Website Platforms
Hanson Creative's websites are built to work for your business. An intelligent website is more than just a brochure on the web. It allows you to edit the website yourself through a Content Management System (CMS). Maintain an expanding database of your customers and clients. Communicate better with forums or blogs. Administer and track sophisticated email marketing campaigns and gauge the responses to each email. Have all the important statistics at your fingertips. Be fully e-commerce enabled so you can generate income from your site. In fact it is more like an online business than a website.
We offer two major platforms to host and build your website on, with each suited for different needs and purposes.
It comes down to what will work best for you and your business looking forward into the future. You may have a website that you need to run blogs and update the content of pages; or, you may have a large e-commerce store that you need to control! We sit down with you and find out what your business requirements are before making the best decision with you.
Read on below to find out more about both options.
Our Website Platforms: Adobe Business Catalyst and Wordpress
Adobe Business Catalyst
An all-in-one secure hosted solution - created and backed by the software giant Adobe. It is a software as a service (SAAS) product Business Catalyst is a Content Managed System (CMS) with no framework hassles. Search Engine friendly; real time editing; a powerful e-Commerce platform with a variety of payment gateways; built-in web forms and Customer databse records. All technical system updates are included within the monthly billing, so there are no extra costs. We have been working with Business Catalyst since 2006.
Business Catalyst is well suited for large sites and e-Commerce sites, where scaleability is key.
It's strengths are:
- All-in-one solution with seamless updates
- World class hosting (Amazon Web Services)
- Developed and maintained by Adobe
- Easy to use and great for an out-of-the box solution
- Integrated email, customer database and online store
Talk to us about your website - we'd love to help.
Wordpress
Wordpress is a Content Managed System (CMS) allowing you (the client) to update your own pages as needed. Originally, Wordpress was created as an easy to use blogging platform, but now is the most popular CMS in the World. It is an open-source software platform, which means that the source software is shared on the internet, allowing hundreds of users to work collaboratively on updating the software for everyone to use. Plugins can be added for extra usability if needed.
If you are familiar with Wordpress or need special customisation not available with the SAAS model, then Wordpress may be the right solution for you. We ask you all the questions to determine which platform is right for you.
Find out more about our New Zealand based Professional Wordpress Hosting solution here >
It's strengths are:
- The world's most popular CMS
- A vast array of plug-ins to extend your website
- Access to all core code for complete customisation by our team
- Cheaper monthly cost due to the Open Source model
- More portable if you want to host in-house or on your own web server
Looking for a Wordpress designer and developer? - contact us about your website today