Hamilton Web Services

Welcome to Hamilton's Premier Web Design Firm. We are a proud and successful creative studio with over twelve years in the business - but our success is less important to us than that of our clients. Our mission is to turn their internet and marketing efforts into effortless success stories.

Our seasoned designers, developers and search engine marketers have over 60 years of combined industry experience. Now that's a ton of team on your end of the field.

We are small but mighty and it's our size that allows us to perform and adapt in ways the big boys simply can't.

If it's a web or internet-based services you're looking for - we provide it - and with our team behind you you simply can't lose!

Website Design As defined by Wikipedia

Web design is a kind of graphic design intended for development and styling of objects of the Internet's information environment to provide them with high-end consumer features and aesthetic qualities. The offered definition separates web design from web programming, emphasizing the functional features of a web site, as well as positioning web design as a kind of graphic design.

The past ten years has been witness to a surge of businesses using the internet and more specifically using websites as a mean of advertising products and services. Not only used for advertising, these days a corporate website functions in a number of other ways; offering an alternative to a physical location allowing products and services to be purchased online, providing a meeting place for long distance consumer relationships and a socially-responsible networking capability to assist consumers in making sound choices.

Like all marketing materials your website must accurately represent who you are and what your business does. It should always conform to your current corporate branding strategy and it should be user-friendly and well-tested. When current or potential clients visit your website they should always enjoy the experience and want to come back in the future. If you can provide some reason for them to bookmark you - even better.

SPS101.com has been creating professional and fully functional websites for over 12 years for the surrounding Hamilton area and abroad. Examples of our expertise clearly display our unique design style, attention to detail and our specialty in creating website that convert visitors into sales. Our list of clients also supports the fact that we have been developing website that work for many years now.

Graphic Design As defined by Wikipedia

The term graphic design can refer to a number of artistic and professional disciplines which focus on visual communication and presentation. Various methods are used to create and combine symbols, images and/or words to create a visual representation of ideas and messages. A graphic designer may use typography, visual arts and page layout techniques to produce the final result. Graphic design often refers to both the process (designing) by which the communication is created and the products (designs) which are generated.

Graphic design is the corner stone of everything we do here at SynergyPro Solutions. We take great pride in designing effective and well-planned presentations whether they be web-based or printed collateral.

And if you aren't happy with our first effort we'll continue to work with you until we produce exactly what you want and then some.

Have a look at some of the work we have done for other clients and you will clearly see what we mean by "effective" and "well-planned" design.

Branding & Indentity As defined by Wikipedia

Some people distinguish the psychological aspect of a brand from the experiential aspect. The experiential aspect consists of the sum of all points of contact with the brand and is known as the brand experience. The psychological aspect, sometimes referred to as the brand image, is a symbolic construct created within the minds of people and consists of all the information and expectations associated with a product or service.

Corporate identity refers to the sum of the following graphical and non-graphical parts - logo, slogan, color palette, message and brand.

And if your company has a weak identity then your brand or sub-brands will suffer. Identity is simply another way of describing your corporate brand - and branding is the new marketing in today's mixed-media world.

Our staff includes branding experts who can talk you through the process of launching either a new product or service or a re-branding effort designed to re-think your public image for your product or service.

You can see some of our branding efforts in action by visiting our Graphic Design samples page and viewing the RVHotline example.

eCommerce As defined by Wikipedia

Electronic commerce, commonly known as (electronic marketing) e-commerce or eCommerce, consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. The amount of trade conducted electronically has grown extraordinarily with widespread Internet usage. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at some point in the transaction's lifecycle, although it can encompass a wider range of technologies such as e-mail as well.

The internet these days is really one big shopping center and the amount of product being bought and sold online sets staggering new records each and every year.

If you want to be competitive you must give your customers the option of using your website to transact. Now, not every category needs to open shop online - for instance people probably won't purchase a home or a car directly online... but for products that can ship in a box or services such as consulting or commodity trading the ecommerce solution is a sure thing and must be investigated before your competition buries you.

SynergyPro Solutions has been developing eCommerce solutions for many years now and have mastered the art of shopping cart production. Our experts will create an easy to use and uncomplicated solution for your business in record time and can have you up and selling your product with a minimum of effort on your part.

If you are just thinking about an ecommerce website and would like to learn a little more about what goes into a successful ecommerce website we have put together a a series of helpful tips to contemplate before getting started.

If you'd rather get some help our basic eCommerce solutions are inexpensive and combined with our hosting services our developers will take care of the entire process from start to finish.

Flash Development As defined by Wikipedia

A Flash animation or Flash cartoon is an animated film which is created using Adobe Flash animation software. It can be created in Flash or with other programs capable of writing .swf files. The term Flash animation not only refers to the file format but to a certain kind of movement and visual style which, in many circles, is seen as simplistic or unpolished. However, with dozens of Flash animated television series, countless more Flash animated television commercials, and award-winning online shorts in circulation, Flash animation is enjoying a renaissance.

Flash Websites

Sometimes a flash website is all that's needed to showcase your products or services in a way that catches the eyes and keeps your customers on your website and keeps them coming back for more. Most types of flash websites are related to photography services and flash game website but in the end the possibilities are endless.

Have a look at some samples of Flash websites we've designed.

Flash Elements

Most of the time website owners would like their websites to be coded in straight HTML with dynamic elements (ecommerce, memberships etc.) but wouldn't mind some flashy elements as well. SPS101.com employs Master in Flash Design and can create all types of flash animation that could be placed in banners for advertising or just anywhere on the page you would desire. Flash elements on webpages attract the eyes and keeps your website looking interesting.

We have been designing Flash elements for our clients since the mid-1990s so we have put a few samples of Flash elements together for you to help you understand the range of uses for this amazing web technology.

Database & Inventory Management As defined by Wikipedia

A database is an integrated collection of logically related records or files consolidated into a common pool that provides data for one or more multiple uses. The data in a database is organized according to a database model. As of 2009 the relational model occurs most commonly. Other models such as the hierarchical model and the network model use a more explicit representation of relationships.

Database Development

Many companies have resorted to using a database-driven model for their websites. All this means in a nutshell is that they have a large amount of repetitive data that needs to be organized and presented to the end user in a way that allows searching and ordering for ease of use. They may have a number of similar products - like cars for instance - and each car has certain options, features, milage, prices and images... A database website simply organizes these various "cars" so that the user can search through them quickly to find the model or price range they desire.

A database-driven website has two parts however. The 'front-end' as described above is the public side, the part that your customer sees, the products and their many details.

The other part to a database-driven website is the 'back-end' or the hidden, password-protected area that the company's employees use to 'upload' the products and their various data.

Database development is SynergyPro Solution's specialty and a vast majority of our clients require one is some form or fashion. If you think your company would benefit from an organized online data platform give us a call and we'll discuss the many aspects of databases with you and help you decide on a solution.

In the meantime take a look at a few of the database-driven websites we've developed over the years.

Inventory Management Systems

An Inventory Management System is really just a database solution that helps a company organize their stock and present it in it's various states to the end user.

The difference between a database website and an inventory management system is the way in which your employees use it. Think of an inventory management system as an application that runs over the web. Your employees can login to the system from anywhere and update the inventory as the need arises so that the company always has an accurate view of current stock.

A car dealership is a great example of how an inventory management system could be beneficial. There are always a certain number of vehicles on 'the lot'. As new vehicles arrive by the truck load the lot manager adds each new vehicle and it's price and options so that the sales team can 'look up' vehicles instantly for a customer.

Once that sales person sells their customer a vehicle the he/she can then login to the inventory management system and mark that vehicle as "SOLD". This way the other sales people know immediately that they can no longer offer that vehicle to new customers.

Now, the beauty of this system is that it runs from a database and can be presented on the a company's website so that customers from home can see what's available at any given moment on that dealer's lot. Those vehicles marked as "SOLD" will not even appear so the user always has a clear and accurate representation of the dealership's inventory.

We have developed scores of inventory management systems for companies over the years particularly for RV Hotline Canada and it's many member dealerships.

Content Management Systems (CMS) As defined by Wikipedia

A web-content-management system implemented as a Web application is for creating and managing HTML content. It is used to manage and control a large, dynamic collection of Web material (HTML documents and their associated images). The software provides authoring tools designed to allow users with little knowledge of programming languages or markup languages to create and manage online content with relative ease. Most systems use a database to store content, data, or articles that might be needed by the end user.

With a web content management system from SynergyPro Solutions you will gain the ability to update your own website. There are many levels of content management with varying degrees of complexity, but generally we start our clients off with our simplest version if they're new to website management.

In its simplest form our CMS solution retains control of all styles and structures. The system gives you access via a text-editor to the text portions of each web page in your site. You can add pictures and links but we maintain control over the 'style' of the content and the number of pages including as well as the main menu.

More complicated versions of our CMS allow the user to change the site-wide styles and add or delete pages. The more complicated the CMS the more involved administration becomes and the higher levels of experience we recommend.

We also have expertise in developing WYSIWYG systems in partnership with applications like Adobe Contribute.

We suggest a consultation session with our project managers to discuss an appropriate level of CMS for your company and by all means have a look at our CMS case study.

Web Hosting & Email Services As defined by Wikipedia

A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their own website accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own or lease for use by their clients as well as providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data center. Web hosts typically offer a specific number of domain associated email addresses per account or hosting package and may or may not administer hosted domain name(s).

Here at SynergyPro Solutions we offer complete web hosting packages from basic services to corporate solutions.

Our secure location sits on a fibre-optic trunk and we run completely redundant servers with climate control and generation back-up so 'down-time' is kept to an absolute minimum.

If you are new to website development we can take care of everything for you including domain name registration, website design, domain and website hosting and email service so you don't have to wory about a thing.

For those customers who want to run their own server and administer their own website we do offer co-location services and for our higher-traffic sites we have plenty of room in our racks to add as many servers as your site may need.

For a closer look at some of our web hosting packages or corporate email solutions follow the link below or simply give us a call. We're always happy to discuss our various hosting and email packages over the phone.