Small Business Applications

Using Objectcode with Awesome Web Design

It's safe to say that 75% of our clients are small business owners who want a safe, reliable, and cost effective way to market themselves online. Early on in the development of the Foundco business model, we made it a priority to develop software that suited their needs. This guide is a compliment to "Successful PHP Applications, Making Informed decisions", and will outline what we think are the most important goals for small business operations.

Functionality Objectives

Manage content on website
Collect and Manage all incoming client correspondence
Exchange links with other websites

Design Objectives

XHTML Compliance
Clean, clear, design
Fast loading graphics
Proper use of CSS style sheets to speed page load

The actions above are a bare-bones necessity for every small business website owner. What good is a website if you can't participate in link exchange programs to market yourself? What happens when you have a problem with your email and lose correspondence to your website because it wasn't collected in a database? Why rely on a third-party to manage the content of your site when you can quickly and easily make minor text edits yourself? We've covered all the bases for small business owners seeking to tackle these objectives, and can provide our services at very reasonable monthly rates (financing).

Expandable, Flexible, Customizable web sites

All Found Corporation websites are built in an object-oriented manner, which means they are expandable and extensible systems that are easy to customize to suit the needs of any enterprise. Our sites are templated, and utilize the Model, View, Control object model. This means the design and business logic of application code are abstracted from the interface and data in such a way that it makes it simple for us to upgrade and expand on existing functionality. Our content management system, for example, is integrated into the design of each site so that you can easily view changes in a "preview" mode. Navigation systems are commonly generated via simple to use template files that are populated intelligently based on the file system. These features and many more are what allows us to produce usable, well-designed sites with such amazing efficiency.

Security, the most important factor in good web applications

The Found Corporation takes security very seriously, even for the smallest sites. Some of the most common security flaws in web applications are:

Unvalidated Parameters
Broken Access Control
Broken Account and Session Management
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Flaws
Buffer Overflows
Command Injection Flaws
Error Handling Problems
Insecure Use of Cryptography
Remote Administration Flaws
Web and Application Server Misconfiguration

We take many steps to avoid security flaws; possibly the most important of which is to closely monitor and manage all code that resides on our hosted systems. It's quite common for virtual hosting companies to encounter problems when inexperienced programmers and developers start writing flawed code on their servers. We are a managed host, which means we audit and resolve insecure scripting conflicts on a regular basis in an effort to avoid such scenarios.

Additional Small Business Service Offerings

Link Reciprocation System:

Allows users to manage outbound reciprocal links with other websites
Administrative interface for adding and deleting

Simple HTML Photo Gallery :

Administrative interface for adding/ deleting photos
Automatic thumbnail creation
As many photos as necessary

Advanced Flash Photo Gallery:

Advanced slide show gallery with back and forward buttons
As many photos as necessary
Up to 30 galleries
Music can be played on each gallery
Thumbnails are automatically created

Bookmarks system:

Allows users to create a directory of their favorite links
Most used links on right hand side (automatic)
Multiple categories allowed
User login and administrative interface provided.

SEO Services

XHTML Transitioning:

Transforms pages from HTML to XHTML transitional, a language that is easier for web spiders to understand.
Allows your site to be compatible with newer accessibility standards.

Metadata analysis and Keyword Proliferation:

Determine the most popular keywords and search definitions for a particular niche site
Provide the most successful terms used on sites such as Overture and Google.
Implement the metadata changes to alt, p, meta, and other various tags within the target site

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