Web Design & Development Services
Content Management Systems (CMS)
Using
open source software on top of a PHP/MySQL
base, ArtistsCafé can install a content
management system (CMS) into the back-end
or back-office of your new or existing
website so that you can easily maintain,
manage, and update your content in about
the same level of effort as it would
take you to compose and send an e-mail.
Content management systems empower you to take control of your website. With a CMS, you can ensure that the data and information on your website is up to date all the time. Moreover, you can update it any time and any where with no special software or proprietary software licenses.
Our open source CMS of
choice would be Joomla. It is (relatively)
fast and easy to install and extraordinarily
powerful. Depending on the simplicity
(or complexity) of your website, we can
usually plug a content management system
and customize it to look like your original
site in about 3 business days.
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eCommerce Systems (Shopping Carts)
Using state-of-the-art, secure, open
source software used by world-class enterprises, our e-commerce
systems are robust enough to handle the most complex of e-commerce and online shopping transactions.
You can rest assured that your transactions will be handled safely and securely using SSL
certificates and other proprietary security tools and services. You will be able to easily manage and update your storefront, stockroom, products, and customer database.
Client will be able to easily select products and checkout with ease and efficiency, which will make shopping with you a pleasureable experience.
Our open source e-commerce
systems of choice would be OS
Commerce,
X-Cart, or the modules, widgets, and
components inherently available via Joomla.
The level of effort to create and define
a relatively simple e-commerce system
would be about 5 business days (not including
the uploading of products).
If you only have a handful
of products then instead of installing
a full-blown e-commerce system, we would
recommend a PayPal checkout implementation.
This is significantly easier and cost-effective
to install but is limited to only a small
number of products and options. Level
of effort is approximately 2 days.
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Website Maintenance and Management
Not getting the customer service and response that you deserve from your existing web development and maintenance company? Their loss is our gain, we would love to have you as a VIP client.
Our maintenance rates are fair and our turnaround time is quick and responsive. We know that your website is mission critical to your business, as ours is to us. Call us any time and we will immediately investigate and resolve your issues.
We typically divide maintenance
into 4 basic categories:
- Administration/content editing
- Technical fixes and/or enhancements
- Creative design
- Search engine optimization (SEO)
Although most website developers and web
designers hate maintaining old websites,
we love it. We will discuss the issues that you have with your current
website, help you envision greater possibilities,
develop a set of solutions, prioritize
the tasks and get 'er done within a short
period of time. Please visit our website
maintenance page to learn more.
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New Website Redesign
Tired of your old website or is this a new product or business? We love helping entrepreneurs and business professionals catapult their sales and business to a new level with a world-class website design.
Choose from hundreds of pre-designed website concepts, combine the look and feel of multiple websites, or start completely from scratch with a clean canvas. Whatever you would like to do, we would like to help you do it.
Our philosophy is simple: listen, brainstorm, research, play, present, and revise. Our preferred methology is to allow 3 distinct designers to produce 2 distinctive designs, allowing you to choose from 6 distinct designs. Pick one concept, borrow from the others, and then iterate 2-3 times until we get it right.
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Flash Development
Flash with beauty and brains. We don't care to use Flash for Flash sake. In fact, we'll try to talk you out of Flash because Flash does have many drawbacks. However, if you want to incorporate Flash into your website, we'd love to design it for you.
We believe that Flash should be hard working little components that bring your website alive, improve the user experience, rachet up the professionalism, and make yours a website to remember.
Whether you want a piece of Flash to just look pretty or actually do something with Action Script, we have the tools, skills, talent and experience to make it happen.
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Embedded Video
Nothing brings a website more alive than some well embedded video. Embedded video combines multi-media with web technology for a new and improved Web 2.0 user experience.
We can create YouTube functionality, incorporate news reels into your press page, add infomercials to your sales pitch, or entertain your clients with humor and drama. Let us know what you would like to accomplish and we will work with you to take your website to a new level.
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Search
Engine Friendly (SEF) Technology
Certainly,
a website doesn't do you much good without traffic. We build websites with search engine friendly URLs and technology. Our content management systems, word press blogs, e-commerce shopping carts, and information pages all support natural search engine optimization.
Before we even start buildig your website, we will conduct a keyword analysis with you to determine the terms and phrases that your prospective customers might use to find you. Then, we will ensure that these keyword phrases are incorporated throughout the website, tagged properly, and easily indexed by the leading web crawlers, robots, and spiders.
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Clean & Simple Websites 
Web Site Optimization 
Website Maintenance