Lucid Web Design is a Melbourne based web design business that's been around since 1997. We design standards compliant web sites that are accessible and search engine friendly. Whether you are after a small web presence or a fully featured content management system, we can do it.
- web site design
- static sites
- dynamic sites
- website hosting
- ongoing support including website maintenance and updates
No Clean Feed
The stated intent of Senator Conroy's "Cleanfeed" is to keep the net nasties at bay. The vast majority of Australians, including us at Lucid Web Design would like to see an internet free ofthings such as child pornography, phishing scams etc. The question is, is there a realistic way of acheiving that goal? Sadly, the answere is no. There is no single magic bullet solution for this problem.
Senator Conroy's proposed mandatory filter will not fixthe problems of the net. Our concers are:
- It may lull people into a false sense of security.
- No filter is perfect and there will always be innocent sites that will be blocked.
- The list of banned sites is secret. There is no way to tell if you are on it. How can you appeal your listing on a secret list? It makes no sense.
- Does Australia really need to be in the same company as China, Saudi Arabia and Iran with regard to internet censorship?
- It is far too easy to by pass the filter. So the filter is a useless waste of taxpayer money.
- Why did the Government cut funding to Australian Federal PoliceOnline Child Sex Exploitation Team in 2008?
Brochure Site
A brochure site is a basic web presence. It may be 1 or 2 pages, a page that explains the nature of your business and a contact page. This is perfect to get your name out there and to tell potential customers about your services. These days, everybody expects a business to have a web site.
A brochure site may be just the thing to get you started.
Basic Static Site
A basic static site consists of several pages, usually around 4 to 5 pages: home, about, services and contact. It is good for a one-way flow of information, from your site to the visitors.
This would suit a small to medium sized business that wants to give a bit more information about products and services. A basic static site is ideal for sites that update every now and again. You can make the changes yourself and upload them by FTP.
We offer 6 free updates per year for every site we design and host.
Content Management Systems
Content Management Systems or CMS are software systems that allow users or groups of users to update content on a web site.
- Do you want to update your site regularly with new articles and information?
- Will your site be updated by several users and be able to keep track of changes?
- Do you want to have online product catalogues or shopping carts?
- Do you want to use your site to keep a group/community of users informed?
If you answered yes to any of those questions then chances are you will need a CMS.
The Advantages of Drupal
It is easy to use & update
You can update your own site when you want - where you want - without fuss. No need to get your web designer to do it for you. Using a properly configured WYSIWYG editor like TinyMCE, you can even paste content from Word and have it take out all those tag peculiar to MS Word.
Value for money
Drupal is open source software, so you don't need to pay any licensing fees or development costs.
Reliable & Secure
Drupal has an extensive and active community supporting it. It is constantly being improved and is subject to extensive testing so you can count on it to be rock solid.
Search-Engine Friendly
It can be configured for friendly URLs. Content output is designed to be standards compliant which will not not help boost your search engine rankings but be accessible as well.
Modular and Extendible
You can add extra features like blogs, forums, e-commerce and calendars if you wish. There are multitudes of third party modules to choose from to extend Drupal.
