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Friday, November 21, 2008

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Welcome to i-hate-technology.co.uk, a sister site for Whalley Websites

Good news! We provide simple and easy-to-maintain websites.

When we have finished building your website you can tweak it and modify it as much as you like using the included editor known as the Content Management System (CMS). Making your website future-proof. Your package will include your website's hosting fees, the website editor, training, technical support and e-mail. Plus if you get stuck with something, we can do it for you.

Step A. What type of website do you want your website to be? A brochure about your business, an online shop? Still not sure? Have a look on our Websites Page for more information. Then come back here to continue.

Step B. Decide what you want your website to be called. So perhaps you would like it to be www.My-First-Website.co.uk. You can choose any name you want, as long as it does not already exist of course!

Step C. Call us and have a chat and we will issue you a quote for what you need. We can then walk you through the rest of the process. You can expect to be up and running in a few days. The process is not automated; you are assigned a personal web advisor for your convenience.

Why do you need a website?

Whatever business you are in you will already know the Internet is a very popular marketplace and for you to compete you need a shop window on the Internet for customers to look at. It is the new culture for shoppers - they want to browse, read and form an opinion about your business before they call you and if the shop window is not up to scratch they will look elsewhere for one that is. Even if you are not going to actually trade on the internet, if you do not have a presence on the Internet showing who you are and what you do, your competitors will have.

Make sure your shop window is up to scratch

The best way to do this is in exactly the way you would think. Keep your website interesting by continually updating it and keeping it up to date. Just like you do already with your real-world shop window or other forms of marketing. Who is better to do this than you? With our easy-to-use online Content Management System you can login daily and update your product information, upload new photos and videos, announce your latest offers immediately to the whole world, and truly keep the interest going.

Some useful features of the simple CMS website for you to note

More than one person can update the website, from different locations. This is very useful
Several customised themes and templates can be created for your website. To change its appearance with the seasons of the year. Adding an extra layer of quality to your website.
you can change, add and delete text and image content within the template on any page
You can add new pages, and link them to your menu, or submenu - simply. There is no restriction on the number of pages you may wish to create.
For larger sites, the super administrator can create administrators to look after the part of the website that each administrator is responsible for.
Create areas of the website that only ‘approved’ web site visitors can view.
There are a number of ‘bells and whistle’ optional extras you can have added to your site. You can have photograph galleries, online shopping carts, event calendars, forums, search site, news feed displays, guestbooks, banner advertising, polls, page comments, newsflash alerts, newsletters and subscription processing, and the list goes on.
Visitor statistics.
And remember it is easy to learn and use. Once again, if you can type and have an internet connection, you can use this system effectively.
All changes to the website can be seen by Google, Yahoo and other search engines
Flash animations can be displayed on your website
A links page can be created to link your website to other websites, and vice versa to allow other websites to link to you

Benefits to you

No waiting for someone else to make the change that you want to do now.
No costs associated with the maintenance of your website.
Easy to learn. Most of the advanced features of the system can be learned in an average of less than 2 hours.
Add more web pages and products to your web site in minutes. Your website menu can be easily updated to link to your new page within seconds.
Measure some of your website successes by viewing your statistics. See how many visitors are coming to your web site, what country they are coming from, how they found you, search engines visiting your site and phrases your site is being found under from the major search engines. How do you measure the rest of your successes? - actual business gained from bookings, contacts or orders.
No additonal hosting costs. Everything is included.

You will receive

One template created to suit your business and target market.
5 Pages professionally created for you including home (landing) page, contact page, about us, a few product pages. The before mentioned pages are probably the minimum you will need even for a small web site.
Training by telephone or on-site (if local) on how to use the CMS.
A Getting Started Guide consisting of approximately 25 pages of detailed and visual examples of how to do the everyday functions of maintaining your website, using the CMS.
Our sound practical and knowledgeable advice, available each month.
If you already have a website we will re-create it with our online Content Management Systems for you
Regular backups of your website are performed in case of a disaster. Which is an important feature to consider and have at your disposal.
In our experience this is everything you will need for maintaining an internet website. Additional development support is available to you if you get into problems, on a pay-as-you-go basis. Almost anything can be developed and bolted on to your website.