Services

Interested in eCommerce? We can implement an eCommerce application that will allow you to build and manage a complete storefront with a built-in shopping cart and credit card processing. We can implement a catalogue site with secure real time credit card processing using a number of payment gateways, including PayPal, Paymate and eWay. We can customise applications or develop your entire solution.

You may have more complex requirements for database functionality. We specialise in database applications and the majority of our work is developed using, but not limited to, PHP and MySQL. The Portfolio gives examples of some of the projects we have completed; these include projects which range from the development of interactive pages to full online account management, image management, reporting, administration modules.

The design of your website is a reflection of your company. It should portray the professionalism and standards you provide to your clients. It should appeal to your target audience. It should provide them the information they are looking for easily and pleasingly.

Perhaps you want your clients to have the ability to purchase products online, or to use an online form to contact you with detailed enquiries regarding your products. You may want a database-driven website to allow your visitors or employees to enter information or update content using a web browser. These are aspects of your site that need to be determined as part of the design phase.

If you simply want a page on the internet or you need a large, complex site, we can work with you to achieve your aim. Our experience ranges from small sites through to sites for corporations and government departments. Our Portfolio shows examples of our work.

We pride ourselves on standards compliance, which means that your site will be guaranteed to comply with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Internet standards for HTML, XHTML and CSS. The result will be a site that will grow as standards are enhanced, rather than one that needs to be re-designed because of an initial lack of adherence to those standards.

These days anyone can develop a website. It takes time and technical knowledge to develop a website well and to ensure it is robust enough to withstand the test of time.

webRefresh believes it's important for you to have your OWN presence on the web, not one that has been mass-produced. If you surf the web regularly you may notice that many sites look very similar. In an extreme case you may even lose a visitor who thinks he/she has already visited your site and leaves. Each site we develop is based on initial consultation with you, from which ideas are generated for the way your site should look and behave.

A small site will normally require 6-10 pages to provide enough information and functionality to be successful. If you require a site of more than 10 pages we will include, as part of your website design, a search engine for your site. Search engines are regarded as the most useful feature of larger websites. Visitors to your site will often leave immediately if they can't find the information they want. A site search engine will encourage them to stay.

For adhoc design requirements, such as the design of a logo, brochure or specific page designs, please contact us.

Web Maintenance

If you've ever visited a website for information and then realised the information is three months out of date, you'll understand the importance of website maintenance.

To retain your target audience and attract new visitors, the information held on your site needs to be current and accurate. We can carry out maintenance on your site to ensure this.

You may choose to monitor the site and contact us when information needs updating, or you may wish to maintain your site yourself. In the latter case we can provide you with access to your site through FTP or through your web browser using our Control Panel or, if you have a database site, through your database web pages.

Web Management

Do you have the time, energy or skills to effectively manage your website?

Website management involves constant appraisal of your site in terms of "look & feel", effectiveness in reaching your target audience, appropriate use of tools and techniques, correct and accurate links and navigation.

The internet is constantly advancing. As new techniques, applications and tools emerge, will you be aware of them and in a position to take advantage of the benefits they offer? We are well equipped to monitor those changes and evaluate the benefits they may be able to provide you.

Search Engine Monitoring

The promotion of your website is a vital step in ensuring its success. Your target audience needs to be able to find you and the best means of achieving that is through your exposure on Search Engines.

Some search engines work by automatically searching the contents of other systems and creating a database of the results. Others contain only material manually approved for inclusion in a database, and some combine the two approaches.

We will help you define your target audience and then develop the necessary information to submit to search engines to ensure they display your site in the most appealing manner to your target audience.

Please contact us if you have any queries or would like to discuss your requirements in detail.

We provide hosting as a service to our clients who may not have a preferred hosting provider or are not totally happy with the service they are currently being provided. The servers run Linux and Apache and are based in Canberra, Australia.

On all plans we provide technical support, network monitoring, daily backups, domain registration assistance and a 30-day money-back guarantee.

We can host any registered domain on the servers. If you are currently hosted by another provider we can assist you with the transfer of your domain to take up any of our plans.

The plans can be customised. Please Contact Us for more detail.

Note:
All prices are quoted in Australian Dollars (AUD) and are free of GST.
Payment for all plans is for 12 months and is payable in advance.
A 30-day money back guarantee applies.
Our terms and conditions apply.