New Features and Controls in ASP.NET Applications

       To create or build great websites and web applications the best secured framework is ASP.NET. We can use HTML, CSS and JavaScript to make application more attractive and functional. ASP.NET is a great framework that can be used to create or develop:

Ø  WEB Sites

Ø  WEB APIs

Ø  Mobile apps

Ø  Ecommerce Development

Ø  CRM development

Ø  Real time systems

Ø  Portal Development

Ø  Shopping Cart

Ø  Print Media Application

Ø  Social Networking sites

Ø  Windows Development

Ø  Customize Application Development

WEB Sites

High standard based websites are building using ASP.NET with HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. ASP.NET mainly supports three development models for making web sites.

1)   ASP.NET Web Pages: ASP.NET Web Pages are the easiest development model for developing ASP.NET web sites. ASP.NET Web pages are code-behind model which allows static text to remain on the .aspx page, while dynamic code remains in an .aspx.vb or .aspx.cs or .aspx.fs file (depending on the programming language used).

2)   ASP.NET MVC: MVC is a model for building web applications using a MVC (Model View Controller) design. ASP.NET MVC is used to full control over HTML markup, code and markup separated, and easy to write tests.

3)   ASP.NET Web Forms:  Web Forms is the traditional ASP.NET model, based on event driven Web Forms and post backs. Controls and an events model are used in ASP.NET Web Forms for component-based development.

Web APIs

        ASP.NET involves ASP.NET Web API that is a framework to build HTTP services including browsers and mobile devices that achieve a broad range of clients. ASP.NET Web API is an ideal platform for building REST-ful applications on the .NET Framework. ASP.NET Web APIs can provide data services to mobile apps like Windows Phones, iPhones, Android and more. ASP.NET Web APIs can be applied in any ASP.NET Web Application, including ASP.NET Web Pages, ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms.

Mobile Apps

        In the world of web designing and development Twitter Bootstrap is called as a blessing for the designers these days because it does things easier and faster. Its responsive design framework is included in ASP.NET vs2013. You can use any CSS framework or open grid system you choose or maybe select a powerful mobile system like jQuery Mobile and great mobile applications with Phone-Gap.

Connect Infosoft’s  ASP.NET application development team can provide you various windows and mobile applications in ASP.NET Framwork. For more information you can contact us.

CMS- Empowering the Website Owners

Content Management System could be one of the greatest achievements in the web application development industry. It has totally changed the way it is being perceived by the users. Web applications are no more extremely expensive, needs special skills to administer and inflexible but affordable and can be managed with the basic computer skills.

A good cms development company can customize them as per your requirement which gives you complete freedom to control and manage the content on your site. There are various CMS open source framework in the market that provides out of box features and can be further customized as per the requirement. The web designing companies are constantly making efforts to make it more and more user friendly. These web solution companies have been making even more efforts to provide their clients the best experience with online web applications.

A good CMS solution:

-Keeps the site organized
-Reduces the site maintenance costs
-Gives you the full control of your website
-Facilitates document control, auditing, editing and timeline management.
-Stores data in database making data storage and retrieval easy.
-Makes easier to change the design element
-Facilitates various plug ins which allows to customize functionality very easily.

CMS offers many benefits to the online marketers. It has eased the way online sellers and buyers communicate. It has appealing designs, goes well will social media and enhances your brad’s image in international market.

It has been all glossy till now, but each platform has disadvantages and there’s nothing different with CMS. A CMS solution which doesn’t suits your requirement could be a nightmare for your business. There are various CMS open source framework to choose from and you really need to know them inside out before you could decide which suits you the best. Here a good web designing company comes very handy.  Web solution companies have been sprouting all over like anything. In Switzerland alone there are hundreds of such companies.

Connectinfosoft is a quality CMS development company providing its services all over Switzerland. It is one of the premium Switzerland’s web designing companies. It has the expertise on various technologies like wordpress, joomla, magento, ASPDotNetStoreFront, php etc and has successfully delivered more than hundred projects all over the world. Connectinfosoft aims to be one of the best Switzerlands web designing companies.

Wordpress and Magento- Rivals or Buddies?

Custom Web Application has become the Mantra of success for various online businesses. The open source has further decreased the cost of custom web application development. There have been various rivals in the market always competing to become the favorite of the users. And of course amongst all this it’s the user who is the lucky stiff. He has the endless options to choose from. Wordpress and Magento are the two from various rivals. Extremely good in their own rights, they have some amazing distinguishing features which makes them unique.

Wordpress customization is the perfect fit for small site which sells few items and use paypal for payments; while Magento is well suited for large number of items with several shipping methods and uses local banks as payment gateways. There are large no of developers providing wordpress customization services all around the world. The wordpress plugin developers can provide you with just what you want. Magento ecommerce solution is one of the best ecommerce solutions. The whole ecommerce flow from sign up to transaction is very closely managed where wordpress may lack. Magento ecommerce solution provides out of box payment options while wordpress is good with paypal only and may not go well with other gateway areas. Wordpress is the most flexible CMS and this is where Magento lacks. Wordpress plugin developers can enhance the WP ecommerce with thousands of brilliant features.

The most interesting thing is, users can have the best of both worlds. One can achieve a great custom web application by integrating Magento into Wordpress or the vice- versa. It can be an awesome blend leveraging the CMS capability of wordpress and the powerful ecommerce Magento. A Magento into Wordpress can provide mini shipping cart that will carry over the number of items in the cart on the wordpress page while the other way out will provide you the WP content and variables onto your Magento page.

All we can conclude is the number of ways in which an application can be customized is only limited by your imagination and of course good developers. So, please give Connect Infosoft a chance to provide wings to your imaginations.

The Web Evolution

Can you imagine a world without “Google” or “Internet Banking”? Probably no!! It has become such an important part of our lives that merely a thought of it could cause goose bumps for many of us.  We use various Web Applications in our daily lives in form of e- mails, online banking, online shopping, music downloads, security measures and much more. Theoretically a web application is an application that is accessed by the users over a network such as internet or intranet. Web applications have become very popular now a day and the reason being is the ubiquity of the web browsers.

Custom web application development has never been easier. The invention of open source framework has simplified and dramatically revolutionized the custom web application development. It has become affordable and do not require any complex roll out procedure for implementation. It allows the developer to focus on the unique part of the application. The most interesting thing about web applications is that is requires little or no space on client’s disk, all it needs is a compatible web browser.

Introduction of PHP could be stated as a turning point in the field of custom web application development. It is the most flexible scripting language. It is compatible with almost all operating systems from Microsoft Windows to Android and can be integrated with all major open sources like wordpress, joomla, magento etc. There are around 5 million developers for custom php development worldwide. Some of the biggest online brands like Facebook, Flickr, and Yahoo are powered by php. custom php development can provide some really cool feature
like:

Sending e-mails through form
Creating member log-in
Counting visitors, creating calendar
Hosting a web forum

Another big thing in web industry could only be “Wordpress”. Well, the statistics says so. It is the most widely used and popular CMS powering 72.4 million websites as of March’ 2012. It has the biggest market share of 53.8 % as compared to Joomla and Drupal which accounts for 9.2 and 6.7 percents. There are around 19000+ free plug ins available in the market which have been downloaded around 85,000,000 times. All these exciting features make wordpress website development even more exciting. Through custom wordpress development you can achieve:

A static website
A directory
An image gallery
An eCommerce site
A discussion forum

E-commerce has defiantly changed the way we shop today. Any product from any part of the world is just a click away. It has globalized the market. Magento is the open source framework that has revolutionized e-commerce. Magento’s client list includes Samsung, The North Force, Stussy and Nespresso. It is fastest growing e-commerce platform with more than 30,000 merchants currently using it. It has two versions, Enterprise edition and Community edition. One has to pay for the enterprise edition which is full packed with useful features while community version can be downloaded for free which has been downloaded over I million times. The magento website development is well supported by online forums. A customized magento website development provides you:

Control of multiple website and stores through one admin
CMS for informational pages
Multiple language, currency and tax rates support
SSL security support
Guest checkouts

Why You Should Care About Good SEO

Market has not been so competitive ever before. Now it’s not about how customers reach you but its how you reach your customers. Online presence could be one of the most effective medium. But it may turn out to be ineffective and wastage of resources in absence of quality seo services. There are various SEO specialist companies in the market to choose from. Such companies can help you to climb the ladders to the top search results.
 
SEO structures the web page so that it could be found, read and indexed by search engines. This whole process could be little longer. There are certain points which should be kept in mind in order to achieve good SEO results:

•Patient is the key. SEO doesn’t give instant results, if it does so it may not last longer.
•Site domain name should contain words from primary keyword phrase.
•Keyword density is a very important part of search engine optimization and should be taken care of.
•Each page should have different title with 2 or 3 of keywords in the beginning.
•There should be quantity and quality contents on the website which is capable of keeping your visitors engaged.
•A common site theme throughout the website can help it rank better. Search engines can be made to detect the theme of the website by using a similar keyword phrases in each page.
There are various ways of search engine optimization. A good SEO specialist company can provide excellent results via mix n match of these different methods:

On page optimization:

This type of optimization can be controlled by developers through the coding of the website. Some examples of on page optimization are- HTML codes, meta tags, keyword placement, keyword density.

Off page optimization:

This cannot be controlled by us or the coding of the website. Link popularity and page rank are some common example of off page optimization.
 
Social media optimization:

The process of increasing awareness about a product, brand or event by using various social media outlet is known as social media optimization. Facebook, twitter, MySpace are some of the most popular online social media.

Pay per click (ppc services):

PPC service is quite different from SEO services but at the end it increases traffic to your website. It is a quick and cheap marketing alternative to SEO. Although PPC service can give instant results but SEO can overtake it in terms of cost effectiveness as the former is charges for every click. An SEO specialist company can however utilize the best of both.  PPC services can be used in the initial stage of a website optimization when you are still making efforts to get in the top search results. Once it is achieved, ppc can still be used to fill gaps where site is not naturally visible, for testing new keywords and short term campaigns.

Connect Infosoft has the experience and expertise in providing SEO services to the clients in various countries. It can give you the best results through its tried and tested techniques of SEO.