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Web Programming
What is Web programming?
So how exactly are Web pages created?
The answer is Web programming, which gives your Web site the
ability to interact with people rather than simply serving information.
There are two distinct differences between Web Programming and
conventional computer programming. First, most Web programming
languages are user friendly and designed to have mass-market
appeal. However, this does not mean anyone can just start coding
in JavaScript or PHP and create a professional program; that
takes an expert like MVI Solutions. Second, normal computer programming
is based on programs. This means you create executable, self-contained
software. On the other hand, the vast majority of Web programming
is done using a file system where you create files to be viewed
and used by software on the user's computer.
MVI Solutions offers complete Web services, specializing in electronic commerce and Web automation. We support a variety of powerful web management programs from shopping carts to web forums. Static Web sites are fast becoming "yesterday's news". Web programming creates interactive sites that cater to your site's visitors. Our programming addresses the goal of "sticky" Web sites -- the concept is to give the user what he needs so that he'll stay at the Web site as long as possible.
Our Web programming runs the gamut from simple, economical fill-in forms to advanced Web site searches and beyond to complex custom programming. Whatever your programming needs, our top-notch programmers can provide the solution.
Custom Database Programming
Using PHP, MVI Solutions can custom build dynamic interactivity into your Web site. Our programmers have extensive experience building dynamic Web sites for educational institutions, e-commerce, and general informational sites. Some of our past projects include:
- E-commerce Shopping Carts
- Inventory Searches
- Dynamic Mailing Lists
- Search engines for new and used cars, house, boats, docks etc.
- Various Types of Submission Forms
- Educational:
* Randomly generated exams with automatic grading and feedback.
* Randomly generated data for homework assignments.
* Online Glossary-based Course Content
* Web-based Student Grades
- Interactive Forums
- Chat Rooms
- Logon / Logoff Security
In addition, a site can be developed so that you can administer the site yourself. You can update your own pages or online databases instantly via simple-to-use Web page interfaces, saving you money and keeping your Web site fresh. For database programming, MVI Solutions can use your pre-existing database structure or develop everything from the ground up.
In an era where increasing importance is placed on a Web site being fully interactive, with the emphasis on quickly and easily providing the Web site visitor with the information he requires, programming based upon a true relational database is fast becoming the feature that separates the men from the boys (so to speak) in the online e-commerce world.
MVI Solutions can customize a program for you, such as the Real Estate Listings database programming we created for YourIgloo.com, the 3,000 unit shopping cart we created for Atmosphereproducts.com and the database-driven student employment site we devised for ecampusrecruiter.com.
In each case, the client had a specific need to be addressed. YourIgloo wanted a simple and efficient Web-based administration system for maintaining their large and complex inventory of houses for sale.
Atmosphere products, a janitorial supplier, wanted to provide their visitors with a quick and simple method of searching their vast combined product inventory.
Subway needed a method to train their field consultants that cover the 18,000 Subway sandwich shops.
MVI Solutions was able to devise a system to their exact specifications. When you come to us with your custom programming needs, we find a way to adapt our programming to your needs. If you're tired of having Web programmers tell you how you need to adapt to their programming, you might find this attitude a refreshing change.
Fill-In Forms
We have already discussed the power of the Web to deliver information on your products and services to potential consumers. A sometimes-overlooked aspect is the power of the Web to deliver useful information from the public to you. Fill-in forms allow your visitors to easily submit information to you.
This information can be just about anything. Users can subscribe to mailing lists or electronic newsletters, order products online, submit questions to your technical support people, provide feedback about your products or Web site, fill out marketing surveys, and more.
MediaVue's programmers have a number of forms ready to support any of your basic information retrieval needs. They can customize these in a number of ways for your purposes. Up to two of these basic forms are provided to you free of charge when we design and host your site. If you choose not to host with us, we can supply such Web programming for a modest fee. In this case, though, keep in mind that the provider who will be hosting your site must allow you to run programs off their server, so check with them first.
Web Site Searches
MediaVue's new Search is a search engine designed with the needs of your web site in mind. Traditional search engines use a "spidering" approach of examining each page in your site over the Internet to create a search database. We use a search database created on the web server computer itself, using tools which examine the local file system rather than the Internet. Our search is fast, because the site has already been searched for every keyword when the database is created; the results are stored in a file on your server.
When a visitor to your site searches, only the results are tabulated and displayed, decreasing the amount of search time required. Our search also has optimizations to make simpler searches faster, so your visitors do not wait any longer than necessary for the results.
The philosophy of our search engine differs from most in that we want your search to be as specific as possible, not as generic as possible. When people search your site, they are going to be looking for specific information, and we want to make that information appear as quickly as possible. Our search engine is designed to work with either your Web site, or a subset of your Web site. Many search engines are not this flexible.
MediaVue's technicians can create subsets of your Web site related to one topic you want to search, and narrow the results to that subset of your Web site. You can have as many of these subsets as you need. When visitors to your site are searching for specific information, they can narrow their search to a subset.
Unlike the free search engines you see, which are subsidized by advertising revenue, our search engine presents the results only (not with frames, ads, links, and other distractions that make it hard to see the results), and can be totally customized to use the look and feel of your site: your logos, color scheme, etc.
Web Programming
MVI Solutions specializes in:
- Databases - MySQL, mSQL, SQL, and Access
- CGI, ASP, PHP, XML & Cold Fusion
- Search Engines, Membership Sites, Auto-emailed Newsletters, Voting & Polling, Message Boards, Website Statistics, Groupware Applications
- E-commerce
- Shopping Carts
- Secure servers
- Credit Card Processing
- Web Design
- HTML
- Javascript
- Cascading Style Sheets
- Macromedia Fireworks, DreamWeaver, Homesite
- Graphics
- Custom Animated Images
- Photo Enhancement
- Logo Creation
- Macromedia Flash
- Adobe Photoshop
Contact us to get started today!
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