This includes installation of:

• Zen Cart™ - Comparable to osCommerce and a lot of people consider ZC a superior product.
• WordPress™ Blogs - Why not just subscribe to a blog site? Read on!
• phpBB™ Forums - You would be flatly amazed how including a forum into certain websites can make them successful producers! (It doesn't hurt business one bit either...)
• Wiki online collaboration software - Kind of like that used on the Wikipedia website. (Yes, I can install that software as a stand-alone because that's the best fit for that particular software package.)

These are different from the custom solutions provided by CDMCSS.com as they represent programs from a variety of other vendors.

The difference between the way I install such software and the way an average website designer would install the same package (except Wiki's) is this:

The software is integrated into the existing design of a website.

Okay, I don't expect you to be a techie, so: What does integrated mean?

Go look at (just a couple of quick examples; links launch a new window, close to return here...):

• GrasshopperCommunications.com's Blog
• HirschGraphics.com's ZC shopping cart
• Finish-Line-RC.com's Forum

Each program is part of the website's design (that's what integration means..)

There are substantial advantages to integrating such packages into a website's design:

• Visitors are more likely to pay attention to what a website says and stay on the website longer. One thing visitors hate is bouncing (for example) between a Blog and an actual website.
• It looks more professional. Remember this from Web School?

Visitor's subconsciously equate the quality of a website's presentation with how that business or service does its work. (Translation: Do the very best you can - or else...)

• It preserves your "branding." All the packages listed above are designed to be installed (for the most part) as stand-alone website programs.

Unfortunately, you are "locked into" their design, which can look like several hundred other websites. Integration overcomes the potential limitation by allowing the unique design of the website (your "brand") to be preserved.

Please note:

I do not charge for the software. The software is provided by the publishers free of charge and both legally and ethically I cannot charge for it.

I do charge, however, for customization and setup. That is my work and the only compensation I charge.

Installation is by quote only. In general:

• Blogs:
  • Stand-alone (if you really want...) From $65
  • Integrated - From $85
  • Integrated - using your existing third-party blog service - From $95
• Zen Cart:
  • Stand-alone - not available
  • Integrated - From $125
• phpBB:
  • Stand-alone - not available
  • Integrated - From $85
• wiki:
  • By quote only

Further customization is also available by request and charged separately.