Sometimes you may need to move a Joomla installation to another host server. It could be that you are moving it from a development server on your local machine, from a demo server to the live server, or you simply want to change host. In this article I hope to explain the normal scenario.

Tips for Google

This article will look at tips for getting better rankings on Google.  For most websites Google is the most important search engine to target.  I am going to show you tips for optimising your site for Google, points that will enable you to improve your site's visibility.  Most small business website owners are quite lazy or ignorant when it comes to search engine optimisation, so this is where you can get ahead.

People who insist on reinventing the wheel

I never cease to be amazed of how some people's vanity seems to surface when they commission a website.  They basically want to create everything from scratch, thereby giving them the feeling that the website is "designer made", much like fashion addicts can't wear off-the-shelf clothes.  These people think that any prepackaged solution is far beneath them and their grand website.  I came across one of them the other day.  He wanted a website with a range of CMS capabilities.  I of course suggested using Joomla, and if there was a thing Joomla did not cover, then develop a component that did cover it.

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Why are you paying more for dynamic sites?

It's because they are more complex and difficult to set up, right?  Wrong!  The truth is that such sites are as easy, and often easier, to set up than ordinary static sites.  So why are you then charged more for it?

I'm going to let you in on a little webdesign secret.  You see, webdesigners have traditionally had a nice little recurring income from clients coming back to them and asking "please can you add this to my site" and similar things.  The fact is, with CMS driven sites being so much easier to maintain from a client perspective, they now have less need to go back to their webdesigner and asking for things.  So the webdesigners think: hey, if I'm not going to have this recurring income anymore, I need to charge more as a compensation for lost income. 

At Maxweb we feel that this is not very fair or transparent.  We charge for the actual work we need to do for you, resulting in low prices for advanced dynamic sites that many others charge much more for. 

Are you looking for an affordable web design and hosting package?  You have come to the right place.  Not only do we offer great value web design, but if you let us set up your web pages, we'll host the site for free!  Yes, you read it right: £0, $0, zilch, nada.  FREE. It can't be much more affordable than that.