esus offer a number of solutions to ensure that the content on your site remains up to date and new functionality is added as your business requires and expands.
| 1. Maintenance Contract |
In order to ensure the on-going maintenance of the site, customers can purchase a maintenance or support contract with esus. This contract would cover one, a combination or all of the following: |
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Publishing: The publication of any new text or graphical content to the website. |
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Support: Any on-site or telephone support time required for the maintenance of the website. |
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Web Design: The design of new and the re-design of existing sections on the website. |
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Graphic Design: The creation of additional site graphics for new sections and updates. |
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Functionality: The creation of additional site functionality including coding, programming and database development work. |
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Evaluation: A quarterly layout / structure evaluation of the site and the associated updates based on the recommendations taken on board. |
| 2. Content Management System |
esus build bespoke Content Management Systems / Web Publishing Tools to allow customers to update their sites. The benefits of adding a CMS / WPT to the site include: |
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Allows for the ownership of relevant areas by designated individuals. |
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Allows for the update of content by non-technical staff. |
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Facilitates consistent publishing standards. |
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Allow for more control of the publishing process. |
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Enables faster publication. |
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Minimises duplication of effort. |
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Allows for different levels of publisher web experience thus enabling more contributors. |
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CMS ensures that publishers own content and not design, leading to a more consistent look, feel and structure. |
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Reduces website maintenance costs. |
esus' bespoke content management systems allow customers to easily edit and update their site's with incorporated workflows and permission based systems. esus' tools were developed for use by administration, sales and marketing staff as they require no technical or Internet experience.
Another option for customers comes in the form of using Macromedia Contribute. As with esus' bespoke solutions, Macromedia Contribute is a tool that allows editors to update their own content without having to know HTML or a web publishing package i.e. Dreamweaver or FrontPage. Contribute is designed to be installed on a PC with an available Internet connection, and uses FTP to transfer the complete pages to the Web server. An administrator can set up profiles of users that will update the site content, and also has the power to restrict their actions.
3. Web Publisher Training
This option consists of training a member of the customer's staff and bringing them up to speed with a web design package and the associated issues of updating a website. An initial session would be followed by a further follow up session to help implement the concepts addressed in the initial training session.
This option requires the customer to purchase a web-publishing package such a Macromedia Dreamweaver or Microsoft FrontPage that would allow them to update the site.
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