Website Design and Programming (Web 2.0)

Website Design and Programming Functions Explained

Content Management: Content Management Systems allow administrators to a website to manage all aspects of their site, from where posts are placed on the site, to which content is published and when. In addition a CMS system allows your easily add and manage content from any computer in the world without having to know the first thing about website programming or languages.

Custom Content Types: From newspapers needing various content types of articles, editorials, sports, features and more, our programming solutions can allow you to implement numerous content types broken down into categories and sub-categories. These sections allow you to easily create a content-rich environment with the ease of intuitive navigation, dynamic content rendering and fully customizable taxonomy on your site. Specific newspaper programming can be found on our newspaper development site.

Blogs: A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Blogs often provide commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs.

Podcasts and Video: Audio and video podcasts are more popular than ever, with our programming team able to create an intuitive solutions for your video and podcasting needs. Podcasting features include on-site players with ability to share files through iTunes.

Location Services: Working on the same principle as Google Maps, location services are available for location-based ads, content, user managements and networking.

Photo and Media Galleries: Our programming department is able to provide custom galleries on your website, whether you need custom media galleries for users, per article photo galleries, or a mixture of both. Flexibility is key with all types of galleries we are able to develop on your site.

Forums: Forums are places on your website where visitors and site owners can hold discussions, tutorials and even classes online. Forums are one of the most popular aspects of modern websites and allows site administrators to manage all aspects of discussions.

Social Networking: Social networking websites are online communities, such as MySpace and FaceBook, which allow members to join, share information, chat and more. The content management system allows for private and public access, friendlists, photo galleries, network feeds and more.

Dyamic Content: Allow your site to work for you and your users dynamically. Our programming team has to expertise to have user-specific content, section-specific content and even time-specific content rendered on your site dynamically. This means someone in California will get information pertaining to a specific section on your site, while another user in Australia can get their own customized content based solely on their location, interests and/or viewing habits.

RSS Feeds: Promote your site via various news readers (Google, Yahoo, NetNewsWire and more). Programming available for per content type feeds, section feeds and available advertising components within the news feeds.

Shopping Carts: Customized shopping carts are available, whether you are selling a tangible good, subscription service or downloadable product such as music, documents or files. More information on our shopping cart programming can be found in the e-commerce section of this site.

Wikis: A wiki (pronounced wee-kee) is a website that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change available content, typically without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring.

Newsletters: Customized newsletters are available to allow you to communicate with subscribers via direct e-mail marketing. Newsletter web programming allows for full subscription management, customized templates and unlimited possibilities. Full management of the newsletter is available within your website, making paid services like Constant Contact unnecessary and a thing of the past.

User Management: Our programming can allow you to manage how visitors interact with your site as well as catch user data for marketing purposes. This aspect of a site can be helpful for business, media, non-profit and real estate websites - or any site where you want to tie in marketing.