Website gadgets
The kind of things you can have on a website.
Contact form
Sounds simple- a form on your website so people can send you an e-mail message. However, it might be essential if your clients don't have access to their own PC and rely on friends or internet cafés for their web use. Examples might be people who travel, recent immigrants, people moving house, students and low incomes. See my form here. Needs to be done properly, or hackers could misuse it for spamming.
Interactive mapping
With some maps, using your postcode as a guide is misleading- it can point people to the wrong place. I can create Google maps with the location points in exactly the right place. For example, this one of Newmarket town centre for Churches Together. They can be scrolled and zoomed seamlessly, so your clients can find you easily.
Image uploading
The picture your digital camera produces is probably too big for use on a website as is- but you can upload it and have it resized automatically to the right size for your pages. This can be useful for e-commerce websites, where you might want both a thumbnail (small) and larger image.
Content Management System (CMS)
This is where you update the website yourself. This can be as simple or as complex as you feel you can handle, most of my clients prefer simplicity as they are not technically minded. However, this doesn't mean you can't have a rich website. I can arrange for pictures to be automatically resized for the web. (see above). Documents can be uploaded and listed in date, alphabetical, or any other order you fancy, such as newsletters or minutes. If you want complete control, I can let you add, edit and delete pages yourself. But I specialise in designing the CMS to suit what you need.
