Website Development
How can we help you on the Internet
To get the best from the Internet first requires a strategy that suits your particular business. At Star Technologies Australia, we set out to do exactly that. Employing the latest technologies and complying to World Wide Web Consortium standards, we work with you to develop solutions that are robust, reliable and highly practical. Pivotal to this process is our customer service relationship; not only during the development, but afterwards as well. In the end, we want to develop and maintain a solution that gives you the edge in an ever changing marketplace.
Our Background
Since 1999, our team has been developing and managing Internet sites for a broad base of clients. From small businesses to large corporations, including the State Government. Our solutions use implementations of shopping carts, electronic funds processing, database solutions, protected sites content management sites, just to name a few.
Our development team are experienced and professionals. All members have a minimum of two years experience and they comply to the strict professional standards Star Technologies has set.
Members of our team have worked on and lead projects such as the Building Service Authority and the Office of Fair Trading website, plus many other professional business websites.
Not only does this wealth of knowledge mean your website is being designed and developed by experienced staff but from people who really understand why something is done a particular way.
Our team never use "editors" to create your website, and where possible we comply to the standards set out by the W3 standards organisation.
This information is only important as far as informing you of our ability to help you in the future and to ensure you know that we are experts in our field.
Getting Started
You might have some idea on what you want your website to do for you on the Internet, or you may just realise you require a website to keep up with your competition... or get ahead of the competition. No matter what stage your industry and your business are at our team will provide you with the best possible solution. The Design of Your Site
During the design phase of your site particular attention will be paid to the aesthetics of your site and your corporate identity. During this phase you will be required to provide constant feedback on our work. This phase will keep in mind the requirements of your users but also the programmers will be able to work with the artists to ensure that everything will be compatible with your final solution. The Development of Your Site
Once you have chosen a design, logo and colours for your website we will begin constructing the design of your site, this phase is one of the most technically challenging and one of the stages where many developers make the mistake of practising "old habits" such as using tables for layouts and fixing screens to small boxes. Our team won't make these mistakes and millions of other we have examined present in so many other web development companies, large and small. Possibilities for Your Site
There are many functions available to make your site more attractive to your audience and therefore more effective to your business. Our solutions engage your audience interactively to heighten their enjoyment and the sites usability. Though direct consultation with you, we determine which of these functions will best suite your particular business. Some of these include: On-line Feedback
The most basic of interactive features, the feedback form allows users to contact you via email without exposing your email address to possible spam. Your intended audience can comment on anything, this can also be useful to recieve contact details from your members to chase up a qualified lead. Without a feedback form your site would be less effective as a marketing tool, so it is this reason on-line feedback forms come standard in all our website designs.
On-line Shopping
This function allows your audience to purchase products on-line. A large range of technologies exist to implement on-line ordering with varying complexity, sophistication and security, such as Shopping Cart Systems, Credit Card processing facilities and many more. Existing technologies or custom built technologies may be implemented in your solution. Search Facility
User friendliness is a key consideration of your web site. By ensuring that your site is easy to follow, consistent and simple to navigate, your audience will always know where they are and how to find new information. In larger sites functions such as search engines and site maps are implemented to help in this regard. A search facility allows your audience to ask the site for a particular topic, by entering key words or a question. The dedicated search engine then generates the search results offering brief descriptions and links directly to the information asked for.
Site Map
A site map is a visual representation of your sites basic structure that gives your audience an overview of what your site contains and how to best navigate it. This site map shouldn't be confused with site maps built for Yahoo and Google. These sitemaps are created by default for your new website.
Passwords and Security
We understand that in today's society security is paramount. That is why we advise you on matters of security both with the data collected on your website and the data stored on your personal computers. Special security measures are implemented when any sensitive data is collected by your website. Information such as credit card numbers will not be stored on any databases nor transmitted over any unsecured connection. We use a variety of means to ensure that your data and the data transmitted by your customers are secured and treated ethically, these methods include secure webspace, encrypted transmissions, password protection, security certificates as well as ethical treatment and internal and network security. Multimedia
More than just text and graphics our solutions incorporate the full range of Internet technologies and features that make your site interactive and effective. This will often include enhancing the audio or visual aesthetics of the website, we however will be able to manage these aesthetics professionally that will ensure your site has the awe effect your after without the negatives of the "Christmas tree" effect. Dynamic Features
Your site is not restricted to being static, that is the information you provide on your pages can be modified by our custom built content management system, this system ensures system compatibility and an assurance that your pages will always stand up to our original, strict specifications. Other dynamic features can be created to display dynamic content including time zoned pictures and country specific greetings or images. More Functions?
Yes there are many more possibilities for your site: online databases, interfacing your site to other technologies and systems, the complexity and functions of your site are only really limited by your imagination. However only after consultation can we provide you with the particular functions that will work best for your business. Marketing Your Site
Our job is not done until your desired audience can find your site. To that end we provide several levels of marketing services, all of which includes search engine optimisation of your site and the submission of your site to the top search engines. Some levels however, include paid advertising and other more advanced methods of having your site visible to search engines without breaking any of their rules. Our base level of marketing doesn't cover all the required aspects of marketing. To ensure your business is successfull, site must be marketed to your target audience as effectively as possible, through the advertising means that your audience pays most attention. To this end, we encourage you to also market your website.
Your successful Website
Above all, our aim is for your website to become a very successful marketing tool for your business and a valuable information or commerce tool for your users. You can spend thousands of dollars on a television advertisement that lasts seconds, why not invest in a marketing tool which persists and can provide the user with an interactive experience that can make a bigger impression than any television advertising alone. Our Customer Relationship
We believe that happy customers are only achievable through strong working relationships. In that respect your project will be handled with the greatest attention so that our knowledge and expertise can become your gain. To ensure this occurs our team will assess you needs to bring any relevant issues to your attention to suggest solutions that meet your exact needs. As standard procedure we will always make suggestions on what we believe suits your needs the best. However, we understand that you know your business best. Thus, the final choice will always be yours.
A problem for many of our clients is the terminology and complexity of technology. If there is anything you want or certain features you would like to have implemented or explained, we will always do so in plain English. Good communication means success for us both.
The Next Step
Now you are aware of some of the ways we can help you, please feel free to contact us for a quote. No matter what the project is, big or small we can provide a solution that suits your needs, from our brand new ONUX content management system to a custom built website or web application the limitation needs to only be your imagination.