Web Geeks For Hire

At Web Geeks For Hire, we strive for intelligent, focused design. A big part of that is in the choice of content management system (or, CMS). A CMS should allow website owners - not merely developers - to add content and grow their website. We know that many site owners wish to leave the website up to the development team - while others want to dive in and "get their hands dirty." We try to make life good for both types! A really good CMS should be simple enough for a business owner to use, yet complex enough to fulfill their needs. There are many content management systems to chose between, ranging from simple blogging interfaces to full website solutions - but we prefer one called Drupal. While Drupal may not be the perfect fit for every project, we have encountered very few where it was not. I thought I'd spend a few minutes and explain why we love the Drupal CMS at Web Geeks For Hire, and what Drupal can do for your business - whether you are looking for an marketing site, an e-commerce site, a social networking community, or anything else.

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What the heck is a Drupal???

So what is a Drupal, anyway? I'm debating between a Dr. Who analogy and a Monty Python's Flying Circus analogy -- but since not everyone is a geek, perhaps it is best for me to say that Drupal is a powerful, open-source content management system. The true strength in Drupal lies in its vast community, a network of developers, designers, and other web geeks creating new pieces and contributing them back into the community. But there are a ton of other strengths - read about some of them in this excellent post. We can do anything with Drupal - what do you need?

Drupal for the Marketing Website

Perhaps the most basic type of website a business owner can have is a marketing website. These classic sites give visitors information about a company, allows visitors to contact the owner, and perhaps provide some news. Take a look at Nurselink (one of our clients) for an example. These sites benefit from a clean, simple design with enough information to allow a prospective customer to learn a bit about your business and interact on a basic level. Drupal makes it possible for the proprietors to update their "clients," "our service" and "staff" sections easily, while not worrying about "breaking" their website. Drupal also offers a powerful range of search engine optimization tools, helping your website get indexed by major search engines quickly and effectively.

Drupal for the E-commerce Website

Nurselink - One of our wonderful clients!

E-commerce websites allow visitors to interact with the company in a more integral way, and more importantly, allow an alternate means for customers to make a purchase from the company. E-commerce is growing at a rapid pace, and any business that can ship its goods should have an online store for the convenience of their customers. Cyber Monday, the e-commerce extravaganza following Black Friday, has proven itself as powerful and profitable as traditional shopping, and many customers will check online prices for any purchase prior to heading out to a store. Web Geeks For Hire has experience creating large, fully functional e-commerce sites using Drupal as the core content management system.

Drupal for Social Networking

If e-commerce is growing rapidly, social networking on the Internet is taking off like freight train. Facebook, the clear leader in the social networking world, has recently passed Yahoo to become the second largest website in the U.S. in terms of Unique Visitors (read here). This kind of rapid growth also indicates a significant shift in the way the Internet is used - more people now use the web for social networking than they do for searching. And businesses of all types can benefit from this shift. Web Geeks For Hire has experience with social network creation, ranging from allowing users to login to your site via Facebook Connect, all the way to creating a full-featured niche social network of your own. Drupal allows easy integration with major social networks, and provides the ability for business owners to easily moderate and manage their social networks.

Web Geeks and Drupal

Drupal? Yep

We love using Drupal. Tasks that take hours of looking through code normally can be tweaked with little searching; features and functions can be added, swapped, upgraded and even created with ease. Like I mentioned above... it's not the perfect solution for everyone. But more and more website owners today are learning how Drupal can solve their website troubles. If you would like to learn about how Drupal can help you, send us an email or give us a call. We're geeks -- we'd love to help you!

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