There are so many facets to website and web application development, it is impossible to cover all in any detail on this website. Areas include...

• Content Management - the ability for the website owner to be able to modify content at their leisure without having to go back to a developer.
  
  
• Branding - making sure that all parts of the website fit in with the company branding, culture and outward appearance.
  
  
• Cross Browser Compatibility - ensuring that the website can be viewed on all web browsers on all operating systems. This may include browsers on PDAs, mobile phones and hand held computers.
  
  
• Accessibility - is the website accessible to colour blind or other visually impaired visitors?
  
  
• Security - has due diligence been taken to secure any data that may be entered on the website?
  
  
• Up Time and Disaster Recovery - making sure that the website is available as close to 100% of the time as is possible, including in the event of hardware failure or denial of service attacks.
  
  
• Integration - websites rarely stand alone any more. They are typically integrated with in-house databases and CRM systems. In fact the boundary between office and website, between in-house software and web applications, between office workers and remote workers is almost non-existant.
  
  
• Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) - a website without visitors is pointless. It is vital that a good search engine strategy is in place from day one. A website must be built from the ground up, building in the search engine strategy. It can't easily be fitted after development is complete.
  
  
• Marketing - apart from search engine optimisation (SEO) there are many other ways to drive traffic to a website. Traditional marketing, viral campaigns, 'sticky' content, reciprocal links, blogs and much more.

If you need a web developer who has vast experience in all of these areas and many more, with an award winning track record, you need Evesham Solutions.

What is the difference between a website and a web application?

A website is typically available to the public and contains information, images, documents and links. A web application is interactive software that runs within the framework of the website. For example, Google is a website. Searching on Google however is a web application, or mapping on Google is a web application.

Web applications are often linked to databases to capture or display data via a webpage. The key is that the applications can run in a web browser, preferably without installing any other software, and preferably without having to modify firewall or security settings to run.

Did you know that over half of the internet is hidden?

The internet is being used more and more as a company tool for employees and customers using web applications. The majority of these web applications are locked away behind password protected screens: they are not designed to be found on search engines. Applications include:

• Remote Working - employees can use the internet to work from home, hotel rooms, internet cafes, wherever there is internet access.
  
  
• Ordering - trade customers with accounts can place orders and track order progress via web applications.
  
  
• Intranet Applications - intranet websites and web applications are like any other except that they are private to a company, and may include corporate training manuals, employee details and an internal telephone directory.
  
  
• Travelling Reps - reps on the road can often connect to a private website using their mobile devices to access client accounts and CRM information such as recent client activities.

Please call us today on 0870 383 4231 or email us at info@eveshamsolutions.co.uk.

We would love to hear about your website or web application requirements.