What is Zip Web Design?
At Zip we are a full-blown Web Design & Production facility, also a Technology Incubator. Our products include, hosting, domain registration, email and technology consulting. We work primarily in the Caribbean.
Does ZipTechnologies do Advertising work?
We are not an advertising company but we do work with Ad companies to create online Flash, Movie, Animation and static ads for clients. Our relationship is usually close with the Ad agencies of our clients.
Do you host your websites in Jamaica?
No! Jamaica does not have trunks that are fast enough or redundant enough to meet the needs of some of our larger clients. Some of our clients have 'time critical' data responsibilities and this requires us to host their information on one of the major worldwide Internet trunk intersections in a facility with triple redundancy in server farms, UPS backups, cooling facilities etc.
What is Web 2.0 and how does it relate to websites Zip builds?
Does "Web 2.0" mean anything? Till recently I thought it didn't, but the truth turns out to be more complicated. Web 2.0 is a phrase coined by O'Reilly Media in 2003. The Web of documents has morphed into a Web of data. We are no longer just looking to the same old sources for information. Now we’re looking to a new set of tools to aggregate and remix microcontent in new and useful ways.
These tools, the interfaces of Web 2.0, that allow us as designers to accomplish this, will become the frontier of design innovation.
How long does it take to design a website?
Web design and development projects can take as little as a few weeks to as long as a few months. In order for the project to go smoothly, it is therefore, important that all necessary content, reviews and approvals are done in a timely manner.
Also key to the meeting the project deadline (which is estimated at the start of the project), is a great two-way stream of communication, in addition to a commitment to our five-phase process; Discover – Define – Design – Develop - Deploy, which helps enhance project focus and ensures timely and frugal budget control.
