Hosting, Design and Development

There's no doubt that Wordpress is easier to learn, quicker to deploy and more popular for those reasons alone, but Joomla is undoubtably more powerful as a solution and if your willing to accept that its more complex to setup and maintian then the benefits can far outweight this. 

Joomla, at its heart allows for complete customisation of the experience whether that by via CSS, templates, styles, or through modules, embedded plugins and even embedded PHP and JS directly into the render. When your looking for a CMS solution that can take your business to any destination then Joomla is the one to select. 

There are many examples online showcasing the flexability of Joomla, but we prefer to just say, whatever you want, we can do. A good example of this would be a recent customer portal entirely in Joomla, with data extracted from a SQL Server database over the Secure WAN and presented to customers via interactive tables, graphs and downloadable content. 

So, if you have a CMS project and want to advice, just drop us a message. If you've already got a site in Wordpress or Drupal and are looking to go a step further, again just drop us a message. 

For a limited time you can have your website migrated from HTML to Joomla CMS for £999 ex VAT including one year support and hosting. But that's not all, the £999 is payable in 12 instalments of £83.25 ex VAT over the first year of service and support, and after than can be reduced to £199 annually for continued hosting. 

We'll take you current website and build the new one on Joomla CMS with one of 12 standard base templates and then work with you to finalise the design and content. Once your happy, then the year of service and support begins. 

This service is available for a limited time only and all work is subject to survey. 

_{All work is taken on subject to survey. Your website must exist in a format which we can utilise, that's plain HTML4 or HTML5 with no server side programming or client side javascript. You can select from 12 base templates for your new site. Additional or custom templates will be charged extra. You can supply additional artwork and content at design time. A maximum of 100 support requests during the first year.} 

FTP or File Transfer Protocol has been around since the 70's as a robust file transfer mechanism and despite the move towards rsync and WebDAV (See our WebDrive Service) FTP is still commonplace today. At GEN we can offer single or multi user FTP, Secure FTP (SFTP) or SSHFTP (FTP over SSH) with varying storage allowances for distributing software and data. With Multiple SFTP Services we can provide redundancy and mirroring to ensure 100% uptime. 

Want more security? then combine this with cutting edge filesystem level encryption to further protect your data. 

• FTP is supported in most browsers and even most mobile devices. 
• SFTP is supported in common software such as FileZilla, Transport etc. 
• SSHFTP is supported in FileZilla and some select software packages and provides outstanding two stage encryption. 

With any GEN Hosted File Transfer Service you can further enhance the solution with data synchronisation between rsync, windows or more contemporary services such as WebDAV. 

With a FTP Service from GEN you can use any or all of the available protocols in endless combinations to provide exactly the service needed. Contact us Today to discuss your needs. 

With almost all businesses looking to promote themselves on the Internet Website Design is big businesses, but not all design companies offer the same services. There are in fact many channels to an internet presence and choosing the correct channel can have a significant impact on its success. A website is often considered to be just a website, but in fact there are many variables to consider when contracting a design house and I'll deal with a few of these below. 

Static or dynamic? 

Do you want a website that just provides a portfolio of your services much in the same way a conventional brochure would? or do you want a website that in some way connects the customer to your services in a more dynamic way? And example of a dynamic website would be a quoting tool, or online ordering but that's by no means the full scope. We recently developed a website for a solar provider which in realtime shows the current Kwh being generated from their solar estate. 

Developer or Customer Supported? 

Whilst the initial cost of the website design may be significant, there must be thought given to its maintenance especially where it has dynamic functions. Many design companies will offer some sort of maintenance on a monthly or annual basis, but managing this long term financial commitment requires careful consideration. We always look to involve customers as much as possible in the future maintenance of their web presence but are always there to help as required. 

Automation? 

A website can with some additional development interface with third party systems, such as an ordering system or a contact management system. Making these decisions at the outset can significantly reduce development timescales and costs. A good example would be a system to allow your customers to track their orders, or raise help requests etc. Our system allows our customers to access their quotes, invoices, tickets, etc. 

So, why are we different? Well its this simple, we WILL consult with you to develop a design specification to work to. We WILL do all the work without asking you for anything up front and ONLY charge you maintenance, and we WILL support your ongoing needs in all aspects of your IT Infrastructure.