Frequently Asked Questions

Q Why should I care whether or not my website is accessible?
A Besides it being the socially responsible thing to do, and the fact that it provides evidence of your commitment to all your customers or market, there is one very important side benefit: search engine spiders can crawl and catalogue your website content more efficiently... more»

Q I've heard a lot about dynamic, database driven websites. What is a database-driven website and what can it do for my business?
A In short, dynamic, database driven websites gather, integrate, and serve up information to enable a variety of online services or applications, as well as providing reports... more»

Q What kind of web applications use a database?
A Any application that gathers information and saves it to make something happen uses a database. A partial list... more»

Q What is your approach to database development?
A We spend a lot of time at the beginning of a project asking what we consider to be important questions... more»

Q Can I sort data and run reports with web-based data?
A Yes. Web-based data can be sorted in a variety of ways and reports can be devised to highlight or reveal all kinds of information... more»

Q Can I integrate data gathered on my website directly into Outlook?
A We're often asked about integrating data gathered from clients' websites directly into someone's favorite business software, such as Outlook, Goldmine, Act, or QuickBooks... more»

Q What is 'open source' technology, and what are its advantages?
A The basic idea behind open source is simple: when programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves... more»

Q What's 'information architecture' and what does it mean to my website?
A Imagine a building carpenters make up as they go along; putting up walls with the intention of figuring out what goes where and how it will fit together later... more»

Q How do I get my site listed on the first page of Google and other search engines?
A There is no instant solution. Below are Google's design and content guidelines... more»

Q How much does a website cost?
A This is a difficult question to answer to most people's satisfaction, because a meaningful answer is based on a complete understanding of what the website owner wants to achieve and the specifications that result... more»

Q Do you offer a standard web-based database package?
A Sometimes we wish we did (we could go home earlier), but the needs of most businesses and organizations are unique... more»