Wire framing allows the site to develop its basic structure, and build the pages that make it up, their purpose,  importance, placement, and linkability to other pages on the site. Graphic design, user interface development, HTML coding, and programming are often put off until the site structure is established.

Common thread pages are built around themes while the informational flow of the site is designed, and each page is individually inspected and reviewed to determine the usefulness.

The initial stage of wire frame development is both a time and money-saving step that will prove useful when more complex details of the website’s framework, like interface development, graphic design, and programming languages  are implemented.

Website redesigns, if needed, requires an understanding of the current website, and wire framing helps with the conversion and re-development of the site by identifying the website’s most important elements.

What you want out of  the big picture for project depends on what stage your project is currently in. Please send us a description of what you hope and expect from the use of our services, and what stage your project is in, and we’ll gladly help you understand what we at Web Design for Portland do to give your website successful results.

A good website design utilizes the use of visually pleasing graphics and background colors, strong content, user functionality, and placement of its elements. The more simple the website design is, the better. A simple design allows the user to focus on the key aspects of the website; what the message is, how it is used, and what functions it is able to provide, which are important elements for the website owner to see how the website is benefiting the user.

Because people are often directed to your website with little or any prior knowledge of your business, it’s important that your business image, brand, and quality of services reflect well on the website. The message you present on the website is how you showcase what the website is able to do for the user,  and should have a focused perspective that allows the visitors to see the professionalism of your business, and what your company is capable of.

User interfaces and good frame design provide the foundation for a website with good design, layouts and elements. The overall look and feel of the website is determined by how well you execute use of white space, color, and graphics, and if it’s able to project the message of what your business is all about. The key to great design is simplicity. A cluttered website with excessive gadgets, slow-loading Flash elements, and busy graphics is like a messy room, that users would rather avoid than step into.

At Web Design for Portland, we provide a strong emphasis on a clean, simple, and efficient design optimized for search engine compatibility. We conceptualize a focal, flowing, easy-on-the-eyes design that is very effective at allowing the user to transition from page to page very smoothly and get the information they desire.

How we’re able to provide you with a user-friendly, visually impacting website is determined by what stage your project is in, and the bigger picture of where you want to take the project in the future. Please send us a brief description of your expectations, objectives, and goals you hope to retain from our services, and we’ll be more than happy to provide an understanding to the successful online methods we’ve adopted at Web Design for Portland.

Web Design for Portland understands all the fundamental aspects of what makes an e-commerce venture successful. We  provide all the tools you need you manage your e-store efficiently, with the best possible results, from frequently updated product listings, to inventory management features, to processing the tax and shipping fees.

Regardless of your e-commerce needs, whether simple or thoroughly complex, we should be able to find the right fit for you. Once you open up shop, it becomes your exclusive property, saving you from any licensing fees.

Web Design for Portland has provided outstanding results for our clients over the years, and we hope to continue to do the same for you.  We go beyond expectations for both you and your customer.  Feel free to request a quote by submitting a form today.

We offer service and set up for the following content management systems:

- WordPress

- Drupal

- Expression Engine

- Joomla

- Ruby On Rails

Our content management solutions can be used for almost any website from E-Commerce to Personal Blogs.

If you have a project in mind, let us know – click here to contact us.

Each of the Social Media Marketing services is described in detail in the sections below:

•Corporate Blog Marketing & Management

•Social Bookmarking

•Social Network Marketing (Facebook, Twitter, Digg)

•Forum Promotion

•Article Press Releases

•Social Media Footprint Set-Up

Our experienced PHP programmers and web developers are skilled in web application development with php Design and Development of E-commerce Websites, Dynamic Web Sites using PHP/MySQL, ASP.Net and Website Applications, and are able to design and create an innovative yet affordable client-server php database applications and web applications to meet the demands of our clients.

Advantages of PHP Programming:

Low cost development and maintenance.
Reliable performance.
HTML code-embeddable.
Apache and IIS server-compatible.
Runs on a variety of OS platforms such as Windows, Linux and Unix.
Databases such as MySQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL and Generic ODBC are supported.

Our skilled PHP web programmers are well-versed in PHP code, design, MySQL development and web development and have at least two years experience writing various programs and software for use on the internet, Unix, Linux and Windows that  integrate a variety of computer-based systems and technologies. Feel free to contact us  for a free quote and discuss more  about your project’s long-term goals.

Our PHP Programming Solutions are:

Database design & web development.
Content Management System (CMS) for managing your database.
Integration of website database with offline programs.
PHP script conversion.
Changing out the host of the website.
Maintenance of existing php/MySQL websites.
Payment Checkouts, if you’re running an online store or need to make transactions through the site.

At Web Design for Portland, our professionals comb through the detailed assessment processes to analyze your needs, examine the systems currently running, determine the goals of your business, and meet your needs, budget, and time line. Our fantastic team of extremely experienced PHP developers are capable enough to develop web and customer applications to suit your needs, and have successfully completed numerous E-Commerce sites with content management systems, CRM Solutions, tools, calendars, Chat software capabilities, and online forums.

For more information about php programming for your website, call us or email us today.

 Popular uses of Flash include playing mp3’s and videos, available since Flash Player version 6. Flash players are used on the most popular sites as a preferred method for offering multimedia content on web sites. With very little competition and a free price tag, the Flash Player has a very wide distribution.

 Your web site’s menus can be much more interesting by using Flash. Intros and presentations are now very captivating. Banners can be more animated and sites can be more interactive. Flash has the technology to control the timing of how the content is presented. With a Flash only website, you can have thousands of pages in content available without the user having to click between different pages.

 Flash allows multiple viewers to see the same content regardless of the browser being used. Animation in Flash is a beautiful thing when done properly, you have the usage of key frames and in betweens that can easily move objects from one point to another, with action scripting you can create cameras to zoom in and out.

What differentiates Web Design for Portland from other  flash web design companies is that we create unique and locally grown innovative design ideas, with the need of the end user in mind and effectuates eye-catching graphics  via dynamic action scripting through flash.

Our service range includes:

* » Flash programming
* » Flash scripting
* » Logo design
* » Movie design
* » Flash presentations
* » Flash intros
* » Flash demos

If you’re looking for flash programming for your project, click here to email us.

ColdFusion by Adobe ColdFusion Server is a highly reliable and powerful application server software used to put together an array of database-drive applications that run on many multi-purpose platforms. After Adobe acquired Macromedia, they purchased the ColdFusion software from Allaire, creating a programming language that runs minimal code and is very easy to work with.  The CFML (ColdFusion Markup Language) is able to work alongside other programming languages like PHP, JSP, and ASP.

Is ColdFusion powerful enough for my website?

If MySpace® could do it with ColdFusion, then it most definitely could handle your website.  MySpace® was built with ColdFusion and the Fusebox framework, and ColdFusion was successfully able to meet their needs and handle nearly seven million users at one of the most popular and heavily trafficked websites. As the numbers began to overflow at ColdFusion’s Java server,  MySpace® was able to expand their capacities with the Blue Dragon technology.

How is the future of ColdFusion?

Things look very bright ahead, as Adobe’s recent acquisition of Macromedia allowed them to obtain the ColdFusion platform. Coupled with Adobe’s other fine products and innovative programming software,  ColdFusion is just another high note for the company, which has the power to integrate all the applications and software that are a part of Adobe’s umbrella branding.

What is Fusebox, and why should I care?

All of our ColdFusion applications are created by Fusebox,  an open-source ColdFusion framework that provides a way to standardize how our ColdFusion applications are built, that can be efficiently managed by our customers, the developers. If you utilize a popular application framework like Fusebox, you won’t run into any potential headaches that  sloppy code makes difficult to debug, as  no two ColdFusion programmers code applications are the same.

Benefits of formatting your ColdFusion code with Fusebox:

* Fusebox gives you the ability for naming conventions to all of your ColdFusion files, making debugging much easier.
* Application files are atomic, so having a file called “qry_tagemployees.cfm” contains a query  that tag employees, and that is all that the page does. With actions like this, fixing a bug might only require you to read through 20 lines of code to instead of 4000.
* Some smaller comp0nent applications can be dragged-and-dropped when reusing code.

Fusebox also helps us to make code that is reusable and modular.

PDF and FlashPaper generation

ColdFusion can generate PDF or FlashPaper documents using standard HTML without having to use any additional coding for  documents that need to be printed. CFML authors simply place HTML and CSS within a pair of document tags and specify the desired format.  The document can then either be saved to your hard drive  or sent to your client’s browser, which then can be printed.

ASP files are unique in that they combine both HTML code and ASP programming code, which works best with Jscript and VBScript programming languages. Working with a database can assure ASP has limitless functions and capabilities.

If you want to build a user-friendly website, ASP’s preferred programing language can provide stellar menus, allow photo uploads, and create interactive forms all in one place.

ASP Programming Advantages:

Can minimize network traffic.
Flexibility to view in any browser.
High security – ASP code cannot be viewed from the browser.
Ability to dynamically edit, change or add any content of a web page.
Ability to access any data or database and return the results to a browser.
Design & Development of custom ASP web-sites..

ASP Programming Services:

Content Management System (CMS) for managing your content.
Maintenance of existing ASP websites.
Integration with third party ASP components for file upload, mails etc.
Search Engine Friendly Shopping Cart ASP Application Development .

The strategic first step of the entire SEO process is website optimization, where the site is thoroughly analyzed for full URL depth, the page ranking of individual pages, search engine saturation, back-link count,and  traffic log analysis, as well as Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools setup before being implemented. There are 35 possible parameters we check that could potentially lead to search engine spider roadblocks and search engine penalties.

Keywords are one of the most crucial and important aspects of SEO, and we pinpoint identifying keywords that have the highest relevance, potential for conversion, potential to rank high, and the least competition, so the SEO campaign can properly give the best possible performance.

On-page optimization covers all aspects of the site’s searchable performance, from title and meta tag optimization, anchor text, image optimization, title attributes, on-page text editing, and HTML markups, to file-names, navigation, directory structure, sitemaps, and error pages. Upon completion of the SEO campaign, the site is thoroughly audited, then submitted to search engines, industry directories, yellow pages contact sites, and others. The site’s performance is monitored monthly for any possible discrepancies, and is reported through the Success Tracking Reports.

SEO is handled by Web Design for Portland as a crucial, strategic aspect of Internet Marketing, built to meet the marketing objectives like link building and article syndication that warrant the highest possible page rankings on the search engine.

Please send us a brief description of your objectives and expectations, in relation to the stage the project is currently in and the project’s overall life cycle. Web Design for Portland would be happy to help you understand the methods and processes that deliver the most online success for your site.