Is pageBuzz
Similar to what the Professional Webmasters Use to Build Websites?
pageBuzz is what
professionals use!
I have been in this business
from the beginning of time, at least for the Internet, and there
is no one professional that uses the same tools as another
professional.
Every professional uses the
tools that work for them in the instance that they need them.
In fact all of these
big design firms and so called website hosting companies call us
when our application fits what they need. Our biggest request is
the Used Car Dealer Website Builder, because we have in fact
created something that nobody else offers.
With very few free or low cost
programs in the automotive market we have one of the best tools
that anyone can offer a car dealer and with the cost being so low,
webmasters and web hosts can resell the hosting at a much higher
price.
If a website designer needs a
particular feature in our shopping cart, they come to us, if they
need a simple way for the end user to manage their pages, they
come to us.
Yes, we are in a back and
forth battle with webmasters trying to get them to accept our
tools and methods. But they always want to use anonymous systems
so they can mark up prices and not give the website owner any
ability to manage their own pages.
The truth is, calling a webmaster and
telling them what to do over the phone while they make a few
clicks and charge $100 an hour is just growing old as well as
being very inefficient in this technology driven world.
But lets talk about how our
system works in comparison to Open FTP based shared website
hosting with unlimited plans from companies like Bluehost,
Hostgator iPage or Justhost.
As a web developer myself the
system was built on the same principles that are used in advanced
website development but we have addressed site design issues
rather than tech issues like FTP, CSS, Javascript, CGI, Flash and
so on and on.
In traditional website design,
webmasters build websites on their own computer and upload the
sites via FTP programs as binary and text files and that all
makes up your website. They also usually have a CGI-Bin where
they can install programs if they know how to write them or can
find some that are already written and just need to be installed.
With sitebuilders, you can
also build the website on your computer and upload it using the
web interface or HTTP rather then FTP which for the average user
means nothing except the name. One used software that is
installed in your computer, the other uses your web browser just
like ebay, amazon, facebook and all the other sites use to
transfer images, files etc.
But you also have the ability
to build and modify files right online so no software or prior
knowledge is needed.
To accomplish this,
files need to be formatted in a particular manner, organized in
particular directories and contain tags that allow for
replacements and construction of the pages by programs.
That is exactly the same as
open hosting except that, webmasters have to follow a specific
order rather than just doing what they want and dumping files in
any old directory they choose. This makes the webmasters job a
little more complicated since the have to follow rules set set by
someone else.
If you ever work with webmasters or
programmers they will always charge you more when they have
to work with something someone else built. It takes them
longer and they hate it. They kick and scream and yell and
tell you that it would be easier to start from scratch.
Yes, easier for them because they have to
learn what the other person did first. But that is their job,
to work on existing sites, be able to work on websites on
different hosts, so some will do it without crying. But most
will have temper tantrums like 3rd graders.
On the other hand, it makes
the website owners job easy, because they can add pages, change
the menu, add photos and update the pages that were built by the
professional webmasters.
Now, webmasters don't like
this model at all simply because it is more work for them and
when they are done, people think it is all easy. The want you to
need them, they need you to need them and they will do everything
possible so you believe you need them.
So lets look at the
website structure on open hosting compared to pageBuzz.
Adding Pages
Editing Pages
Adding
Programs
Modifying
Programs
Adding
Javascript Files
Adding
MultiMedia
Adding CSS
Files
Adding Pages
The process of adding pages is
pretty much the same, you name a file, save it and edit it. It
really makes no difference if you use the online editor or just
upload the pages using HTTP. The difference is only in the paths
and links. All of our pages reside in the root directory because
the search engines count those files with higher precedence over
files in subdirectories. So we created the most SEO friendly
model and maybe not the most webmaster friendly model.
Webmasters like to organize
content into sub folders and spread files around in a way that
makes sense to them. Unfortunately, what makes sense to one
webmaster does not make sense to another and neither of them make
sense to computer controlled robots used by the search engines.
So throwing everything into
one directory would not be their first choice, but it odes not
really change anything, the process is the same, except with
pageBuzz you can do it online instead of using software on your
computer.
Editing Pages
Editing pages is almost
exactly the same expect that we only edit the content in the page
where as the webmasters are used to editing the entire page in a
static enviornment.
Big sites always use dynamic
enviornments with templates so that webmasters can edit menus and
design features from one location and update 10,000 pages at one
time. If they had to use traditional editing and edit 10,000
pages to adjust one button that would be a mess.
So unless your webmaster has
never worked on a real website they should be familiar with the
process.
This makes the page editing
much simpler because there is less to edit.
The only difference between
editing pages using Dreamwever or Front Page and using the online
editors on pageBuzz is that the pageBuzz editors are much easier
to use.
You open a page, make changes
and save.
Using outside tools requires
more time, complicated paths and the uploading of all external
files. So what takes just a few seconds online takes 20 minutes
using the offline method.
Adding Programs
If you need a shopping cart, a
calendar or even a guestbook, the webmaster will install the
program in a folder that is authorized to run programs. They have
to configure paths, set the programs to know where the files are,
and configure the settings.
In pageBuzz, the programs are
already in place for you to use.
The end result is the same,
but you just skipped all of that set up stuff. The files are
already in the server, ready to run and preconfigured to the
default settings.
So the only real difference is
the huge amount of time that you save.
Modifying Programs
This is still another place
that we have just made it easier.
Webmasters would have to go
into the code of a program to make changes, actually write
programming code to get the program to do what they need or
modify the look of the programs.
At pageBuzz we have a simple
setting page for each program. The settings page lets you click
options, change image display sizes, colors and the overall
appearance of the program. Good webmasters even have the ability
to create templates that can be populated by the program data so
any look is possible.
Once again, webmasters hate
this, because then you can still go back in and modify the colors,
change the layout and mess up what they did. So they just avoid
anything that makes life easy.
Rather than having to modify
code, we have extensive configuration files that check the
settings and make the changes dynamically allowing unlimited
different looks and styles just by selecting different options.
In most cases, this type of
programming is just not available. Most applications are custom
built, so there is no user interface to make changes. The
programs are hard coded, meaning they can't be changed dynamicly.
That is the difference between
using a multi million dollar software system and a basic program
that a webmaster modified for a couple thousand dollars. Our
programs just do more, they do it faster and they do it better.
Adding Javascript
Files
If you want drop down menus,
slideshows and moving elements on the page this is usually done
using Javascript which is a programming language that runs on
your browser. It is called client side scripting rather than
server side and has a string place in websites.
Again, these are just text
files that need to be uploaded and we give webmasters several
choices for directors to add such files. Maybe not the exact name
they would use and that menus they might have to change paths in
the programs themselves. If they don't know how to do that, then
they can learn or scream and yell like children that it can't be
done on pageBuzz.
In many cases, we have already
installed the files in a scripts directory so they don't even
have to think about it.
For the non webmaster, you can
use tools like the drag and drop slideshow builder and create
slideshows and add them to pages never understanding what
javascript is.
Shopping carts ad programs
have the files already in place, so when you add an effect like
an image zoom, you don't have to upload files, just check the box
to use that option.
Adding MultiMedia
Adding multiMedia like video,
PDF files, DOC files and PowerPoint files and so on is the same.
We have a dedicated directory where those files can be managed
through a web interface. Upload, delete or view the files and
then just add links to any page.
We have also made it simple to
add youtube videos to any page by incorporating a video inserting
tool to all of the editors. Videos can be added or repositioned
in each page using drag and drop of old school html methods.
Adding CSS Files
Again, the same. Upload some
files into the MultiMedia Directory, the Files Directory or embed
them in the page. Nothing ground breaking here other than being
able to manage file paths.
In other words, if they use a
directory called "CSS" on open hosting, they simply
need to make the adjustments so the file reside in folder called
"files" rather than "CSS".
Access is the same, expect
they use the HTTP upload instead of an FTP upload.
Overall Comparison
Overall the methods are the
same, the structure is the same and the process is the same.
The difference is, pageBuzz
offers a little less flexibility with programs but faster and
more efficient website construction.
The editors are much more
simplified but offer faster more efficient website building and
updating.
Webmasters are not limited to
online editors, so the process can still be the same for them
expect for the process of uploading and the exception of using
preset file paths.
Business Owner vs
Webmaster
If you compare what the
average business owner is doing on our system it is exactly the
same as what a webmaster is charging $10,000 to do. The only
difference is the tools that you use.
The end result is the same.
Webmasters will tell you
theirs is better, but when you compare functionality of the
pageBuzz programs with other, that is just not even close to
being true.
Using better tools makes
building websites faster, more efficient and more profitable.
Nobody is still driving a
horse and carriage to work each day. It is just too much trouble
to care for, manage and deal with compared to driving a car.
There is nothing new about
technology making it easier for everyone to do something that was
once complicated and time consuming.
The horse and the car both get
you to the same place. the car is faster, can go further and is
more reliable and quite frankly, smells better.
pageBuzz is just the next
evolutionary step in allowing business owners to manage their
websites.
The process is the same, the
result is the same. But it is easier, faster on pageBuzz and it
will take you further for less money and less work.
Otherwise it is essentially
the exact same thing.
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