services

At JLH Web Productions the focus is on usability, branding, and identity.

We develop websites using a multitude of technologies to suite our clients specific needs. We are able to help you create or reinvent your online identity.

We offer a vast array of services and the list below is just a few. Please click a service to read the information about it.:

• » web design and development

  I began handcoding websites well over ten years ago. It started with a desire to share a hobby I am passionate about with others and then grew to become a career. I am

  You may be asking "what is a web developer and how are they different from a web designer?"
  A web developer builds the web pages from the beginning – including layout, appearance, and function. The client's needs and audience are taken into account, and the website should reflect what will be attractive to the target demographic. Since users will quickly leave a website that is difficult to navigate, doesn't show up well on all browsers, or is time-consuming, it is important for a web developer to make the layout as simple and user-friendly – while still attractive and sophisticated – as possible.
  
  A web designer simply designs web pages. Much like a graphic designer, they provide a 'flat image' that is much like what you would see in a print advertisement for example. The developer then takes that design and moulds it into living, breathing website that interacts with people visiting it on the web.

  Languagues used: HTML, CSS, DHTML, Javascript, Action Script (Flash), JSP, PHP, ASP, .NET, CGI, XML, MySQL and Miva Script, are all languagues I am familiar with and most I work with on a daily basis.

  Programs utilized: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, ImageReady, GoLive, Acrobat Professional and Microsoft Visual Studio are all part of my design tools.

• » ecommerce development

  There are many software programs out there for you to run your storefront on. I have experience with several and have determined that Miva Merchant to be one of the leaders in providing a stable software with many add-ons to get you the online store you desire.
  
  Ecommerce can also include accepting online payments, dontation or just offering a handful of items to your customers on the web which can be easily and economically achieved using PayPal or Google Checkout.

• » email marketing

  Websites provide a great medium for publishing content and creating a virtual storefront for any business.

  As search engines continue to replace traditional print directories such as the Yellow Pages as the way consumers seek out information, simply having a website with relevant information about your business is an excellent first step to an effective online presence.

  But it is only the first step, because websites can't do it all!

  Email pro-actively sends information to prospects.

  While websites alone rely on visitors to return, an email newsletter allows a website owner to "push" valuable marketing to prospects, allowing them to build a much longer lasting business relationship than the one that ends with a single visit with no return.

  Email can provide content over a period of time in consumable pieces.

  Trust takes time, and email newsletters and advertisements provide that dimension to online marketing campaigns. Once a visitor requests email from a website, that initial interest can be built upon and turned into a profitable relationship.

  Content can then be strategically placed in front of subscribers in the form of well planned campaign, with information broken up into smaller pieces, allowing website owners to prospect more effectively to more prospects.

  Email provides a more personal medium than the web.

  People are well-acquainted with email as a way to communicate one-on-one with friends and associates, and in every email, there is a distinct sender and recipient, unlike the web pages containing one-way URL addresses.

  By sending email newsletters and advertisements to leads sourced from their sites, website owners can convert anonymous visitors into engaged subscribers who they can more personally engage with.

  We have partnered with Constant Contact, the industry leader in email marketing to provide you with a reliable sender that works to continue it's relationship with internet service providers to insure that your emails make it into your customers mail box and are not rejected as SPAM.

• » search engine optimization

  To ‘optimize’ a website means to build it so that it will be discovered by search engines, and to design each page in such a way that the site’s contents will be thoroughly mapped and indexed to keywords that potential customers employ when seeking your products or services.
  
  There are many facets to SEO. My focus is mainly on relevant content, keywords and metadata and tracking the site's performance using Google Analytics.
  
  Your keywords are your life. Your keyword market is the natural “search language” your customers are using to try and find you online. It’s the quirky combination of terms that someone comes up with while trying to accurately describe something very specific to them.
  
  Meta Tags (keywords and description) and Title Tags are pieces of HTML code that help describe and classify the content on a web page. Having a uniquely optimized Title on each page is critical for obtaining the best possible placement within search engine results.
  
  When the Titles and Meta Tags properly support the content on each web page the potential placement of that page increases when searched for. Our search experts will write and deliver new Titles and Meta-Tags in an effort to improve your site's performance at search engines naturally.
  
  Google Analytics is a web analytics solution that gives you insights into your website traffic and marketing effectiveness. With Google Analytics, you're more prepared to write better-targeted ads, strengthen your marketing initiatives and create higher converting websites.

• » wordpress blogs and cms

  WordPress is a powerful publishing platform, and it comes with a great set of features designed to make your website as easy, pleasant and appealing as possible. It is a freely distributed, standards-compliant, fast, light and free publishing platform, with sensible default settings and features, and an extremely customizable core which makes it a viable solution if you are looking for a Content Management System which will allow you to make updates to your own website via a web based interface.
  
  Besides being the blogging platform of choice for the majority of bloggers, WordPress is becoming more and more popular amongst website designers and small business owners. In the last coupld of months, I noticed a growing demand for website redesigns using WordPress as CMS. People want to ditch that old CMS or that not so easy to update static website and use WordPress to publish and manage their content online.

• » web hosting

  Through a partnership, I am able to offer 99.9% uptime shared webhosting to clients at rates that most people find saves them money. I also become your contact person for your webhosting which often makes things simpler.

• » domain name registration

  A domain name is your unique address on the Internet. Just as your street address defines where you live, your Internet address denotes where your online business is located. An example of a domain name is www.yourbusinessname.com, whereby “www” stands for World Wide Web, “yourbusinessname” is your business or brand, and ".com" means that you are a business registered under the commercial category.
  
  Domain name registration accounts hold the domain name server inforamtion. This is important accesss to have when you want to make changes to your web host. Why take a chance that this will get locked up and take often over a week to get control of again which will delay your project? It is typically best to house both your domain name management and your web hosting with one provider. This ensures your domain name will not lapse; which could allow it to get snatched up by someone 'laying in wait' and that any hosting changes can be made instantly.

• » print advertising/marketing

  Recently I have been designing postcards and flyers for my clients. View my portfolio to see an example of my work which was done without professional graphic design.