Additional services
Hosting
Every website needs a home, that is a computer on which it sits, physically. Here at igeek we've got rock-solid computers where websites are hosted. We'll make sure your site is well looked-after and maintained every day. All our hosting computers are highly resilient to viruses and spam. Permanently connected to the internet, your site will be available for viewing 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. As an extra layer of security, we make copies of all the websites we host every day, to ensure your website's smooth, uninterrupted running.
If your website has an online shop you can be sure it's secure with your own SSL certificate. And if it contains lots of data, it will benefit from being driven by the popular database, MySQL. All sites hosted by us can benefit from being written in one of the world's most powerful **popular** programming languages, PHP.
Web statistics
As well as showing you how popular your site is, web stats (available online, 24 hours a day) also show you which sites your visitors came from and how many pages they've looked at.
To complement your website, we also offer email accounts. Access your email through your favourite email programme or from any computer with an internet connection, via webmail. We protect all accounts with antispam and antivirus systems.
Pictures, movies and text
We'll happily source professional images, movies and copy for your projects. We can also encode video and create multimedia presentations for your site in industry-standard Flash format.
Domain registration
We can easily register your domain name* so that no-one else can use it. Domain names are typically your business's name followed by .com or .co.uk - igeek.co.uk, for instance. Alternatively you might want to choose a name that reflects what your business does: ibiza-timeshares.co.uk. We're happy to advise you on any choices you might make.
*Please Note : .UK domains are subject to Nominet's Terms & Conditions
Other information
It's your code
Unlike some less scrupulous developers, any work we do for you is yours. Some agencies retain what they call 'intellectual property rights' over work, meaning that even though you've paid for the work, you can't take it and use it anywhere else. However, at igeek we believe that anything you pay for is yours. We ensure that any work we do for you is fully portable too, so if you want to (for instance) have your website hosted elsewhere, it'll move easily.
Accessibility
UK law states that web sites must not discriminate against disabled people. If someone feels they have been discriminated against because your website content is not accessible they can make a legal claim against your business. igeek can make sure your site is fully accessible, enabling you to increase your potential customer numbers and avoiding legal claims.
Standards compliance
If we write a website for you, we ensure that the site will be accessible by PCs, Apple Macs, PDAs and smartphones (such as the iPhone). This has the effect of improving your site's search engine ranking and, of course, allowing the greatest number of people to access it.
Open-source software
With the prevalence of hackers and viruses on the internet, security has become an issue of prime importance. igeek use primarily open-source software such as the Apache web server and MySQL databases. Open-source software has proven itself to be more reliable than competing proprietary systems. For these reasons, open-source software runs over 60% of the websites on the internet.
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