There are several things that need to form a part of your website if you are running your own business irrespective of whether you are a large corporation or a small business. The kind of image that is projected by your official business website goes a long way in establishing a rapport with your customers and in determining whether you are likely to attract buyers or not. It is thus very important to carefully consider the aspects that go into building a customer friendly website that can hold the attention of visitors for a time period enough to incite them to make a purchase. Some of the tips that can help you build the perfect website have been mentioned below:

• Potential customers tend to look for useful information that helps them find out more about the origin of your company and your overall policies. This makes it important for an “about us” section to be in place that provides relevant information regarding the ownership of your business and the inspiration behind its formation. This helps create a personal rapport with the customers who are likely to come back to your website and remember your business name. It helps generate an element of human interest and thus attracts more clients.

• Another vital element in a commercial website is the presence of important contact information about your business. If possible, you should also include an authentic address of your offline offices so as to build credibility. Businesses that do not list any contact information or do not answer calls can soon face failure in attracting customers.

• Your website should have a proper list of instructions in place to guide customers on the process of making a purchase from you. The instructions should be detailed and step by step so that potential buyers do not face any problems in placing orders on your website. There also needs to be secure encryption in place that promises to protect the information furnished by customers in the course of their purchase.

• An attractive layout and a welcoming design also goes a long way in ensuring that your website registers more visitors.

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It is very important to have a good ecommerce website in place if you have an online business. With most customers switching to online shopping, it is vital to have a good shopping portal in place for those who wish to place orders from the comfort of their homes. It is not enough to just create an ecommerce website and start receiving orders. You will also need to ensure that the ecommerce website is good enough to serve the needs of customers in an effective manner. There are certain tips that must be considered if you want your ecommerce website design to be successful:

• It is best to hire a professional website designer to create an ecommerce website for your business so that all the technical aspects are properly taken care of and there are no failures later on. By hiring an expert in the field, your website is likely to have a professional touch that is easily discernible from other websites that may have been built by website owners lacking in skill.
• The layout of your website is very important and needs to be attractive and cheerful enough to attract new customers and also bring back old ones. It should be easy for web surfers to navigate through your website and easily find what they are looking for without any hassles.
• It is vital for you to have an IT department at hand to solve all possible glitches and problems that may arise with your ecommerce website. A website that fails while customers are placing orders or shows unnecessary and frequent errors can be quite a turn off for shoppers.
• The mechanism for payment should be secure as well as easy to understand for the average consumer. It should not have excessive complications that are problematic for shoppers. There should be verification of the customer’s identity along with other security measures in place that help protect financial information of shoppers.
• Lastly, your ecommerce website should be designed in accordance with your business vision and the kind of image you wish to project about your company. It should not stand in complete contrast to your market image.

For effective ecommerce website design and implementation, contact us at Centex Technologies (Toll free : (855) 375-9654)

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The broad term of web development includes working for developing a website or the intranet (a private network) or the internet (WWW). The task comprises of development of web content, web design, server side/ client side scripting, client liaison, ecommerce development, web server and network security configuration. However, the web professionals usually define web development as the non-design facets of the main process of web site building, such as coding and writing markup. Web development services can vary from the task of developing the basic single static page of plain text to more complex internet based applications, social network services, and electronic businesses.

For large businesses and organizations, the web development requirement can range from simple html websites to complex web programs. However, smaller businesses may not require such a big lineup. Web development is a very wide-ranging process. It needs an amalgamation of highly independent and synchronized activities that helps to create, promote and keep up a web identity. In this highly viable World Wide Web, the scope of a thriving web development service envelops a proficient blend of designing, programming, web hosting, maintenance as well as online marketing of a web site.

On the whole, the benefits of the web development services for Dallas businesses are:

• It creates a positive presence on the web
• It enables quicker business processing
• Helps to manage business correspondence, communication data and processes
• Benefit from ecommerce hold
• Provides an interactive as well as faster mechanism for customer feedback
• Harnesses maximum out of 24/7 customer presence through scalable and cost effective measures for web marketing

There are many core factors that need to be fulfilled in order to ensure the success of your business. Some of these include the style of designing and thinking, what type of development process is used, the technology employed as well as the quality delivered.

We at Centex Technologies provide Web Development, SEO, Graphic Designing solutions to clients in Dallas and other parts of Central Texas. Feel free to contact us at (855) 375-9654).

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In order to improve the market value of a company, it is very important that some efficient method should be adopted. Owing to the important role being played by technology in the present era, the marketing policies intended by a company should also be in sync with the technological innovation. Nearly all the business companies have their own web sites which, apart from representing the company, provide them a platform to connect with the markets and the prospective customers. It implies the necessity of a properly framed, maintained and promoted web site. Here comes the role of SEO (search engine optimization) services. SEO services are aimed at getting the top ranks in various search engines.

When you plan to make your presence on the internet, it is recommended that you take the help of SEO services. SEO can help in the growth of your business by designing a web site in such effective format that enables you to interact with the customers online.

While hiring SEO services, make sure that they have some previous experience in this field. It is not some layman’s task to make a user friendly website and make it compatible with the search engines. A user friendly website that is optimized for various search engines will receive more traffic than other websites in the same niche.

However, the SEO services are primarily intended to target customers; it should be kept in mind that that your SEO Company should not indulge in Black Hat SEO techniques as they would do more harm than good to your website rankings. It should also be made a point to follow the guidelines available for webmasters by various search engines. It is important to note that serious SEO offences can not only seriously hamper your search engine rankings but can also get you removed from the search engine result list. This makes it imperative to hire the best SEO company.

We at Centex Technologies provide advanced SEO solutions to our clients. We not only aim at getting high rankings for your website but also make sure that your website stands apart from others.

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No matter your business is small scale or large scale, there is a need to provide the computer networks in order to provide confidentiality, reliability and efficiency to the work process. All the requirements should be carefully assessed if you want to create a secure and reliable network.

Given here are two main types of computer networks for small businesses.

Peer to peer network
Peer to peer is a computer networking approach that allows all the computers to share an equal responsibility for data processing. Computers in a peer network have the same networking software and protocols.  Peer networks are also situated in close physical proximity, such as in schools, homes and small businesses.

Benefits

• A peer to peer network is very cost effective.
• It utilizes the built-in networking capacity of operating system. It does not require any special software.
• It allows the sharing of printer, files and numerous other resources among various computers. It allows easy data sharing in both the directions, either download or upload.

Limitations

• Peer to peer computer networks depend upon the employee’s knowledge of computer. The files and data cannot be accessed if the employee has turned the computer off.
• Data and network security are very weak.
• Updating the Widows and antivirus software needs to be done manually on each computer. Thus, it is very time consuming.

Client server networks
The client server network utilizes a centralized server as well as special networking software. This server is used only to run server tasks and store files. The clients are the computers that are linked to the server and would be used by the employees of the company.

Benefits

• All the shared files are stored by the server for every user.
• File backups can be scheduled for the mid night, thus, avoiding network interruptions.
• The server also ensures user security.
• The server also manages email routing, internet access, Windows and antivirus updating.

Limitations

• The implementation of a client server network is pricier than a simple computer network.
• The installation charges and the cost of software for the server network also adds to overall cost of system.
• In case the server goes down, it will have an effect on the entire network.

Thus, both types of computer networks have their own benefits and limitations. Make your choice carefully depending upon the number of employees in your company, how much knowledge they have about computers and your budget to implement the network.

For complete Networking Solutions, Feel free to contact us at Centex Technologies.

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Whether it is an educational, fashion or commercial web site, all of them aim to provide information in the simplest way. The latest buzz word in the website designing domain is simplicity. The users hate to waste their time on a web site in order to search for something. Due to this fact, majority of the web developers aim at designing a web site that is easy to navigate. Given here are some useful tips that you should keep in mind if you want to create a user friendly web site.

Easy navigation

An easy and simple navigation system can do a lot for your web site. Always make sure that the internal pages of your web site have a direct link to the home page. At any point when the users feel the navigation system to be tricky, they prefer to leave the web site rather than wasting their time with it.

Appropriate color combination

Do not make use of too bright shades while developing a web site. Normally, bright colors distract the users’ attention. The use of decent color combinations can be very helpful. They do not strain the eyes. Also, your web site texts should be easy to read so that it can provide the required information to your visitors.

Reduce the use of images

Too much use of images would give the look of a photo gallery rather than a web site. Make a judicious use of images and text to get an impressive outcome. Apart from a better appearance, it will also help in the fast loading of your web site.

Error free

This is the most important part of designing any web site. If the web site will have too many errors, it can have an adverse effect for your web site. Thus, try to make your web site ass error free as possible.

We at Centex Technologies provide Web Development, SEO, Graphic Designing solutions to clients across the globe. Feel free to contact us at (855) 375-9654).

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Wordpress is one of the most popular open source software for creating user friendly websites. Wordpress as on date supports more than 120 million blogs and websites. You can easily download Wordpress scripts for free at Wordpress.org. The scripts can be modified and customized as per need. With wordpress, you can create a newspaper website, online shopping portal, a blog, video library, individual websites, article websites, corporate portals, discussion boards etc easily with Wordpress software.

Why Wordpress is so popular?

Well, wordpress is an amazing tool that can be quickly installed and put in use. Wordpress is compatible with variety of plugins which make it very powerful platform. To add on functionalities to simple wordpress site, you can simply add and activate the desired plugins from “Plugin Library”. You can also change the look and feel of wordpress web applications by choosing the design from thousands of freely available “themes”. They can be installed and activated in minutes.

Wordpress dashboard is an easy to use console which can be managed by anyone who is familiar with internet and computers. You can manage your content, add on links, change categories, add-on tags etc instantly.

Wordpress web sites are considered to be SEO friendly. Structure of wordpress code and various elements in it are in tune with Search Engine’s guidelines for webmasters. With wordpress, you can have Search Engine Friendly URLs and can insert various SEO tags while uploading content. You can also use various SEO plugins to customize meta tags and page titles.

Being open source, wordpress is free for use. Customized wordpress applications can be a powerful tool for organizations who want to have extensive features within their web applications.

We at Centex Technologies provide off-the-shelf web solutions and customized website application services. We have wide experience in working with Wordpress open source and can effectively do customization for the same. Please feel free to contact us at (254) 213-4740 for your web development requirements.

Target: All users of Windows XP and Windows Vista.

If you’re worried about the Conficker worm striking on April 1st, don’t be.

On April 1st the Conficker worm will simply start taking more steps to protect itself. Beginning on April 1st the worm will use a communications system that is more difficult for security researchers to interrupt.

The Conficker worm, sometimes called Downadup or Kido has managed to infect a large number of computers. Specifics are hard to come by, but some researchers estimate that millions of computers have been infected with this threat since January.

What does the Conficker worm do?

The Conficker worm has created secure infrastructure for cybercrime. The worm allows its creators to remotely install software on infected machines. What will that software do? We don’t know. Most likely the worm will be used to create a botnet that will be rented out to criminals who want to send SPAM, steal IDs and direct users to online scams and phishing sites.

The Conficker worm mostly spreads across networks. If it finds a vulnerable computer, it turns off the automatic backup service, deletes previous restore points, disables many security services, blocks access to a number of security web sites and opens infected machines to receive additional programs from the malware’s creator. The worm then tries to spread itself to other computers on the same network.

How does the worm infect a computer?

The Downadup worm tries to take advantage of a problem with Windows (a vulnerability) called MS08-067 to quietly install itself. Users who automatically receive updates from Microsoft are already protected from this. The worm also tries to spread by copying itself into shared folders on networks and by infecting USB devices such as memory sticks.

How does the Conficker worm work? 



How do I remove the Conficker worm?

1) Try using the Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner

2) Try using the Symantec Removal Tool



For more infomration, please visit the following sites:

Microsoft Support

Symantec Support

 

 Centex Technologies, an IT Consulting company announced today that its commitment to quality service and professionalism has been recognized by the leading trade association for the world’s information technology (IT) industry.

The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) has designated Centex Technologies as a CompTIA A+ Authorized Service Center™.

“Designation as a CompTIA A+ Authorized Service Center is validation that a computer service center has achieved the technology industry’s highest recognized level of competence,” said Richard Rysiewicz, vice president, Services, CompTIA. “It is a strong sign that the professionals of Centex Technologies take pride in their work and are committed to advancing the quality of their operations and service.”

The CompTIA Authorized Service Center program recognizes computer, network and server support businesses that employ technicians who have achieved CompTIA professional certifications. These certifications are recognized around the world and throughout the IT industry as the foundation-level skills standards for technology professionals.

To achieve status as a CompTIA A+ Authorized Service Center, at least 50 percent of the service center’s technical staff must be CompTIA A+ certified. CompTIA A+ certification is the IT industry’s recognized skills benchmark for entry into a technology career. Earning CompTIA A+ certification demonstrates a technician has a broad base of knowledge and competency in core hardware and operating system technologies, including installation, configuration, diagnosing, preventive maintenance, and basic networking.

For more information on CompTIA, please visit www.comptia.org .