They just can’t get enough of us at DesignSnack.com!
The last FOUR submitted websites are now on the frontpage of approved featured websites. Espuma Restaurant, Delaware State Fair, Wilgus Associates - Delaware Real Estate, and BayBall Classic were well received.
More to come!
We are proud to say that Southern Delaware Tourism has launched. You can visit the website here:
http://www.visitsoutherndelaware.com
Another beautiful, well designed, fluid website by Inclind. Southern Delaware Tourism runs off of our Inclind CMS (content management system) platform so the staff can quickly manage their website. Our advanced CMS allows them to control every element on the page, except for the design, giving them absolute control of the content. A robust media manager allows them to manage, organize, and share documents and photos, as well as control the banners on the website. On top of that, they can manage and review contacts (much like an address book in Outlook) and mailing lists and manage an event calendar.
Also, we had an opportunity to launch a new product / add-on with the website.
I’m excited at this website launch (like many) because it marks the first client to employ the use of the blog platform I developed in Coldfusion. It is integrated fully with our CMS (Content Management System) so everything is usable from one central interface. Also, it looks killer. On the left hand side of the site, you will see a button below the calendar that says Southern Delaware Blog. This is the area where the blog is.
Why is this important?
Typically when a company wants a blog, they face two common options. One is to go to Google and use their Blogger application, and another (more popular) method is to use Wordpress.
On the surface, nothing is wrong with using either. We’ve used Wordpress in the past for clients and ourselves, but now that Inclind Blog is tested and ready to use we plan on using this. Ready-to-use platforms such as Wordpress are not all that great (even though we go through great lengths customizing it), and here’s why:
Integration
When you get a site at Blogger or Wordpress, integrating it into an existing website is not as simple as most people think. The closest most will come is to setup a subdomain and point it in the direction of the blog. Those who are technically savvy may be able to figure out how to merge the code. Most don’t, or won’t. Thus becoming disenfranchised altogether with their endeavor of being a blogger, which is sad. Blogging is fun!
Websites that are already established may have an intranet or CMS they use. Ready-to-use blogging platforms also have them, so now you have two interfaces when you should only have one. This can be confusing for some people, and its another login to remember. Example, if you have a blog built in PHP (like Wordpress) and your website is in another language like Coldfusion or Ruby on Rails, you won’t be able to mix the two technologies. What does that mean? That means that the company handling your website has to make a ‘clone’ of your website, removing all the dynamic code that the blog is not built on. This takes time and can be a frustrating process. Also, if your host server doesn’t have the right language installed, your blog won’t run, period. This alone is a lot of responsibility for the user to manage (and they shouldn’t have to consider any of that).
I don’t want to alarm current clients and have them believe that Wordpress is terrible. It’s not. I’ve been refining our platform for the last few months so that its easy to use, seamless, has powerful SEO (search engine optimization) methods built in, and fits right into web work flow just like any other section of your Intranet or CMS. Most importantly, not overloaded with bloated features like the others are.
Just what you need, when you need it.
Interface
As mentioned before, our blog platform can be standalone (for folks who just want a blog) or added into an existing intranet or CMS. A user shouldn’t have to have multiple interfaces at different addresses to manage their website. Defeats the purpose of centralized management.
If you don’t have an intranet, extranet, CMS (content management system) or CRM (customer / contact relationship management system) we can also help you get started with that. Contact us (302-856-2802) for more information.
Versoning
You won’t have to patch up and keep your blog up to date. We do that. For example with Wordpress, its up to you to keep it patched, updated, and functioning. The user shouldn’t be bothered with doing that. It’s tedious, you can make mistakes and lose data, or overwrite your layout. Don’t chance it.
Security and Vulnerability
Open source languages such as PHP tend to have more security loopholes and exploits in it than a closed source one like Coldfusion, which this blog platform is based off of. One reason why other platforms like Typepad, Wordpress and others are getting updated a few times a month is because exploits, cross site scripting hacks, and other security issues are detected. If you fall behind on updating your core files for these blogs, you may fall victim to a security exploit yourself. The end result is usually losing control of your site due to these hacks.
With us, this won’t happen.
As a user of many systems, I feel we can provide the best solution for you in the end. We build our applications from the ground up according to YOUR needs, instead of giving you a huge application and saying to use just a few parts. If you don’t have an intranet, extranet, CMS (content management system) or CRM (customer / contact relationship management system) we can also help you get started with that. Contact us (302-856-2802) for more information.
Update on the blog I posted a few days ago. Inclind sites are making the rounds on various design showcase websites.
American Portable, and CKY Alliance are now being featured on various websites, including designsnack.com and screenalicious.com.
It feels great that our clients websites make the rounds like this on top websites. For our clients this just adds to the traffic they receive, spreading the word of their service, product or existence on top of the hefty search engine optimization work we already do for them. We have the top graphics design team on the penninsula combined with the best application programmers in the area.
This bodes particularly well for the two projects that got featured, as American Portable is expanding around the nation every month with franchise operations from here to California. CKY is on the cusp of releasing their new album this Spring on their new label, RoadRunner Records. CKY has always done things their way, on their terms. Inclind knows just how to handle their web presence and coordinate it with marketing, web content, and the fans. Like all of our clients, they love us and we love them!
Want to be successful?
If you feel your website is bland, boring, or isn’t doing for you what you’d like it to do, contact us or give us a call at (302) 856-2802 and talk with us.
Launched 3 websites, featured on design showcase sites, and Friday I turn 25. Doesn’t this week kick a little ass!
Keep on the lookout, Inclind is everywhere!
Wilgus Associates, Inc. is a family owned and operated company specializing in insurance, Delaware real estate sales, property management and Delaware vacation rentals along the Delaware coast. Wilgus Associates has been serving clients for the past 60 years. Their professional staff offers friendly and efficient service. The agency has convenient locations in Bethany Beach, Georgetown and Lewes.
The newly redesigned website, located at www.wilgusassociates.com, has given Wilgus Associates a brighter, bolder look with easily recognizable divisions of their services allowing for a more user-friendly experience. Each division of the site has been streamlined to facilitate user’s specific needs during their online visits. The new website contains improved and concise contact forms for requests such as modifying your auto policy or reporting an auto claim, maintenance requests for homeowners, and rental reservation requests. In addition, searches for both Delaware real estate and Delaware vacation rentals are now available as well as information for local surrounding towns.
For more information on how Inclind, Inc can boost your image, leads, team management, and sales, please call us at (302) 856-2802 or use our quick contact form.
Tom Brown, our Graphics & Illustration Director, has two sites that are newly featured on designsnack.com and screenalicious.com. You can see the sites on the right side under “Approved”.
DesignSnack and Screenalicious are websites where people upload websites, the community votes on them, and then site admins determine who gets “approved” through their guidelines and placed on the front page. Tom submitted two websites, his personal site at tbbjrgrafx.com, and a recently completed project of Inclind, Gavin Goodfellow.
Also submitted was American Portable, well received by the community there as well, which is pending approval.
Way to go Tom.
On September 28th, 2007, the Inclind team launched a brand new version of the Prudential Gallo Intranet. Prudential Gallo is a Delaware real estate company with two offices, one in Lewes, Delaware, and the other in and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. They have approximately 90 agents employed and are one of the top sales leaders in Sussex County, and one of our oldest clients. Now they have the best real estate management system and company intranet they can’t get anywhere else.
Combining three of our big products, Inclind Intranet, Inclind CMS (Content Management System) and Inclind Real Estate, Prudential Gallo’s new intranet is going to make them more efficient, productive, and successful than ever before.
Prudential Gallo agents can use the intranet to do the following:
Prudential Gallo staff members can use the intranet to do the following:
These are only some of the great features deployed for Prudential Gallo. It is one of our most versatile web applications yet. Nearly everything, aside from the dynamic code logic, is manageble by Prudential Gallo, allowing them to be as hands-on as they want to be.
As lead developer on the project, I was tasked with approaching the application from both a programmer, web developer, and user’s perspective. I had to put myself in the shoes of the agent and wonder to myself “What would I want to see here?” or “How would I use this?”. Doing so helped us design an even tighter interface on the intranet usability and improved the visual aesthetics, which the client and agents had commented on. They find their new intranet is fantastic and a breath of fresh air, a major and much needed improvement over their old one which was supplied by a previous vendor. It is completely platform independent and is accessible from any OS with a web browser.
I enjoyed working on this project a lot and look forward to working on more like this in the future. I was able to learn more about programming and product integration as well as improving/enhancing user interface.
Visit Prudential Gallo at prugallo.com. If you would like to learn more about Inclind CMS (Content Management System), Inclind Intranet, or Inclind Real Estate and how our products can benefit your company, please contact us.