PGSD
Frequently Asked Questions
Web Page Design and Build
Q1: Your web page designs are superb.
How do you do it?
We source designs from some of the world's leading
designers and adapt these to your requirements.
Q2: Doesn't this make my web site
development more expensive?
Absolutely not! In fact it makes your web site
development considerably cheaper because we do not have to spend lots of
our time and your money developing complex HTML code to your specific
requirements.
Q3: Doesn't this mean I end up with
someone else's web page design?
No, for the same reason that there are no two houses
in the world exactly the same. We start off with a basic design
and modify it to your requirements.
Q4: OK, so it reduces the cost.
By how much?
Typically we find the total cost of the web page
design and development is cut to less than a half and possibly as much
as a quarter the cost of our competitors using more traditional
approaches to web page design and development.
Q5: What other benefits are available
to me as a result of this approach?
Well, the main one is that we can show you a range of
designs before we incur any significant costs. Just tell us about
your needs and any ideas you may have for a web site and we'll put
together a range of designs that we feel will best meet your needs.
You then choose the design that you like the best.
Q6: So what products do you use for
web page development?
Our main tool is currently Microsoft Front Page 2002.
Q7: Do you host the web sites that you
develop?
No, we're not in this line of business. Web
hosting is a specialised and competitive business. We seek out the
best deals that will best meet your needs and budget and advise you
accordingly.
Q8: Can you develop e-commerce web
solutions?
Yes. E-commerce solutions involve more
complexity and specialised skills and pose different hosting
considerations. We will gladly work through these issues with you
in more detailed discussions.
Windows Application Development
Q9: What about your Windows application
development services?
Certainly, what would you like to know?
Q10: What benefits do I obtain from using
your services?
Our extensive experience and use of productivity
enhancing development tools mean that we can develop Windows solutions
to a professional standard at extremely competitive prices.
Q11: So what is your main development tool?
We use Alpha Five version 5 from Alpha Software
Corporation.
Q12: Where can I find out more about Alpha
Five?
Visit the Alpha Five web site at
www.alphasoftware.com.
Q13: Can you develop my application using
Microsoft Access?
Yes, but we prefer not to because we achieve a
productivity improvement using Alpha Five that we cannot achieve using
Access. This translates into a cost saving for you.
Q14: How much will this save me?
It may well cut the cost of your development by a
factor of half or more.
Q15: What types of applications can you
develop?
Any application for the Microsoft Windows environment
intended to run on a single user personal computer or multi-user PC
local area network. Up to ten or twenty simultaneous users can be
readily supported, possibly more depending on the design and capacity of
your PCs and network.
Q16: Wouldn't it be cheaper for me to buy a
ready-made application?
Absolutely. If there is already a product out
there that will meet your needs then this may very well be a cheaper
alternative for you. We can also help you to locate such a product
and evaluate it against your needs. Contact us for further advice
and we will be pleased to assist.
Business Reports Creation
Q17: I want to analyse my business data more
effectively. How can you help?
That's exactly what we do. We have many years of
experience designing and developing business reports to produce
information that you need to run your business.
Q18: How do you do this?
Using our expertise and a range of leading products
for the Microsoft Windows environment we can build for you reports and
reporting applications that analyse your data and produce the
information you are after. Alternatively, we can provide the
training you need so that you can do this yourself.
Q19: What sort of reports can you create?
Absolutely anything and everything. From
straight forward customer lists and detailed sales and stock-on-hand
analyses to fully customised reports that allow you to select particular
date ranges, customers and branches immediately before you run the
report.
Q20: What products do you use for reporting?
We have a range of options available including R&R
Report Writer and Alpha Five. Crystal Reports is another option.
We help you to choose a solution that best matches your needs.
Q21: Can you report from my data?
Most likely yes. If we can get your data into
any one of the standard formats supported in the Microsoft Windows
environment, we will be able to report from it. We can use the
ODBC standard (open database connectivity) to access many formats.
For example, the dBASE format is particularly easy to work with.
Q22: That sounds like exactly what I am
after. What next?
Just contact us at the email address above outlining
what you have in mind and we'll take it from there.
