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autismfamilytours.org Visit Site Autism Family Tours with Brianna, Inc., a newly formed non profit, needed a clean professional site in time for some fund raising events. Yellow created a fluid three column design and implemented an open source news and events component that allows non technical users to control content on the site.

Assemblyman Giblin Visit Site Assemblyman Giblin wanted a website that would allow him to stay in touch with his constituents and keep them up to date on issues and legislation. Yellow built the site mainly using CSS and customized an existing blog application for the Updates page to fit the look of the site while keeping overall costs low.

TaTa Visit Site A&G Records wanted to show case one of their very talented singer-songwriters (TaTa) in time for her upcoming album. Yellow created a site that allows fans to get to know TaTa through pictures, sample music clips and a blog application. Costs were kept low through the use of open source software. Programming/design were highly customized to make the site seamless and to taste. The site is built on CSS and uses ASP.Net, SQL and Flash for portions of the site that are interactive.

Smitty's Landscaping & Design Visit Site Smitty's wanted to replace a prior site with something more current. Yellow Lab updated the site's design and company logo. Yellow also provided Smitty's with more affordable and robust hosting options and host transition services. The site features table-less css design and a css portfolio.

Anne Fahey Garden Design & Consulting Visit Site This site was a pure design project with a two week deadline. Features include a table-less layout, CSS menu and CSS portfolio.

GSE Civil/Environmental Engineers Visit Site GSE wanted a clean and professional website that acted as a show room for their work. The site has a contact form and login component. (ASP.Net)

JJS Contractors & Construction View Screen Shots JJS wanted to provide their people, particularly those on off site projects, with business critical information on demand. Phase I of the project includes a role based security system, alpha-sort employee list, search feature for employee information and employee editor. (ASP.Net) As the site is password protected you can only view the features through screen shots here.

Work and Well, Inc. Visit Site Online form that allows Managers to complete leave requests online, sending an email to a central account while generating a time stamped receipt upon submission. ASP.Net 2.0.

Sanguiliano Garden Center Visit Site -Design -Current Events Section that utilizes an open source application (customized) which allows the client to post information, pictures and links while also allowing visitors to post comments. (ASP.Net) -Portfolio (Java Script) -Contact Form (ASP.Net)

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Should my business or organization have a website?

Generally speaking, a website is a good thing for an organization to have and most customers and clients expect a professional outfit to have one. It opens your services and products up to a large potential customer base in a manner that is more cost effective than other forms of advertising.

It also allows existing customers greater access to your goods.

What steps should I take before building a site?

Once you've made a decision to build a site, it may be useful to look at the websites of businesses and organization similar to your own.

You also need to think about what it is you want to communicate AND who you are communicating it to which means thinking about your customers.

One mistake many people make is getting ahead of themselves; paying for features they or their target audience may not use. We suggest that you focus on design and content first as the main purpose of any website is to advertise a product or service. As time goes on you may want to talk to your customers or throw up a simple form on your site to get feedback on some features from your target audience on what they feel would be useful.

However, if you notice that the majority of your competitors have a shopping cart for example, that's a pretty good indication that you should probably include this feature from the beginning.

What is a web application?

In the most basic sense, a web application generally refers to a web page that does something other than present static information. Our contact page for example, gets data from a user and puts that information into a database and also sends us an email with the user's message.

An application can be very elaborate or very simple but it always does something in response to an event or trigger.

Is a Database necessary for my website?

It depends . If there are sections of your website that require frequent content changes, if you want your employees to have the ability to update data while on offsite projects, if you want to provide customers with an updated inventory of your products, or if you simply want to keep a record of visitors who use your contact page without any additional data entry then a database may be needed.

What are common "rip-offs"?

One common rip-off is a middleman hosting fee. Some website designers do not host your site but tack on an additional amount to what the hosting company actually charges. You should always know who your hosting company is and receive your bills directly from them.

You should also have some idea of what it takes to build a site. Someone who bills you two hours to tack on a couple of links or make basic content changes is either dishonest or incompetent. Insist on a detailed contract for both the initial design phase and maintenance. Do not pay for work that is not attached to a detailed invoice with time values to each specific task.

Lastly, don't pay to build a feature from scratch without exploring if it already exists and meets your needs. This is not to say that just because a feature, like a Content Management System exists that it's right for your site; but you want to get an idea of features and pricing before you pay for a custom solution.

What should I look for in a web designer?

We suggest you meet with a web designer face to face during the initial development phase. He/she should be committed to hearing about your ideas and should ask to see your current marketing materials to get a sense of how you communicate with your customers.

Your designer should also have other experience outside of just web design; it is important that this individual have experience working with people and has a background in marketing or grant writing. This experience will be a resource to you when you are thinking about your content and how something should be presented.

It is also a good idea to ask about what design environment the developer uses; professionals typically work in Dreamweaver or GoLive and avoid applications like Front Page; which is limiting and produces an amateur product.

Ideally; your designer should also have some understanding of database design and development as well as a web programming language in the event you want to add functionality to your website.

Most importantly, your designer should always use a contract and not expect payment up front. Payment should be staggered and based on deliverables.