Technical development provides the functionality of your web site. All sites have some level of technical requirements from basic web hosting to e-commerce to complex web applications.

Technical Functionality Tips

• Many inexpensive packaged scripts exist to add functionality to your site. Proper use of these resources can dramatically increase the value and uniqueness of your site for little costs.
• Technical development can be used to tailor site content to the specific needs of the user.
• Use functionality to gather information about who is visiting your site.

Technical Development Types

• Hosting/Networking
  Makes your web pages and applications accessible to the Internet (or Intranet)
• Web applications
  Adds dynamic functionality to your site
• e-Commerce
  Allows people to buy products from your site

Technical Development Process

• Architecture Planning
  Select the platform hardware and software for your site and applications.
• Application Design
  Specify application functionality to best meet your needs
• Application Development
  Programming and hardware configuration, testing and implementation

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