websitedesign

There's obviously quite a bit of extra work been done to individualise the site but this is basically the same open source content management system (drupal), database engine (MySQL or progresql), scripting language (php), web server (apache) and operating system (linux) as used by the website you are now reading!

see http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Sometimes it's a good idea to put some movement on your web site and flash animations are the way to go. However some websites are painfully slow to load and you have to ask yourself if they do more for the web designer's sense of achievement than the business objectives of the client!

here are a couple of examples quickly put together:

here's an example of the kinds of things you can do with Action Script 3. I have used FlashDevelop and PaperVision3D which are both open source. (Here's another example too)

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If you already have a site hosted by someone you like you will have to give me your logins and passwords for ftp and for control panel. However DO NOT part with this imformation until you have a signed non-disclosure agreement, or at the very least met me face to face

If you don't have a site already think of some possible website names.


Target visitors (think about specific present customers):
-age range
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-business, single, couple, family..
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-income or price range (i.e. cost conscious, prepared to spend etc)
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-expectations (i.e. service, comfort, techno, tradition, style, formal, sense of humour..)
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Possible content of interest to people browsing site for posting on forums. (i.e. recipes, howtofix computer problems, nice walks from Howarth, things to do in Keighley, free ring tones..)

Differentiating search words (i.e. geographical, sectorial, brand, product, function..) try to put yourself in the position of one of your target visitors.

Draw as full a tree diagram as you can. Highlight the places that the visitor should be able to get to directly from the menu on every page
home ** - about - - contact ** - - people - - history - products ** - - hats .. etc - overwrite this tree with your ideas.

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Summary

There are many reasons why you may want to put information on CD: to reduce environmental damage, to save costs, to offer large volumes of data or to use the speed and power of electronic searches.

These same benefits also apply to putting your catalogue on the internet, and many of the points made in this paper apply equally well to that alternative. However there are many instances where the large data capacity and portability of a CD or DVD make it the logical choice.

here is a listing of the php script to copy a directory structure and prefix all the tables (you need to register to see it):

I have used webERP on my own site www.eldwick.org.uk, more as an example of what can be done with online databases than for real. However I decided that I might as well put my money where my mouth is and start using it for my own accounts. Also I wanted to suggest it for routine accounts for an organisation I do some work for www.wwoof.org but both locations are on shared hosts and both have limited MySQL db allocations.

In addition to providing good content it is essential also to think through, and explicitly define:

• profiles of people that might be trying to find the website through a search engine, what they might be looking for and what search words they are likely to enter.
• The objectives of the website with respect to the outside world. This will guide the styling and graphic design work as well as the effort in optimizing search engine rating.

There are various problems and alternative solutions to getting a dynamic site running from CD (or hard disk) This is just one..

AFEX - French architects site

Set up AFEX site to run with Dynamic-CD php server and MySQL from CD

YSC - results calcualtion

A good example of an open source ERP is webERP which I have set up here. Feel free to poke around to see what it does. It's very quick to install and can be used in many instances with virtually no modification.

Putting up a web store is also easy now with the relevant drupal module (ubercart) or good software like oscommerce available open source. Have a look at the store set up on this site. (you can play around but could end up actually buying some software!)