Open Source Software

There are many different types of Open Source software that we can integrate in to your website. Open Source software allows us to provide an affordable base for your website, this could be anything from a content management system, forum software or an on-line shopping website.

Content Management

WordPress
We use WordPress as our primary content management system; mainly because it’s completely free to integrate in to existing projects and provides a feature rich administrative back-end system for users to update content on their website. For these types of websites; you’re paying for us to develop a new theme from scratch, installation and configuration of WordPress – This also includes installing Plug-ins that will help make your website quicker, search engine optimisation tools and Google Analytics. We will also add your existing content on completion of the website, to get you started.

WordPress has a strong team of developers working hard to make it better, improve performance and constantly add new features, this is a good strong reason as to why you should be using WordPress. Once a new WordPress version is released; we can upgrade this for you completely free of charge, or if you wish we can guide you through the upgrade procedure (make sure to do back-ups before though, just in-case!)

E-Commerce

OpenCart
For our websites that require an e-commerce presence to advertise and sell products on-line, we use OpenCart. This is also open-source software that we build the website upon. OpenCart provides a huge list of features from invoicing, stock-management, order management, customers, newsletters, product/category administration and much more. When we develop a website using OpenCart, we will develop a brand new theme and customise the website to your needs.

If you would like a demo of this software; or would like any more information please feel free to contact us.

Forum Software

Includes, bbPress, phpBB and SimpleMachines Forums
There are many different types of open-source forum software available. We normally choose the best that suits the project rather than sticking with the same option every-time. If you already have a WordPress website, we can seamlessly integrate a community forum into it using the bbPress software. If you are interested in developing a forum, or would like any more information please feel free to send us a message from the contact page.

Libraries & Utilities

jQuery Javascript
All of our websites that require Javascript enabled features use jQuery. jQuery is a client-side language that provides a feature rich set of tools, this can be used to develop anything from drop-down menus to sliding images or content on pages. It comes in handy if we want to add small animation to websites that give it that little extra touch.

Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web-application that allows the website owner to track all visitors that have been on to their website. It covers when the user visited, what pages they viewed, information regarding the browser and other useful information that can be used to help attract visitors to your website. Google Analytics is completely free to anybody; all that is required is that you have a Google account – If you need help with it, or would like this implemented on a website we have developed for you – we will do this completely free of charge.

If you have any queries regarding any of the information on this page; feel free to send us a message and we’ll gladly help you out.