Design, Oversight and Growth Services

Many newcomers to the world of e-commerce believe that it's as simple as building a site, launching it and waiting for the money to roll in. The fact is, designing, administering and growing an on-line business is hard work. But W3 HOSTING simplifies the process by providing all of the tools and applications you need to create an e-business and grow it to success.

That means that you don't have to spend thousands of dollars on software to produce a professional looking site and to run your business profitably. Lots of people reach their goals of work independence and financial success in just a few months. The key is to have the right tools and to know how to deploy them to best effect.

That's why W3 HOSTING recommends and supports all of the following software and services to increase your site's chances for success.

  • PostNuke — a feature-rich, open source Content Management System (CMS); delivers complete CMS functionality and an easily editable, interactive web site
  • PHP-Nuke — a modular-based application that enables you to add features and themes quickly; add a club membership module, a photo gallery, etc.; active support community
  • phpBB — makes adding a bulletin board to your site a snap; OSS; builds a strong site community with repeat traffic; updates can be made in just minutes
  • osCommerce — an OSS modular shopping cart/checkout; completely customizable with lots of oversight features
  • Mambo — easy site design with Mambo templates; add features developed by the Mambo community to customize; add a chat room, security features, core extensions, and more; grows right along with your business
  • WordPress — makes blog construction as simple as a couple of clicks; fast and light core coding by a very active support community; regular updates and upgrades; ideal for making any site stickier
  • MovableType — an advanced blog builder enables the addition of activity feeds, blog search, unlimited number of blogs for all of your sites, template-based; RSS and another active community of supporters
  • Drupal — a site support system that adds features to set your site apart; modular-based, Drupal makes it easy to create user management and authentication features; create visitor polls, comment thread models; RSS publication for greater site reach and much more
  • Joomla — add a guestbook; create photo albums and sub-albums (great for different product categories); add directories and a user-review and ratings feature; complete product category support; SEO friendly and totally flexible to fit your site content needs
  • Pligg — a complete, extensible content management system (CMS); use Pligg's core code and add your own commercial features; site templates for easy development and a very helpful forum monitored by Pligg developers for quick responses to any questions you have; perfect for start ups because it's so simple to use and has so many site feature options
  • Typo3 — a rich text editor (RTE) with WYSIWYG simplicity; file management and directory structure development; spell checker; feature wizards; intuitive user interface (UI); internal shortcut modules cut administration chores down to size
  • Blogger — a sophisticated blog creation tool that enables quick blog development and immediate feedback from visitors; post photographs and other images; expand your site's reach by going mobile – visitors can access your site from cell, Blackberry or any wi-fi hot spot
  • Shopify — – the simplest, most effective inventory management system available; complete order tracking from placement to fulfillment; automatically create product groups; completely secure and scalable to grow with you
  • Advanced Web Statistics (AWstats — a powerful and feature-packed tool that generates advanced web, streaming, ftp or mail server graphical stats
  • Webalizer — incredibly fast records processor; supports Common and Combined Logfile formats; browser-based reports; supports more than two dozen languages; OSS
  • Google Analytics — quickly ascertain the success of SEO and promotional campaigns; develop customized metrics for site performance analysis; fully integrated with Google Adwords to demonstrate which ads pull; improves ROI through advanced SEO; supports numerous languages
  • Plesk — server management software that delivers improved quality of service, from resource allocation to near-perfect uptime. W3 HOSTING relies on Plesk to deliver more client features at the lowest costs available
  • ModernBill — a strong, automated billing system that provides reseller income and an improved ROI as administration time and expense is cut significantly
  • Ruby on Rails — is a open-source framework basedon rails that geared for productivity and rapid development. RoR powers many popular software packages by 37signals.

Each tool has been tested under real world conditions by W3 HOSTING and found to deliver improved productivity in web site development, management and SEO.