Website Services

Content Management Systems are becoming increasingly popular. These custom built and open source applications help the expert and novice alike edit, update and manage a website's content through an easy to use administration panel. Our CMS applications can include a WYSIWYG editor which allows the user to easily update site content with options and features similar to MS Word or a comparable program. Images and text can easily be placed anywhere the user wants, including text formatting and link placement. Blogging is the latest craze on the Internet. Everybody wants their voice and opinions heard. WordPress is a popular blogging platform that can accommodate any need that you may have. We can design and develop a custom blog site for you complete with the necessary plugins, options and features. Another highlight of WordPress is that it can also be used as a content management system to easily update your website's content. We provide custom and open source e-commerce solutions to sell your products or services. With a 3rd party e-commerce platform like OpenCart, we're able to provide a cost-effective shopping cart for you while still providing professional level service and support. The administration control panel for your e-commerce website can include as much product and user information as you need. Reporting tools are also avauilable to let you know what products are selling well and which ones are not.

In addition, our Paypal shopping carts offer a more affordable way to sell your products or services. Users do not have to be Paypal members in order to use their credit cards to make purchases. Elm City Web Design can develop a custom shopping cart to fit in with your new or existing web site.

We provide "on page" search engine optimization which is included in the overall price of your site. This involves proper coding standards, alt tags, page titles, meta tags, and other strategies. Content is one of the more important factors when managing SEO. Search engines favor websites with clean, standardized semantic code. We give your website the best chance to be found on search engines like Google and Yahoo. Our website hosting plans offer everything you need to maintain a website. Hosting plans start at $7.99 per month and come complete with at least 10GB of space, unlimited bandwidth, 100 email accounts, 10 MySQL databases and much more! Domain name registration is another mandatory feature you need to consider when first creating a website. When purchasing one of our hosting plans, domain names are only $3.99 for the first year and $9.99 per year after! Elm City Web Design leverages a powerful online email marketing tool with easy to read statistics on email blasts. While managing your customer list, we can design an email template for you to suit your needs. Direct users to your site with eye-catching emails designed by experienced professionals.