Discover the secret on how to succeed online, business owners now in Cebu, Philippines are strugling on to how to promote their products online but first they must have a website and looking for cebu web designer are not easy to find because most of them are working on the company but cebu web design is a small group of three working as a philippine web designer that can cater all your needs from web design to search engine optimization or seo.
We started in a few local clients since year 2005, but fortunately we gradually grew up to present so, we decided not work in the company since our income is limited only. Philippine web design is one of the good job that IT professional must take it seriously otherwise they are always a slave of their employer.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Most Professional Commercial Sites Now Using PHP
PHP is the most popular dynamic web programming language which you see in most of the websites that require you to sign in with your username to a site, vote in a poll, download or upload something or even while you are using the shopping cart of online shop. It is the main language of most of the sites that are professionally written for commercial purposes.
Unlike HTML, PHP is much closer to the basic programming languages like C or even JAVA. However, calling PHP a programming language would be a huge mistake since it was originally written in C and then developed into a sever technology by a college student Rasmus Lerdorf. In fact, his first intention was just to create a small script to track hits on his “Home Page” and yet, it became the most popular open source in the Internet world. Further, the name PHP comes from HP of “Home Page” and P of “Personal” and “Portable”.
With PHP, users can do variety of programming; from a simple “Hello World” script to a very detailed shopping system. Its simplicity and maintainability separates this code from its competitors; JSP (Java Server Pages) and ASP of Microsoft. Knowing this fact, most of the Internet web space suppliers build their servers with Apache (Linux) so that their clients can work with PHP instead of WINDOWS based ASP. PHP being a derivative of C is associated with LINUX which also supplies the user with another useful companion of PHP; MySQL database server.
Some people might say that PHP is just the “free” version of ASP (Microsoft’s Active Server Pages); in other words ASP for the poor. However, this is not the case. ASP, as most of the products of Microsoft Hegemony, does not let the user to do any further setting then it is allowed in the installation software. Everything is done automatically and almost nothing is left for the initiative of the user. Whereas most of the things are manual in PHP, in order to install the PHP/APACHE/LINUX triplets you really have to know what you are doing and have to work on them.
Other than the flexibility of this technology, it is also extremely stable since it uses Linux which is a modular operating system which means it opens a new module for each and every function that you try to use. In the end, you really do not want to have a server which cannot support you for 24/7. The most intriguing feature of PHP is that it can connect to MySQL database or SQL 2000 server using its own open source libraries developed for the users by the users. These connections are also without using ODBC which is slow because it a mediator between your code and the database. PHP directly interacts with the database bypassing this middle burden thereby giving you tremendous clock enhancements.
PHP is the basic tool for you to follow the path to become a web programmer and create your own, sophisticated, nicely coded, interactive internet pages. Use PHP if you want to be in total control of your server and want to know what really is going on.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Does Your Business Need a Website - Who Should Design It?
Anyone in the business world knows that when someone asks, “What’s your website address?” you better have a URL to give them. They don’t want to hear “I don’t have one yet” or “I’m working on it”. Having an established, professional looking website, always scores credibility points for the business owner.
Of utmost importance though...it is far better to not have a website than to have a nonprofessional, cheesy looking site. You will do much more damage to your business by portraying your company in a less than top-notch light.
If you don’t have the knowledge, skills or abilities to produce an outstanding design yourself then hire a professional web designer. Web designers aren’t cheap, but that’s no reason to cut corners. Rework your budget or possibly try to barter for all or part of the work to build your website.
You can save yourself time and money if you have your website copy written. Provide your web designer with the text and the layout of how you want it to look. Offer color schemes. Send links to other sites that you admire. Of course, you never want to copy someone else’s site, but by giving your designer an idea for the theme you’d like to have, the process will go much more quickly.
The more work you can you do up front yourself, the easier it will be on your pocket book. Many designers work by the hour. If you want to have lots of links in your website, spell that out clearly. Ask your designer if you should submit your text and ideas in a Word document or if they would prefer it some other way. And make sure to forward any photos you want to use to your web designer. Web designers are not mind readers. Most will do as many edits as you like, however you will be charged for each edit.
There are many "quick and easy" web design companies out there, advertising that you can have your website up in an hour. And there are many canned templates that you can use which are very user friendly. But, keep in-mind that most of these tools are for beginners. They will not provide a professional looking site. If it’s your business, the one you’re trying to make profitable, image is everything. Don’t try to cut corners in this area.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Philippine Web Designer
If you have a business then you must a website and that is why cebu web design comes in. Even how small your business are in todays business competition, if you don't have a website you are considered to loss. Powerful-web-designs has so simple designs, but most of our clients has an edge over their competitor due to their presence in the web.
According to new study from the most popular business experts, during years of 2004 down below, making websites is just an option for business owners if they want to have it or not but, in year 2005 up to present having a website is mandatory for all business owners otherwise they will loose, so web design portfolio, is the company that offers a web design not only in Cebu, Philippines but also in other countries worlwide.
In Asia, philippine web design has gained an edge from their counterparts in europe due to low cost of living, and not only that it can cater also not only local clients but also international clients as matter of fact philippine web designer become more lucrative job now in the Philippines than before 2 years ago because, you can earn dollars even you just work at home.
According to new study from the most popular business experts, during years of 2004 down below, making websites is just an option for business owners if they want to have it or not but, in year 2005 up to present having a website is mandatory for all business owners otherwise they will loose, so web design portfolio, is the company that offers a web design not only in Cebu, Philippines but also in other countries worlwide.
In Asia, philippine web design has gained an edge from their counterparts in europe due to low cost of living, and not only that it can cater also not only local clients but also international clients as matter of fact philippine web designer become more lucrative job now in the Philippines than before 2 years ago because, you can earn dollars even you just work at home.
Clean and Simple Web Design Secrets
We live in a technologically-exciting world. Even brand new webmasters today can make use of easy to master web design tools that add functionality only a web programmer could have dreamed of just a couple of years ago.
And that is great, right? Wrong! Quite the opposite is true.
The accessibility of such web mastering tools has resulted in hundreds of "junk" websites that have so much going on at every page that the web surfer is completely overwhelmed.
Some of these web pages have as many as 7 or 8 distinct content areas contained on an 800 by 600 pixel screen... a flashing header graphic, several paragraphs of text, an opt in form, Google ads, Amazon ads, affiliate links, audio and/or video buttons to push, and sometimes even more.
Don't be tempted to make such glaring mistakes. It is unlikely that most web visitors will successfully navigate such a site. There are too many decisions to make, too many distractions. And the content is completely lost among all the technology and advertising.
So, what is the answer? Most successful webmasters today--that is webmasters who have visitors coming back over and over to their site and who are making money and/or getting some other desired response--will tell you that the answer is clean and simple web design. Usability is the key.
Great website designs focus on 3 basic values: simplicity, clarity, and speed. In other words, you need a site that is visually appealing, but at the same time downloads quickly and is easy to navigate.
To design a site that has visual appeal, you can make use of simple graphics, color, and graphical text. At all costs, stay away from flashing animations and busy backgrounds. In fact, a white, cream, or light yellow background with black or dark blue text is best, if you want the majority of visitors to be able to read your text easily.
It isn't necessary to be an accomplished graphic artist to design a visually pleasing content site. Grab a photo or two from a free stock photo site such as www.sxc.hu, add some colored text and a tagline using a graphics program like Windows Paint or Paint Shop Pro, and that's all that is needed for a header.
Navigation should be simple text links or buttons, either across the top, right under the header, or down the left or right side of the screen. Make sure the text labels clearly indicate what the user will find when he or she clicks on them.
An optin form and one or two simple ads can also be placed in the left or right panes, with your content in the main center panel. Your content pane should be the largest area on the screen, so that it draws the reader's focus.
Clean and simple web design extends to the layout of your content too. Text is most readable when it is in "chunks." This means short sentences and paragraphs of no more than 2 to 4 sentences each. Make liberal use of colored subheadings and bullets. Sprinkle a graphic or two per page to break up the text and add visual interest. Use margins (padding) around your text, so that it doesn't bump up against the edges of your navigation and ad panels. Lots of white space is crucial.
In summary, many beginning webmasters (and even some more experienced ones!) think that squeezing as much functionality into every page as possible is the right approach. It is not. What will keep people on your site and keep them coming back as well, is a clean, simple, easy to navigate design.
And that is great, right? Wrong! Quite the opposite is true.
The accessibility of such web mastering tools has resulted in hundreds of "junk" websites that have so much going on at every page that the web surfer is completely overwhelmed.
Some of these web pages have as many as 7 or 8 distinct content areas contained on an 800 by 600 pixel screen... a flashing header graphic, several paragraphs of text, an opt in form, Google ads, Amazon ads, affiliate links, audio and/or video buttons to push, and sometimes even more.
Don't be tempted to make such glaring mistakes. It is unlikely that most web visitors will successfully navigate such a site. There are too many decisions to make, too many distractions. And the content is completely lost among all the technology and advertising.
So, what is the answer? Most successful webmasters today--that is webmasters who have visitors coming back over and over to their site and who are making money and/or getting some other desired response--will tell you that the answer is clean and simple web design. Usability is the key.
Great website designs focus on 3 basic values: simplicity, clarity, and speed. In other words, you need a site that is visually appealing, but at the same time downloads quickly and is easy to navigate.
To design a site that has visual appeal, you can make use of simple graphics, color, and graphical text. At all costs, stay away from flashing animations and busy backgrounds. In fact, a white, cream, or light yellow background with black or dark blue text is best, if you want the majority of visitors to be able to read your text easily.
It isn't necessary to be an accomplished graphic artist to design a visually pleasing content site. Grab a photo or two from a free stock photo site such as www.sxc.hu, add some colored text and a tagline using a graphics program like Windows Paint or Paint Shop Pro, and that's all that is needed for a header.
Navigation should be simple text links or buttons, either across the top, right under the header, or down the left or right side of the screen. Make sure the text labels clearly indicate what the user will find when he or she clicks on them.
An optin form and one or two simple ads can also be placed in the left or right panes, with your content in the main center panel. Your content pane should be the largest area on the screen, so that it draws the reader's focus.
Clean and simple web design extends to the layout of your content too. Text is most readable when it is in "chunks." This means short sentences and paragraphs of no more than 2 to 4 sentences each. Make liberal use of colored subheadings and bullets. Sprinkle a graphic or two per page to break up the text and add visual interest. Use margins (padding) around your text, so that it doesn't bump up against the edges of your navigation and ad panels. Lots of white space is crucial.
In summary, many beginning webmasters (and even some more experienced ones!) think that squeezing as much functionality into every page as possible is the right approach. It is not. What will keep people on your site and keep them coming back as well, is a clean, simple, easy to navigate design.
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