Announcing The EXPERT - Build your own Website

Free Trial (30 days)

Sign up for a free trial and have 30 days of full EXPERT functionality.

The main features of this fantastic platform include:

• Instantly transfer your existing site (some dynamic cms sites need to be updated after import)
• Choose from a number of starter templates that can be modified to suit your own style
• Set up forums, blogs and faqs to integrate straight into your site
• Full ecommerce functionality is included and ready to be set up
• Create secure areas within your site
• Manage customer interactions with the included customer relationship system
• Communicate with your whole customer base using rich html email templates - or create your own
• Easily edit any part of your website
• And a whole lot more

The Online Business Expert provides you with the Online Business Wiki to help you get started and provide you with full user documentation on all aspects of the system. It also provides an exhaustive list of video tutorials to get you on your way to converting your website to an online business.

So have a go - once you sign up we'll send you weekly tips and tricks during your trial period as well as your very own website statistics email so you can see at a glance what is happening on your site.

I had to share this little snippet I found today.

Click the pic to see the big one - it's hilarious.



If anyone ever asks you how the internet works - show them this instructional diagram from Vlad Studios (he does great desktop wallpaper too).

When I hear those immortal words I am reminded of the old maxim "you get what you pay for". In this case it is never truer. When I think about just how much power we lay in the hands of the person or organisation that is responsible for making sure that your marketing remains visible and emails keep coming I often feel very exposed. Consider your choice of web host a form of insurance.

I read a great article in Smashing Magazine today that outlines some of the important things to be aware of in selecting a web host. Often the cost of one outage can more than cover the price of premium hosting. That's why Web Design Experts have professionally managed web hosting (managed by hosting experts, not web experts) with fully backed up servers covered by 24 x 7 support.

Enjoy the article here.