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Website Development Guide For Startups

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Website development is a process that includes all the steps that are required to build a website. The term is equally applicable to creation of a single plain-text webpage as well as development of a complex web application or social network.

What Does Website Development Include?

Website development involves a variety of tasks including, but not limited to,

  • Web Markup
  • Coding
  • Client-Side Scripting
  • Server-Side Scripting
  • Server & Network Security Configuration
  • eCommerce Development
  • Content Management System (CMS) Development

What Are The Basic Terms Of Website Development?

Before understanding the process of website development, it is important to understand some basic terms associated with the process.

  • Website: In technical terms, websites are files stored on servers. These servers are connected to the internet and load the files (websites) when an internet user calls out the IP address of the website.
  • IP Address: IP (Internet Protocol) is a set of standards that govern the interactions on internet. IP address is a unique string of numbers that distinguishes a website or device from other websites/devices connected via the internet.
  • HyperText Transfer Protocol: HTTP connects a user and his website request to the server that hosts the website. The protocol defines how the server should respond to user requests over the internet.
  • Coding: It is the language used for communicating with the computers. The choice of coding language depends upon the platform, operating system and style.

What Is The Website Development Process?

The website development process for every website may take a different path depending upon the type of website, coding language and resources. Here is a general outlay of the website development process to assist the startups in building an understanding of the steps.

Planning & Creating A Sitemap: A sitemap or wireframe is a general vision for the site that lays the foundation for the developer to start the process. It allows the startup entrepreneur to have a fair idea of what the website will look like and what features will be included in it. Here are some questions entrepreneurs should ask themselves when planning their website:

  • What individual pages do they want?
  • What content would be included on each page?
  • How can those pages be organized into categories?
  • What would be the page hierarchy?
  • How will the paged be linked together?
  • What pages/categories are essential for the site and UX? Which pages/categories can be removed or merged together?

Writing The Website Code: Coding is the next step of website development. Developers may use different coding languages for back-end and front-end coding. Additionally, different coding languages may be used for different functionalities of the site. Some of the commonly used coding languages are HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, SQL, C++, etc.

  • Back-End Coding: Back-end developers are responsible for establishing logic code, database management, and infrastructure of the website.
  • Front-End Coding: It includes components such as typography, fonts, navigation, positioning, and browser compatibility/responsiveness.

Working With CMS: Entrepreneurs can opt for CMS (Content Management System) over manual coding as it is easier to use, has tools around the hosting site, and may include plugins that remove the need to write backend coding. However, a CMS is less flexible and offers lesser control over front-end.

Acquiring A Domain Name: At this point, the website has an IP address and needs a domain name. the domain name is used by internet users to search for the website. Consider using hosting services to purchase and register the domain name.

At Scope7, we offer complete website development services to assist startup owners in establishing their online presence. The services are customized to meet the needs of individual client. Our team of professional website developers makes it a point to design and develop a website that promotes the nature and idea of the business.

 

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Reasons To Incorporate IT Solutions In Healthcare

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New discoveries in IT have enabled hospitals and physicians to respond to changing regulatory dynamics while improving the quality of healthcare services provided to the patients. With the advent of cutting edge technologies, it has become possible for skilled healthcare professionals to operate with fewer errors resulting in an efficient medical care.

Here are some reasons why incorporating IT solutions in healthcare is beneficial:

  1. Information Access: IT solutions allow the consumers to upload and store their medical information online. The online storage can be easily managed by the consumers while allowing them to have complete control over the information. Consumers can grant permissions to allow their healthcare providers have access to read and edit their medical information, as required. Healthcare providers can incorporate these solutions in their online platform to allow their consumers to store their medical information in an easy and secure way.
  2. Single Platform: IT solutions provide consumers a single platform to share their medical information with all the healthcare providers involved in their treatment. Different healthcare professionals can review the medical information together and provide a suitable treatment while considering all the contributing factors. A simple example being, suppose a consumer is being treated for three medical conditions by three different doctors. The doctors will prescribe three individual drugs. However, there are chances that the drugs may interfere with each other resulting in reduced efficiency or a negative reaction. This situation is resolved by IT solutions that allow the consumer to share medical details with all the healthcare providers on a single platform. Thus, a doctor can see the drugs prescribed by other doctors and suggest an effective treatment.
  3. Medical Research: Research plays an important role in improving healthcare services. Medical research requires access to a large amount of medical information for studying patterns, symptoms and effect of available treatments. IT solutions have made it possible by allowing medical researchers to have an access to medical information such as patient data across the globe.
  4. Telemedicine: For ages, a major problem faced by healthcare has been its limitation to reach out to patients in remote areas. Additionally, some patients may require immediate healthcare attention and may not be able to commute to a hospital or physician’s office. IT has bridged this gap by providing the facility of telemedicine. This technology allows the healthcare providers to connect with their patients over internet. Healthcare providers can consult the patients in real-time via different communication channels and ensure timely assistance.

Scope7 provides a complete range of healthcare IT solutions. The IT solutions aim at equipping the consumers and healthcare providers with cutting edge technology for better healthcare services. The team makes it a point to deliver custom developed IT solutions that answer to the individual needs of different healthcare providers.

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Critical Features Of A Member Management System

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Member management system has a great impact on the functioning of a membership-based organization including associations, educational organizations, etc. However, it is highly important to choose a member management system that offers all the necessary features required for the seamless functioning of the organization. Also, it should integrate with the rest of the tools available on the organization’s website.

Here is a list of critical features organizations should look for, when choosing an efficient member management system:

  • Customizable Site Templates: A member management system should offer numerous customization options for ensuring a user-friendly environment that matches the organization’s requirements. Make it a point to choose a member management system that offers one click template selection and other customization features including the option to select a different layout for each theme.
  • Users & Groups: Users are an integral part of a member management system. An efficient member management system should offer features such as uploading users from active directories, creating user groups, granting different access levels to different user groups, managing role permissions, managing user modules, etc.
  • Import User Listing: Manually updating the details of an individual user requires a lot of time and is prone to errors. Thus, the capability to import user details from an existing list is a critical feature of an efficient member management system. It should allow uploading and publishing of user details on the app and site.
  • Apps As Building Blocks: It is common to use different apps for creating different forms of content such as videos, images, documents, etc. This creates a need for the member management system to allow easy upload of the content generated by different apps. The system should allow integration of apps as building blocks for seamless creation and publishing of videos, photo gallery, news, calendar & events, announcements, etc.
  • Content Sharing: In order to serve the rightful purpose, a member management system should allow users to share content with each other. The content generators should be offered the facility to share different content with selective user groups.
  • Administer Surveys: User surveys are an important tool for promoting business growth. A member management system should offer a platform for survey administration by providing necessary forms for gathering required information and feedback from the members. This helps in cost management by ruling out the need for a separate software.
  • Hosting & Security: A member management system has a lot of data including personal details of users and content shared across the platform. Thus, choose a system that offers extensive hosting & security features to ensure data protection.

At Scope7, we make sure to design customized Member Management System for your organization. Our focus is to deliver easy to setup systems that facilitate a smooth transformation. The Member Management Systems designed by our team offer various benefits including convenient administration, scalability, mobile-friendly design, rich content creation, and extensive reporting.

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Comprehensive Guide To eCommerce Solutions

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An eCommerce platform is a software application that allows businesses to conduct their online operations including website management, marketing and sales. The choice of right eCommerce solution can have major impact on the success of an online business. However, in order to make the right choice, it is important to understand the types and features of eCommerce solutions.

The available eCommerce solutions can be broadly classified into 3 categories:

  • Open-Source: In case of open-source platform, businesses can modify all aspects of the code. The business stays responsible for PCI compliance, hosting, manual patch/update release from the platform provider, security, and QA for additional applications. Additionally, the responsibility for building new tools for the site including discount/promotion engines, also lays on the business itself.
  • SaaS: SaaS stands for Software as a Service. Instead of building or developing a custom solution as in case of Open-Source solution, the businesses rent the SaaS solution from a provider. So, the tasks such as product update, security, hosting, and PCI compliance are managed by the platform provider.
  • Headless Commerce: It is a type of Commerce-as-a-Service (CaaS) eCommerce solution. In this type, the shopping cart is decoupled from the Content Management System (CMS). The business makes use of a Design Experience Platform (DXP) or a CMS and then plugs in the decoupled shopping cart solution. This results in lower overall cost and reduces the timeline in which the solution can be made available to the market.

For choosing a suitable eCommerce solution, organizations need to consider some basic features in addition to the type of eCommerce solution:

  • Hosting environment, domain name, average uptime and bandwidth
  • Unlimited API call volumes
  • Website builder with free and user-friendly themes
  • Numerous applications with built-in integrations
  • Mobile optimized and fully customizable site and checkout process
  • PCI compliance
  • SEO features and fully customizable URLs throughout the site
  • Built-in basic eCommerce features including catalog management, analytics, etc.
  • Social media integration
  • Easy scalability to include different payment gateways and options
  • SEO tools
  • Easy product search
  • Integrated ratings & reviews
  • Multiple product photos

Customer experience is an important factor that governs the success of an eCommerce business. So, make it a point to ask the eCommerce solution provider for features such as ability to handle subscriptions, recurring product orders, real-time shipment tracking, reward points program compatibility, and ability to send abandoned cart emails.

At Scope7, we utilize our experience to analyze your business requirements and help you choose a suitable eCommerce solution.

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