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WSCraft is a development platform that enables a single Web designer who knows only HTML and CSS to build a dynamic site without partnering with PHP or ASP programmers.
HTML and CSS. That's all you need to build a powerful dynamic Website.
WSCraft is designed to enable you to enhance your clients' base. Earlier designers with limited resources had to lose big accounts because such projects typically required a PHP or ASP programmer.
With WSCraft, you need only to know HTML and CSS to create, deploy, and maintain powerful dynamic Websites of any scale. Now you may land most of large accounts without involving additional resources and successfully compete with big design firms. WSCraft lets you cost-effectively perform potentially any project, a small business site to a large community portal.
It depends whether or not you are a partner. You can find the regular fees on the
WSCraft Store page. If you a partner, you acquire the licenses and plugins with 30% discount.
One license entitles you to build and maintain one site. If you need to create a new site, you are required to acquire a separate license.
Typicaly, a development process look like this:
1. Design a graphic concept in an imaging software, such as Adobe Photoshop, that you usually use.
2. Code up HTML templates in an HTML editor, such as Macromedia Dreamveawer or Microsoft FrontPage, that you usually use.
3. Integrate HTML templates into WSCraft and define content output by using an HTML editor of your choice and WSCraft development tools.
4. Configure site structure, navigation, and site menu behavior by using WSCraft development tools.
When you finished, your client get a dynamic Website powered by the fully functional content management system installed on a client's server and available through the Web.
Design integration process is replacing portions of content in HTML templates that should be displayed dynamically, such as navigation menu, texts, and images, with simple references that define which and how each piece of content should be displayed.
To get an idea how your HTML template can look being integrated in WSCraft, view the WSCraft video tutorials.
Sure. You can design and apply your own styles by editing an ordinary CSS file.
You create design templates in the same manner as you do it now. You can use an HTML editor of your choice or the WSCraft built-in editor.
Yes, of course. When you are working with WSCraft, you deal with a pure HTML/CSS code that is completely isolated from a programming code. So if you like to use CSS to define a page layout which should be free from layout tables, there is no reason to stop using them when working with WSCraft. You can even continue using your favorite HTML editor - Dreamweaver, FrontPage, Notepad, and whatsoever.
Yes, of course. You can user any HTML editor you like. WSCraft does not make you to change the way you work.
You can just take HTML templates of your customer and integrate them "as is" into WSCraft. Please see the WSCraft
video tutorials to understand some WSCraft essentials.
Additionally, you get a full documentation package along with professional technical support when acquiring WSCraft so we will be always happy to assist you.
Although we prepared these templates for demonstration purposes only, you can use or customize them, if you like.
Yes, of course. You can intergate any template into WSCraft, including those you bought on TemplateMonster.
WSCraft has an open architecture that enables you to hire an independent PHP developer who can program an extra feature. Then it can be integrated into WSCraft as a plugin. You will be able to display content generated by the plugin in the same way as you do it with any other dynamic content defined through the WSCraft Administrative Panel.
Yes, there are two options available to you:
Option 1. If your client is not currently using a forum, like vBulletin, phpBB, Simple Forum Machines, and Invision Power Board, and needs a simple solution, you can acquire and provide your client with the CuteForum plugin.
It provides all basic features of every forum, including opening topics, posting replies, moderating, and managing permissions. Since CuteForum is integrated into the WSCraft Administrative Panel, forum settings can be managed from one central location. Additionally, user groups created by using the WSCraft tools are available in CuteForum so your client can manage access of site visitors not only to the Website pages, but to the forums as well.
However, CuteForum does not include advanced features, like private messaging. If your client needs an advanced solution, then you may consider specialized software.
Option 2. You can install and use popular forums, like vBulletin, phpBB, Simple Forum Machines, and Invision Power Board, and integrate forum membership. It enables you to manage access of users registered on the forum to the content of WSCraft-based Website directly from the WSCraft Administrative Panel. WSCraft enables membership integration with vBulletin, phpBB, Simple Machine, and Invision Power Board.
Yes, WSCraft completely support AJAX. You can use it in any area of a Website, including navigation menu and part of a page.
Yes, of course! As WSCraft lets you work with a pure HTML code, you add a Flash movie to a page in the same way as you do it in an ordinary HTML template.
Yes, you can. To speed up the development process, you may also install WSCraft on a local host and then move the files to a client's server.
Most of HTML code is created by you as you build HTML templates. However, there is a relatively small part that is generated by WSCraft. This part is completely conforms to XHTML specification.
WSCraft provides various tools that help you increase ranking level of a Website in search engines. These tools include generating a user-defined URL, generating and submitting an XML site map for to Google, and definng keywords and other metatags for each page individually.
Yes, you can. However, please remember that after one year passed, you are required either purchase WSCraft Premium or WSCraft Ultimate for unlimited period of time or remove all the WSCraft files your client's server and other media.
