open source

The advantages of open source websites

Open source software means that with the basic system built, we can use your budget creatively to deploy features and functions to engage your target audience. As well as restyling and remodelling open source platforms to our customers' unique requirements, we also design and build new applications to make the website work for them.

Our customers don’t have to make do with standard functionality.  We will plan, design and build your website to do what you and your market require.

Whether you have a budget of £3,000 or £300,000, open source software is a great starting point. In our portfolio you will find both fully custom-built sites and sites built on open source platforms and we are confident that you, as a user,  won’t be able to tell the difference. The main benefits for you are:

Flexibility – the platforms we use allow us to add new features to keep your website up to date without rebuilding the whole site. Think of it as a Lego set to which we can add new bricks as you need them.

Freedom – we base our relationships with our clients on the principle that you want to work with us and you're not stuck with us.  If for any reason you decide to end your relationship with us or we don’t exist anymore (not that we're not confident about our future), you're not left with a website no-one can work with.

Cost – we aren’t having to re-invent the wheel every time. With the basic structure in place, your budget can be spent on the ‘user experience’.

Robustness - the open source platforms we work with such as Joomla, Moodle, Magento and Drupal, are incredibly good.  Taking Joomla as an example, over 30 million websites are built on this platform, with contributions from countless million developers in refining, testing and developing it.