We are all used to using web sites on the internet to find information, but how does one set up a web site to share your information with the world? The following steps need to be addressed:

DOMAIN REGISTRATION
A domain is a unique name that points to an address on the internet where your website resides. Our domain name is registered as pandasam.co.za and when you visit our web site you enter www.pandasam.co.za in your browser. This domain name is then translated to an IP address that points to a specific server linked to the internet that hosts our website. For your website to be found, you need to register a unique domain name that will point to your hosted website. We will do the domain registration for you.

WEB SITE DEVELOPMENT
Your information needs to be put together in a way that is understood by browsers. Web site development is the process of taking your information and programming it using HTML and various scripting and other technologies and then storing these web pages at the address pointed to by your domain name. We use proprietary software to develop your web site so that you can maintain it yourself.

HOSTING

The developed web site must be hosted on a server that is permanently connected to the internet. You normally rent space on such a server so that your web site is always available for viewing. Your web site is uploaded to this server and your domain then points to it. We will host your web site in one of our secure data centers.

INTERNET MARKETING
Once your web site is up, you need to market it so that people searching the internet can find your web site. This is mainly done by submitting your web site to search engines, linking to various directories and related web sites. You also need to give your web site address to prospective clients and do traditional marketing (such as newspaper ads). We can assist you with your marketing and also provide an SEO service to optimise and improve your rankings.

ONGOING MAINTENANCE
We all know that the only constant in business is change, so you are going to want to make changes to your web site to reflect the changes in your business. We give you the option of doing this yourself with our Gr8stuff software or requesting us to do it for you.