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Magento

ravishtechnology — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:44:18 +0000

Magento is one of the feature rich open source eCommerce platform. Magento Comes in two different packages: the Community Edition and Enterprise Edition. The Community Edition is free to download whereas Enterprise Edition has more features but requires a yearly license fee.

Magento offers merchants complete flexibility and control over the user experience, content, and functionality of their online channel. Magento’s intuitive administration interface features powerful marketing tools, a catalog-management engine and is SEO optimized to give merchants the power to create sites that provide an unrivaled and rich online shopping experience for their customers, tailored to their unique business needs.

Magento main features include

Site Management – control of multiple web sites and stores, Web Services API for easy integration third party application, Fully customizable design, Content Management System for informational Pages, Administration Permission System Roles and Users.
International Support - multiple languages and currencies, list of allowed countries for registration, purchasing and shipping, localization.
Search Engine Optimization – Search Engine Friendly, Google SiteMap support, Meta-information for products and categories
Analytics and Reporting – integrated with Google Analytics and offers many different reports.
Checkout – one page checkout, SSL support, supports both checkout with and without account.
Shipping – shipping to multiple addresses, flat rating shipping, supports UPS, UPS XML (account rates), FedEx (account rates), USPS and DHL.
Payment – different payment methods: credit cards, PayPal, Authorize.net, Google Checkout, checks, money orders, support of external payment modules like Cybersource, ePay, eWAY and many more.
Mobile Commerce – iPhone Optimized Theme.
Catalog Management – inventory management, batch import and export of products, different tax rates per location, additional product attributes.
Product Browsing – multiple images for products, options for extensive reviews, wishlists and much more.
Catalog Browsing – easy navigation, advanced product filtering system, product comparison.
Customer Accounts – order status and history, e-mail and RSS feeds for products in the wishlist, newsletter subscription, default billing and shipping address.
Customer Service – enhanced features for customers’ accounts, Contact Us form, comprehensive order tracking and history, customizable order e-mails.
Order Management – create orders through admin area, create multiple invoices shipments and credit memos, call center order creation option.
Marketing Promotions and Tools – Polls, Newsletter Management, Landing Page Tool for Campaigns, Catalog Promotional Pricing by percentage or fixed amount and Flexible Coupons (pricing rules) with ability to restrict to stores/categories/products, Free Shipping Options, Multi-Tier Pricing for quantity discounts, Bundled Products Options etc.

CMS (Content Management System) Development

ravishtechnology — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:49:59 +0000

A website of an organization, big or small, is its show case which generates business for it. Hence it is essential that the website is always kept updated and live. To help an organization with such a task a content management service is available that maintains and updates the web site. There are two ways to go about CMS. Either the organization buys a software that does the automated development for them or Hire a webmaster who does the development for them. In any cases a stale and static site is made live by CMS. It is a back stage work that makes content authoring and delivery easy. Thus allowing large organizations to automate the content that needs to be managed and published on the site.

A CMS development includes following functions-

Adding, updating and deleting web pages
Proper document management and manipulation.
Customized and automated web template
Easily editable content via WYSIWUG (what you see is what you get) editors
Complete control over the design and style part of the website.
Page Content Keyword Density Statistics
Link management, security features.
Add images.

CMS development performs tasks like on line calendars, discussion forums, blogs, opt-in newsletters and custom programmed functions. CMS development can be done using PHP/DotNet/Java Dynamic website developer , HTML website developer, Webmaster services for who cannot do it themselves.

A wide array of CMS is available to match the enterprises having diverse functioning and operational areas. Like –Web CMS, Transactional CMS, Integrated, Publication CMS, learning CMS, enterprise CMS.

Ecommerce Development

ravishtechnology — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:06:38 +0000

Ecommerce or electronic commerce is buying and selling goods online. It is business via electronic medium like internet, and other computer networks.

Ecommerce is useful not only for virtual (non physical) items like access to information on a website but also involves sales and transportation of physical items as well. The retailers who sell online are known as e-tailers and an online sale of goods is known as e-tail. Almost all retail sellers make use of the World Wide Web to sell their product using secure protocol and electronic payment systems.

Business has flourished due to latest inventions in online marketing and transaction processes. World Wide Web is most used form of computers for e-business.

Ecommerce has come a long way from just being used to send purchase order for business. It now includes merchant accounts, payment gateways, shopping carts, Data mining and Data warehousing.

Some common applications related to electronic commerce are the following-E mail, instant messaging, online shopping, online banking, payment systems, tele conferencing, and electronic tickets.
More advanced Ecommerce tool is to arrange the Web-seminars commonly called “Webinars” which is an important soft ware wherein a number of specified persons can attend the seminar without the need to travel. If one is into digital goods sales a soft ware which protects the product from piracy is innovated.

Ecommerce can be categorized as B2B, involving two business persons, B2C involving businessman and consumer, C2C where consumers can buy and sell without a middle service, C2B where a consumer places his requirement and the business person applies with his services.

Website designing and development

ravishtechnology — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 20:37:07 +0000

Web designing is a task of making web pages that in turn are bound together to make a web site. Web sites can be many types like –information sites an advertising site or a business site.

Various aspects of web designing.-There are various aspects of it like content, usability, appearance, visibility; etc. The designing should appeal to the viewer, be informative, stick to the subject, and appear eye pleasing at the same time. It should appear in most search engines so as to have a wider array of viewers. This includes the use of maximum keyword density so as to push up the rating.

A website commonly consists of text and pictures. The opening page of a web site is called Home Page or index. It uses an HTML text. Each web page is then bound together using hyper links. The next step to completion of web designing is to publish it or upload the site on internet. Then task of increasing the rating the site by including the keyword density, exchanging links with other web sites etc. One has to constantly revise and update the site so as to be in sync with current trends and demand.

Web development means developing a website. It generally refers to the technical aspect of the web designing. Like Mark up and coding. It can be as simple as making a simply written single page or be a very intricate work like e-business, social network services, and net applications.

On completion of web designing, the website is tested on a various operating systems and browsers to insure proper display and functionality. Thorough checking of the correctness of language, dead link, proper functioning of e mail forms checked.

Web Designing and Development

ravishtechnology — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:42:40 +0000

The website acts as an advertising board of your product or the services you are offering. Customer psychology study has revealed that they are attracted towards well packaged and well presented goods. Presentation is the key word in web designing. People who just sift through the web sites for a look at the product or service are simply window shoppers (browsers) having no actual intention of buying the product. But these can be the potential customers if the web site has enough gravitational force. The web site consists of the Home page which does the initial talking on your behalf is a very important part of the web site. This page should have enough potential to make the browser turn the next page. Thus subsequently turn a browser into a buyer.

The website should state in very lucid language about the proceedings, sales, term of operation of the company. Language plays a crucial part in the web designing. Hence apart from being grammatically sound the page should be informative and attracting enough as well. It helps a lot to include the key phrases often as it increases the probability of the web page rising high on the list.

Factors affecting web design.—

Use of images – Images appeal to the client visually. The product picture can impress the consumer. Then comes the “about us” page which reveals the company profile, future prospects, style of service, commitment etc. It gives a personal touch to the other wise virtual text.

Frequently asked questions – A buyer has many queries which have to be addressed by the web developer. Commonly asked Q and A series can be included in the first page.

Testimonials of people who are already your consumers can be included in between. It creates a positive feeling to the potential buyer.