We use several open source technologies that allow a freedom in design and use that give unparalleled abilities to keep up to date with the latest in web design and cloud based services.

Some of the key technologies that we use on a daily basis are as shown however, we use more than just these.

Joomla

Joomla is probably the most widely used Content Management System (CMS) used on the internet today.

It offer the ability to utilise a massive number of plugins as well as templates to customise the look and feel of the site easily and quickly and, it can be customised for your own purposes.

You can do a lot with even the most basic Joomla website with an ability to load content, run a news feed and you can incorporate images, video and audio very easily. Or you can use it simply to present your organisation online and even present a catalogue of products and/or services.

It is a very versatile and well support platform to work with as well as being easy for most people to use and understand.

It can be used for small business to establish an online presence, hotels, community organisations, local services along with far larger organisations allowing room to grow and expand over time as required.

You have the flexibility to add a basic online store, booking services, contact pages, you can even display web ads and earn revenue from your content or sell advertising space. The possibilities are almost endless.

With a highly active community taking care of the system there are regular updates for both functionality and security.

Magento

Magento is probably one of the most commonly used online sales platforms now used due to the huge range of customisation options, the volume of plugins available for countless services, delivery options, payment gateways and integration with other sales platforms such as Ebay and Amazon.

Using Magento you can more or less sell any products that you like online and, customise it to be the way you want it to suit your business.

We have had much experience with Magento from installation, population of products, design and management all the way to daily management of large online stores.

Magenta is easy for users to operate but installation to ensure security can be tricky along with maintaining the site performance. However the benefits of Magento far outweigh the negatives and it is the clear leader in online shopping platforms.

yii

We use yii for some projects due to it’s open source nature and huge flexibility however, we wouldn’t recommend this for novices to use as it is much more technical in nature.

For online databases however it is a superb, light and fast platform to build from.

PHPBB

For forums we prefer to use PHPBB as it is fast, secure, flexible and can cope with huge traffic volumes if the need arises. Equally it is easy enough to manage to be used for much smaller needs.