage is a web design program designed for beginners. In early 2006, Microsoft reported that they will not release any further versions of their web design tool. They decided to stop making the product for several reasons:
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10.24.07
Posted in Web Design at 8:45 pm by john
My heart goes out to the good folks in California fighting the fires this week. I heard about a great web site that popped up rather quickly this week to aid those that are affected by the fires.
Here is the site: http://www.calfires.com
Note that it has a great Google map mashup, feeds, and more. This is a great way for municipalities to get information out using mapping.
I learned about the site from a government webmaster. There are some good ideas about sharing, syndication, and more with this simple web site.
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10.16.07
Posted in Articles, Domain Names, Local Delaware, Web Design at 10:19 pm by john
OK, this is a very basic, but powerful tip that will improve your web site’s performance. It is a problem that I see over and over and over again with web sites that prevents your customers from using your web site. It’s a problem that I have seen on very prominent web sites, and also very basic web sites. It is a very easy problem to fix, and yet many people don’t know that they have this issue.
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