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		<title>24/7 Fast download Internet Access For just #2,500 Monthly</title>
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		<title>Programmer 101: Teach Yourself How to Code</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 03:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve always wanted to learn how to build software yourself—or just whip up an occasional script—but never knew where to start. Luckily, the web is full of free resources that can turn you into a programmer in no time. Since the invention of the internet, programmers have been using it to discuss software development techniques, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;ve always wanted to learn how to build software yourself—or just whip up an occasional script—but never knew where to start. Luckily, the web is full of free resources that can turn you into a programmer in no time.</p>
<p>Since the invention of the internet, programmers have been using it to discuss software development techniques, publish tutorials, and share code samples for others to learn from and use online. If you&#8217;re curious about how to become a programmer, you can get off to a running start using tons of great free web-based tutorials and resources.</p>
<h3>First Things First: Don&#8217;t Get Hung Up on Choosing a Language</h3>
<p><img title="Programmer 101: Teach Yourself How to Code" src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2009/11/languagechoice.png" alt="Programmer 101: Teach Yourself How to Code" />A common pitfall for beginners is getting stuck figuring out which programming language is best to learn first. There are a lot of opinions out there, but there&#8217;s no one &#8220;best&#8221; language. Here&#8217;s the thing: In the end, language doesn&#8217;t matter THAT much. Understanding data and control structures and design patterns does matter very much. Every language—even a simple scripting language—will have elements that you&#8217;ll use in other languages as well and will help you learn. In classes I took to get my degree in Computer Science, I programmed in Pascal, Assembly, and C—languages I never actually got paid to program in professionally. I taught myself every language I&#8217;ve used in my career, reusing concepts I already knew, and referring to documentation and books to learn its syntax. So, don&#8217;t get hung up on what language to learn first. Pick the kind of development you want to do, and just get started using one that works.</p>
<p>There are several different kinds of software development you can do for various platforms, from the web to your desktop to your smartphone to a command line. In this article, we&#8217;ll outline some of our favorite starter tutorials and resources for teaching yourself how to program for each major platform. We&#8217;re going to assume you&#8217;re a savvy user, but a newb when it comes to wrangling code snippets, so we&#8217;ll keep things at the beginner level. Even just following through a beginner programming tutorial, you&#8217;ll be happy to see how far you can get.</p>
<h3>Desktop Scripting</h3>
<p>The easiest way to try your hand at programming for your Windows or Mac desktop is to start with a scripting or macro program like <a href="http://autohotkey.com">AutoHotkey</a> (for Windows) or <a href="http://www.macosxautomation.com/automator/">Automator</a> (for Mac). Right now hardcore coders throughout the Lifehacker readership are yelling at their monitors, saying that AHK or AppleScript are not &#8220;real&#8221; programming. That may be true—technically these types of tools just do high-level scripting. But for those new to programming who just want to get their feet wet, automating actions on their desktop, these free tools are a fantastic way to start—and you&#8217;d be surprised at how much you can do with them.</p>
<p><img title="Programmer 101: Teach Yourself How to Code" src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2011/11/medium_1ece9fa5128bb5ebcf142710c0321850.png" alt="Programmer 101: Teach Yourself How to Code" />For example, Adam developed the standalone Windows application we all know and love, <a href="http://lifehacker.com/238306/lifehacker-code-texter-windows">Texter</a>, using AutoHotkey, so this scripting language is capable of far more than just small-scale automation projects. To get started with AutoHotkey, check out Adam&#8217;s tutorial on <a href="http://lifehacker.com/316589/turn-any-action-into-a-keyboard-shortcut">how to turn any action into a keyboard shortcut using AutoHotkey</a>. (Then, check out <a href="http://github.com/adampash/texter">the source code for Texter</a> to see the innards of a full-fledged AHK-based Windows application.)</p>
<h3>Web Development</h3>
<p>Instead of being bound to specific programming languages and the look and feel of a particular operating system, you can put your killer application in the browser and run it in the cloud, as a webapp. Welcome to the wonderful world of web development.</p>
<p><strong>HTML and CSS:</strong> The first thing you need to know to build any web site is HTML (the page markup that makes up web pages) and CSS (the style information that makes that markup look pretty). HTML and CSS are not true programming languages—they&#8217;re just page structure and style information. However, you should be able to author simple HTML and CSS by hand before you begin building web applications, because a web page is the frontend to every webapp. This <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp">HTML tutorial</a> is a good place to start.</p>
<p><strong>JavaScript:</strong> Now that you can lay out a static web page with HTML and CSS, things get fun—because it&#8217;s time to learn JavaScript. JavaScript is the programming language of the web browser, the magic that makes dynamic in-page effects go. JavaScript is also the stuff of bookmarklets, <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748">Greasemonkey</a> user scripts, and <a href="http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorial/Ajax_for_Beginners">Ajax</a>, so it&#8217;s the key to making all sorts of web goodies. <a href="http://w3schools.com/js/default.asp">Start learning JavaScript here</a>.</p>
<p><img title="Programmer 101: Teach Yourself How to Code" src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2009/11/diveintopythoncover-small.jpg" alt="Programmer 101: Teach Yourself How to Code" width="106" height="140" align="right" /><strong>Server-side scripting:</strong> Once you&#8217;re good at making things happen inside a web page, you&#8217;re going to need to put some dynamic server action behind it—and for that, you&#8217;ll need to move into a server-side scripting language, like PHP, Python, Perl, or Ruby. For example, to make a web-based contact form that sends an email somewhere based on what a user entered, a server-side script is required. Scripting languages like PHP can talk to a database on your web server as well, so if you want to make a site where users can log in and store information, that&#8217;s the way to go. Excellent web development site <a href="http://webmonkey.com">Webmonkey</a> is full of tutorials for various web programming languages. See their <a href="http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorial/PHP_Tutorial_for_Beginners">PHP Tutorial for Beginners</a>. When you&#8217;re ready, check out how to use PHP to talk to a database in <a href="http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorial/PHP_and_MySQL_Tutorial_-_Lesson_1">WebMonkey&#8217;s PHP and MySQL tutorial</a>. PHP&#8217;s online documentation and function reference is the best on the web. Each entry (like this one on the <a href="http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.strlen.php">strlen function</a>) includes user comments at the bottom which are often as helpful as the documentation itself. (I happen to be partial to PHP, but there are plenty of other server-side scripting languages you might decide to go with instead.)</p>
<p><img title="Programmer 101: Teach Yourself How to Code" src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2009/08/rails-logo.jpg" alt="Programmer 101: Teach Yourself How to Code" align="right" /><strong>Web frameworks:</strong> Over the years, web developers have had to solve and resolve the same problems and rewrite similar code to build dynamic web sites. To avoid making everyone reinvent the wheel for every new web development project, some programmers have come up with development frameworks that do some repetitive work for you. The popular <a href="http://rubyonrails.org/">Ruby on Rails</a> framework, for example, takes the Ruby programming language and offers a web-specific structure for getting common web application tasks done. In fact, Adam used Rails to build his first serious (and impressive!) web application, <a href="http://mixtape.me">MixTape.me</a>. Here&#8217;s <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5336113/how-to-build-a-web-site-from-scratch-with-no-experience">his take on how to build a web site from scratch with no experience</a>. Other popular web development frameworks include <a href="http://cakephp.org/">CakePHP</a> (for PHP programmers), <a href="http://www.djangoproject.com/">Django</a> (for Python programmers), and <a href="http://jquery.com/">jQuery</a> (for JavaScript).</p>
<p><strong>Web APIs:</strong> An <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API">API (Application programming interface)</a> is a programmatic way for different pieces of software to talk to one another. For example, if you want to put a dynamic map on your web site, you want to use a Google Map instead of building your own custom map. <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/maps/">The Google Maps API</a> makes it easy to programmatically include a map in a page with JavaScript. Almost every modern web service you know and love has an API that lets you include data and widgets from it in your application, like Twitter, Facebook, Google Docs, Google Maps, and the list goes on. Integrating other webapps into your web application via API&#8217;s is the final frontier of rich web development. Every good, major web service API offers thorough documentation and some sort of quick start guide to try it out (here&#8217;s <a href="http://apiwiki.twitter.com/">Twitter&#8217;s</a>, for example). Go crazy.</p>
<h3>Command Line Scripting</h3>
<p>If you want to write a program that takes textual or file input and outputs something useful, the command line is the right place to do it. While the command line isn&#8217;t as sexy or good-looking as a webapp or desktop app, for rapid development of quick scripts that automate processes, you can&#8217;t beat it.</p>
<p>Several scripting languages that work on a Linux-based web server also work at the command line, like Perl, Python, and PHP—so learning one of those baddies makes you conversant in two contexts. My path never took me too far down the Perl road, but I taught myself Python using the excellent and free online book, <em><a href="http://diveintopython.org">Dive into Python</a></em>.</p>
<p><img title="Programmer 101: Teach Yourself How to Code" src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2011/11/medium_7298c5095efc473a657ceba14b174149.png" alt="Programmer 101: Teach Yourself How to Code" /></p>
<p>If becoming a Unix ninja is one of your programmer goals, you absolutely must get good at shell scripting with bash. Bash is the command line scripting language of a *nix environment, and it can do everything from help you set up automated backups of your database and files to building out a full-fledged application with user interaction. Without any experience writing bash scripts beyond a dozen lines, I wound up developing a full-on personal to-do list manager in bash, <a href="http://todotxt.com">Todo.txt CLI</a>.</p>
<h3>Add-ons</h3>
<p>Nowadays, modern webapps and browsers are extensible with with bits of software that bolt onto them and add features. Add-on development is gaining in popularity as more developers look at existing software, like Firefox or WordPress, and think &#8220;But if only it could do THIS&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>You can do a whole lot in any web browser with just a mastery of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. Bookmarklets, <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748">Greasemonkey</a> user scripts, and <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2108">Stylish</a> user styles are created with the same bits of code that make regular web pages, so they&#8217;re worth learning even if you just want to tweak an existing site with a small snippet of code.</p>
<p>More advanced browser add-ons, like Firefox extensions, let you do more. Developing Firefox extensions, for example, requires that you&#8217;re conversant in JavaScript and XML (markup that&#8217;s similar to HTML, but way more strict in format). Back in 2007 I ran down <a href="http://lifehacker.com/264490/how-to-build-a-firefox-extension">how to build a Firefox extension</a>, a skill I picked up after I stumbled upon a free tutorial.</p>
<p>Many free and well-loved web applications offer an extension framework as well, like WordPress and MediaWiki. Both of those apps are written in PHP, so comfort with PHP is a prerequisite for getting started. Here&#8217;s <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin">how to write a plug-in for WordPress</a>. Developers who want to ride the cutting edge of Google Wave can get started writing gadgets and bots in HTML, JavaScript, Java, and Python. I wrote my first Wave bot following this <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/wave/extensions/robots/python-tutorial.html">quick start tutorial in one afternoon</a>.</p>
<h3>Web Development for the Desktop</h3>
<p>The best part about getting started programming in one context is when you can take those skills and apply them elsewhere. Learning web development first is a great way to start because now there are ways to put those skills to work on desktop applications, too. For example, <a href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/ajax/getting_started.html">Adobe AIR</a> is a cross-platform run-time environment that lets you build your app once and release it to run on the desktop for every operating system AIR runs on. AIR apps are written in HTML, Flash, or Flex, so it lets you apply your web development skills in a desktop context. AIR is a great option for deploying desktop apps like one of our <a href="http://lifehacker.com/396393/top-10-apps-worth-installing-adobe-air-for">top 10 apps worth installing Adobe AIR for</a>.</p>
<h3>Mobile App Development</h3>
<p>Mobile applications like the ones you run on your iPhone or Android smartphone are all the rage right now, so you may have dreams of striking it rich in the iTunes App Store with the next killer app. However, for the new coder, diving headfirst into mobile development can be a rough learning curve, since it requires comfort with advanced programming languages like Java and Objective C. However, it&#8217;s worth checking out what iPhone and Android development looks like. Check out <a href="http://www.cimgf.com/2008/10/01/cocoa-touch-tutorial-iphone-application-example/">this simple iPhone application development example</a> to get a taste of what iPhone developers do. Android apps are written in Java, and here&#8217;s a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6ObTqIiYfE">friendly video tutorial of what building a &#8220;Hello Android&#8221; application workflow looks like</a>.</p>
<h3>Patience, Elbow Grease, Trial and Error</h3>
<p>Good coders are a special breed of persistent problem-solvers who are addicted to the small victories that come along a long path of trial and error. Learning how to program is very rewarding, but it can also be a frustrating and solitary experience. If you can, get a buddy to work with you along the way. Getting really good at programming, like anything else, is a matter of sticking with it, trying things out, and getting experience as you go.</p>
<p>This article is just one self-taught programmer&#8217;s top-of-mind recommendations for beginners. Experienced programmers: What did I miss? No matter your skill level, add your thoughts and recommendations for beginners to the comments.</p>
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		<title>7 Reasons Why You Need to Redesign Your Old Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2012 01:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you have a tired looking, static website? If so, it’s time for a make-over because what you have is an ineffective marketing tool that might be doing more harm than good.</p>
<p><em>Here’s how to determine if your website needs a redesign…</em></p>
<h3>1. Your website is not user-friendly</h3>
<p>A user-friendly website is one that is easy to navigate. Gone are the days when a website visitor will spend several minutes searching for something on a website. These days, Internet searchers are impatient people and if they don’t find what they’re looking for in seconds, they will click away and move on to another website. If you have a poorly planned website, now is the time to redesign it.</p>
<h3>2. The look and feel of your website might be hurting your business</h3>
<p>What looks splendid several years ago may look offensive today. If you have a website with 10 flashy banners and several scrolling texts and animated icons scattered around the page, you’re still living in the past and this will hurt your business badly. Your site will likely offend visitors who will click the close button as soon as they land on your page. They will leave with the feeling that every aspect of your business is just like your website – offensive. So make sure that your site keeps up with the fast-pace of technology.</p>
<h3>3. Your site doesn’t connect with your visitors</h3>
<p>No one wants to do business with a faceless company. If after a few seconds on your website, visitors do not clearly see how you can help them and how your products or services would benefit them, they will leave because they don’t feel the connection. A poorly designed website disconnections with the visitors and I’m sure you know how bad that is for business.</p>
<h3>4. Your site hasn’t evolved with your business growth</h3>
<p>Two or three years ago when your business started, you also set up your website. Today you business has grown and expanded but your website is as static as it has been from Day 1. If this is the case with you, then you should have your website redesigned. Your goal here would be to have a website that is scalable, one that will evolve and grow with your business growth.</p>
<h3>5. No traffic, big problem</h3>
<p>A site without a constant flow of traffic is like a shop built in the desert. You spend so much to set it up and maintain it but it adds no real value to your business. If your site isn’t getting enough visitors, then you need to rethink your search engine optimization (SEO) strategy. This might involve a complete overhaul and redesign of your website. With effective online marketing, your lonely site can become popular.</p>
<h3>6. Oh, Yes! We have traffic but no sales</h3>
<p>There could be several problems with your website if you experience traffic but no sales. Maybe your site has no clear call to action. Maybe visitors cannot easily figure out how to place an order. Is the “buy now” button hidden? Are you merely focusing on the features of your products and services instead of the benefits to visitors? A good web development company would always ensure that your website is optimized to convert visitors to customers.</p>
<h3>7. Your site doesn’t work properly</h3>
<p>A website that doesn’t work properly is one with outdated links, one that returns errors when you click on a link, one that loads too slowly or that looks bad on various browsers. Actually, the list is endless but I hope you get the picture. When a site works badly, it sends a negative message: “We’re really not interested in giving you the best service, and that’s why our website doesn’t work properly just like every aspect of our business.” Would you like your visitors to hear this message?</p>
<p>As you may have notice from your use of the Internet, the above problems are common with some websites today. Smart business owners are making necessary changes and leveraging the Internet to promote their business.</p>
<p>If your website has any one of problems mentioned above, then it’s time to consider redesigning it. Don’t sit back and relax, letting one of your most effective marketing tools become obsolete. Contact us today to see how we can help create a new website for your business or redesign an existing one. We have helped hundreds of businesses increase sales and profits and we can do the same for you too.</p>
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		<title>10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2012 01:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of your competitors have websites. So you thought of having one too but you’re not sure how it would benefit your business. Should you just get a website because your competitors already have theirs? If that’s your sole reason for having a website, then you’re just about to make a bad business decision. Read [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most of your competitors have websites. So you thought of having one too but you’re not sure how it would benefit your business. Should you just get a website because your competitors already have theirs? If that’s your sole reason for having a website, then you’re just about to make a bad business decision.</p>
<p>Read on as I present 10 solid reasons why you need a website for your business:</p>
<h3>1. Expand your potential customer base to the entire nation and the world.</h3>
<p>Gone are the days when you’re limited to selling your product and services to people within your locality. Gone are the days when all you can have as customers were people who read your adverts in the newspaper. Today, anyone with Internet access is a potential customer whether he lives in Lagos or New York.</p>
<h3>2. You website is your 24/7 customer care agent.</h3>
<p>With a professional website, you can answer questions and explain the benefits of your products and services 24 hours of the day, 7 days a week. Your website is always on, so your potential customers don’t have to wait until office hours to call you. By browsing through your website, they can find out exactly what services and products you offer them. They can get answers to their questions from the FAQ section of your website. They can email you or get access to your phone numbers so they can call you for more information. With a professional website, potential customers can take a ‘complete’ tour of your business in your absence.</p>
<h3>3. Present a professional image and become the expert.</h3>
<p>If you run a small business that competes with larger businesses, having a website is probably one of the best business decisions you can ever make. A well-designed website is one way to instill confidence in your potential customers and make your small business look bigger than it actually is. A professional website increases your credibility. And your credibility, in turn, makes you the expert. People go online to seek out businesses that know their onions. A professional website positions you and your business as such.</p>
<h3>4. Create an interactive environment for your customers.</h3>
<p>Everybody wants to have a say. Your customers want to share ideas on how to get the best out of your products and services. They want to ask questions and get response. Your site can have a place for such comments and questions or even a feedback forum where you ask your customers what feature they would like to see added to your products and services. You business would grow when you provide just what your customers want.</p>
<h3>5. Keep your information up-to-date.</h3>
<p>How does it feel spending thousands of naira to print full-color brochures that become obsolete even before you finish distributing them? Awful, isn’t it? That’s because once you print and publish, you can’t easily update. A professional website is different. You can update content whenever you want and give your potential customers information that is up-to-date.</p>
<h3>6. Sell your products and services while you sleep.</h3>
<p>How good is that? You can make sales and have people order your products and services even while you gently snore away at night. Get a professional website and accept and process orders online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Nothing feels as good as getting up in the morning to find out you made sales or received orders while you were sleeping.</p>
<h3>7. Kill competition.</h3>
<p>Business in today’s world is a civilized version of war. No matter your industry or company, there is always a battle-ready competitor who is busy strategizing how to <del>kill</del> beat you. In your life-or-death quest to keep your business on top of the competition, you must make an informed decision and take timely action. One such decision is to get a website. However, you don’t kill competition with just about any website. A targeted, good-looking and well optimized website is a competition killer.</p>
<h3>8. Show you understand and use technology.</h3>
<p>Would you rather do business with a bank that still operates like it’s in the 19th century or with a bank that’s 21st century compliant? Yes, I know you would say you’re not operating a bank. But the truth is, to remain competitive, you must show your potential customers that you understand and make use of technology. A website not only brings your company up to speed with other companies, but it shows that you’re not afraid of using technology to improve the quality of your service.</p>
<h3>9. Reach out to those who normally wouldn’t reach out to you.</h3>
<p>In today’s world, many first contacts are made online. Think about it, you probably first heard of Ciphermedia on the Internet. And that’s because we reached out to you. In the same vein, people like you scan the web, and if your website is set up properly and optimized with the right content, you can pull in customers who weren’t even aware they needed your service. So get a professional website today and explain to them why they need you!</p>
<h3>10. Learn more about your customer and make even more sales.</h3>
<p>Do you know your ideal customer very well? I know you would be inclined to say something in the lines of, “Oh, I know them well. They’re mostly females between the ages of 25 and 40.” Honestly, that’s not a bad answer (but sadly, it’s also not a good one). You see, you actually need a little more detail about your potential customers. Details like why they purchase from you and what keeps them buying from you rather than from your competitors. With details such as these, you’re poised to serve them better and keep them coming back to you. No medium is better in capturing these details than with a survey or a feedback form on a professional website.</p>
<p>In conclusion, it doesn’t matter how big your business is. Whether you’re a one-man show or a 100,000-staff corporate company, you’re losing business to your competitors if you don’t have a website.</p>
<p>However, there’s one exception to this rule. It is better to have no website at all than to have one that makes your business look bad. Remember, your website is your 24/7 customer care agent. It is your online image. If it looks bad, it is like telling your potential customers, “Look, our cleaner designed this awful site. May God help you find anything on it!”</p>
<p>If that’s not how you want to treat your business, then consult Ciphermedia for a professional website design. Ciphermedia is dedicated to helping small, medium and large-scale businesses as well as individuals to start and prosper from an online presence. Click here to request a quote.</p>
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		<title>Top 10 Questions You Must Ask Your Web Designer</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is unwise to hire just any web design company, especially because you need to get value for any naira you spend. You need to ask questions and ensure that you get answers that inspire confidence. Here is a list of 10 questions you should ask your web designer before even hiring him. 1. How long [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is unwise to hire just any web design company, especially because you need to get value for any naira you spend. You need to ask questions and ensure that you get answers that inspire confidence.</p>
<p>Here is a list of 10 questions you should ask your web designer before even hiring him.</p>
<h3>1. How long have you been in business?</h3>
<p>This helps you know the kind of experience they have as well as the number of websites they’ve designed and developed.</p>
<h3>2. Does your company have graphic designers as well as programmers?</h3>
<p>If your site only looks good but doesn’t function properly, then it’s NO good.</p>
<h3>3. What is the current software you work with?</h3>
<p>Since the web design industry is never stagnant, you want to ensure that the company is up to date with current advances. If a web designer is a strong advocate of designing with Adobe Flash, start looking for another designer!</p>
<h3>4. Do you have an industry you specialize in?</h3>
<p>You need to know this because certain web designers have a niche — they work for certain types of companies. For example, a web design company may specialize in designing for schools. You need a company that will take care of your unique needs.</p>
<h3>5. Do you have experience with a wide range of company sizes?</h3>
<p>If you run a small business, you need a company that will cater to your needs. A designer that has only worked for large companies might not be the right match for you.</p>
<h3>6. Will I be able to process orders?</h3>
<p>This is a question you must ask if you intend to sell your products or services online. How will the online ordering system work? Find out which payment processors they user.</p>
<h3>7. Will my page have a feature for capturing potential customers’ data?</h3>
<p>Ensuring that potential customers can sign up for your mailing list is a beautiful way to keep in touch and connect with clients. You therefore need to be sure the web design company gives you a feature that will capture names and email addresses.</p>
<h3>8. Can I make updates and add content myself?</h3>
<p>Will a manual be provided? You need to be sure that managing your web site will be relatively easy. Otherwise, you’re better off looking elsewhere for a competent web developer with experience in building content management systems.</p>
<h3>9. Do you develop mobile-friendly web pages?</h3>
<p>More and more people are browsing the web with mobile devices. Find out if they know what it takes to build web pages that display well across all devices.</p>
<h3>10. What about maintenance, renewals and other charges?</h3>
<p>Know in advance what a designer will charge you for maintenance, and domain/hosting renewal. Are there any hidden charges? Find out about all of them.</p>
<p>Your website is your biggest branch office, open to countless millions of people from all corners of the earth. <em>DO NOT leave its development in the hands of amateurs.</em> Ask your questions and if you’re not satisfied with the answers, move to a design company with the expertise you need.</p>
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