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For the sake of clarity and to avoid misrepresentation, We have this section so that you know what we mean when we talk techie talk.

DOMAIN NAME
This refers to what you call your website eg: rofcoweb.com is our domain name.This is regerstered and mostly reflects what you or your company do. It does not make sense to call your site spannersincorporated.com when what you actually do is knit socks.

HOSTING
This is where your site "lives".Take care when choosing a host as not all the "economy" hosts offer the required technology to allow for dynamic websites.Some don't have database facilities in their cheaper offerings.you also need to consider the space you are allowed and the amount of traffic per month. It pays to do your research or you may find you have to change hosts mid design or after launch.Think about what you want to put on the web now and in the future.

EMAIL
Sometimes refered to as pop accounts. This means that you can have e-mail addresses that include your domain name, and you can have multiple email address to direct enquiries, orders or comments directly to the relevant department or person.You can manage these online as webmail with your favourite web browser or intergrate them with desktop mail applications such as Microsoft Outlook.

STATIC PAGES
This refers to pages where the content (text & images) does not change.Think of a word document that stays the same until you change the actual page.These pages are an ideal starting point for simple projects, although keep in mind that if you want to change anything you will incur costs to the designers/developers.So although they appear cheaper at the start, pages can become stale and trends change often, maby a dynamic site will save you money in the long run.

DYNAMIC PAGES
We build dynamic pages using PHP ( a sever technology) so that we can code in the bits that will change as the visitor moves thro' the site.The content normally comes from a database (we use MySQL ) and can be updated by filling in some forms.

CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (CMS)
Our CMS systems are designed individually so that you can update the specific parts of the site you need to. We develope this application in a secure admin area of your site. You control who has access to this by adding / removing users and passwords.If you can fill in an on-line form, then you can mange the content of your website. this allows your visitors to see the most up to date information, keeping the user experience fresh.It also keeps your costs down as you do not have to get a professional to do it.

CUSTOM WEBSITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPEMENT
Although most websites will fit into either our BASIC or DATABASE sites, e-commerce and other special sites require additional functionality and coding.Current trends are for rich media sites and we can develope such sites.
We are also able to develpe desktop applications that run in Adobe Air using Adobe Flex. Please contact us to discuss specific applications.

STRAIGHT FORWARD HONEST ADVICE
Put simply, if we say we can do it, We CAN. If we say we cannot do it We CAN'T