August 25, 2011
When choosing a website developer, there are a lot more things one should take into account these days, besides price. The good-old-days are unfortunately gone, so having mom or pops develop your website, or your best friend's cousin's brother just isn't going to cut it. Having it developed offshore, in for example India or the Philippines, or by a newbie developer just out of school, probably isn't a good idea either.
In the following scenario, one that we see way too often, I'll explain why.
Client: I had the development of our website contracted out to X - it is incredibly slow and keeps on popping up errors. The developers are in country X and I really don't want to deal with them anymore.
The Problem
There are most likely 2 problems with this website:
Hosting: so you're paying $5 a month hosting and are wondering why the website is ..... read more
Posted in Choosing a Website Developer, Web Security. Tagged as CMS, Fix Hacked Website, Managed Cloud, Web Development, Website Support.
August 13, 2011
When choosing a website developer, going the cheap route - or basing your decision mainly on cost - will generally result in you ending up in hot water, one way or another. Unfortunately cheap is, well, cheap - whether that means outsourcing development to India or the Philippines, or choosing a local web developer that offers you the world for nothing - the age old saying applies "if it's too good to be true, it is."
In our first two scenarios, ones that we hear from a LOT of people, we will be talking about selecting a reliable developer and web platform.
Client #1: My previous developer built X % of the project, has taken our money, and now we can't get hold of him. A lot of what was built doesn't work properly.
The Problem
These developers offer dirt cheap prices in order to secure the project and they generally throw you onto a freeware platform, such as wordpress, ..... read more
Posted in Choosing a Website Developer.
January 3, 2011
We hear this a lot: "I've been told that Cpanel is the best, so we're probably going with that - it's only $5 per month and we get lots of bandwidth." At that point we sit back, chuckle, sigh and do the "eye roll". Yes it may be a great tool, and it is, if one is a developer and one needs a control panel that can configure every aspect of a hosting environment.
Hosting
For most people though, it or any other type of hosting control panel is not what they think it is and unless they know what they are doing, they should stay far away from it. It isn't a CMS or a managed platform, it's simply a control panel for a hosting environment. Take this analogy: think of hosting as a big empty room, a hosting control panel, such as Cpanel, is like a control panel for that room, it allows you to turn the lights on and off, turn the power outlets on and off, control the heating, set the alarm etc.
Posted in Choosing a Website Developer, Managed Platform. Tagged as Managed Cloud, Website Security, Website Support.
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