Web development in Scotland – FTP

Many HTML websites simply rely on FTP to get the HTML files live. In CMS packages this is less common as you are entering the copy and images directly onto the server. Web development has come on along way in a short space of time and as web developers we seldom use FTP as a transfer mechanism when developing websites.

Sharepoint support in Scotland for searching for people

Users within your Sharepoint systems can create their own personal profiles and as you would expect these profiles can be searched – allowing large organisations to get the right people connected to the right people.

Web developers in Scotland – security

Wherever you get your hosting from make sure that there is a strong security policy in place and protection set up from viruses. We host with a reputable firm who look after this for us.

Sharepoint support in Scotland for searching public folders

If permitted by administration levels Sharepoint can allow searches to dig deep into public file folders ensuring that your businesses valuable data is used to the utmost.

Web development in Scotland – hosting

As web developers we chose to host our customer’s websites. This gave us maximum flexibility and confidence. It reduced the number of unknowns and it has allowed us to do develop our DNN CMS package without worrying about a separate hosting company having possible restrictions. Hosting can be pretty cheap and pretty lousy as well – but when we supply hosting it comes with support to make sure we can keep our customer websites looking fresh.

Sharepoint support in Scotland using other documents

In addition to using its own templates for websites, Sharepoint allows the user to convert documents such as Word documents into webpages. This can ensure that pages can be created rapidly if required from existing material.

Web developers in Scotland – costs

How much will it cost me? It all depends! Websites are difficult to give prices on and often being able to explain the budget is the quickest way to find out what sort of website you can get. A few hundred will get you little more than a static 4 or 5 page site while several thousands could get you not a lot more if you go to an image consultant type web developer. Set a budget and produce a set of wants and find someone you can trust. It all depends on what you want and what you can afford.

Sharepoint support in Scotland and Visual Studio

Sharepoint allows much of its preconfigured world to be customised and the recommended tools often lie within Microsoft Visual Studio - so if you need to go beyond the standard out the box offerring you will need a good bunch of software developers.

Web development in Scotland – privacy

Just as the Ts and Cs are important so is a Privacy Statement. This is there to make sure that you declare what you will do with any information gathered. Perhaps you will share it – perhaps you want – but whatever you do you have to declare it. Again as web developers we provide a fairly generic Privacy statement and let our customers refine as required.

Sharepoint support in Scotland for parallel workflows

Sharepoint supports workflow templates and workflow customisation to ensure that businesses can operate efficiently. These workflows can also be configured to operate in parallel where more that one set of tasks can be carried out at the same time. This ensures that the real world doesnt get held up by an inappropriate one task at a time workflow.

Web developers in Scotland – terms and conditions

It is now essential that you have a page available that describes the terms and conditions of your website. It is there to make sure that your visitor is made aware that you may use cookies and that you don’t guarantee anything. As web developers we do this as standard now for our customer and let them change it if they feel it appropriate.

Sharepoint support in Scotland for email alerts

An important feature in Sharepoint is the ability for workflows to trigger email alerts to the next link in the chain. This ensures that jobs can be progressed effectively as one step completes.

Sharepoint support in Scotland for site structure

Significant sites can be created with Sharepoint and managing the multiple pages can be daunting. Within Sharepoint a Site Manager is provided to show the hierarchy and allow adminsitration levels to modify and streamline the site.

Web development in Scotland – contact

Just as an About page is important so is the Contact page. Although your contact details should really be on every page you might as well also have a contact page that can provide fuller details including maps and directions to get to your premises. Thankfully for us as web developers Google has ensured it is easy to pop a map onto a website – so have a look and do the same.