TLS Web Solutions

Branding, Logo, and Graphic Design Services

Company or corporate branding is more than just slapping colored font on a white background. It is the successful deployment of a simple and memorable identity that is readily recognizable, in the mind of your target audience both online and offline.

This of course requires a professional logo, a corporate color scheme, and a catchy slogan. You want your branding to blend seamlessly in with your presence.

We provide design and development that work hand in hand with your new or existing logo to create your company’s perfect branding solution.

Here are some of the branding solutions we provide:

• Logos Business Cards
• Brochures
• Booklets
• Flyers
• Newsletters
• Web Banner Ads
• E-Newsletter Designs

Design:

Our  Design work speaks for itself and we invite you to visit our portfolio, to see our recent designs and the companies we service. Our  team at TLS Web Solutions excel at logo creation, website design, brand identity, banners, theme creation, and more.  We have dedicated graphic design experts on staff to help assist you with creating a unique branded identity that suits your personal needs.

Development, the fancy name for “we create things”

Tired of editing each page by hand? Want to add limitless interactivity and functionality to your site? All modern database driven websites must use a programming language to handle the templating/logic involved with managing content effectively, a few of the most common is PHP/ASP.Net/ASP/JSP.

You have needs, we provide solutions. We provide a wide range of programming languages that best suit your server/site’s needs. The following list of programming languages that we develop in includes but is not limited to:

• PHP
• ASP.Net
• Active Server Page (ASP)
• JavaScript
• ColdFusion
• C/C++
• Perl
• Delphi
• XML
• Java
• Visual Basic
• Database Development: MS SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle

All web development work is quality control checked on all major browsers including FireFox 2, FireFox 3, Safari, IE7, IE8, Google Chrome, Opera. And if there are ever any problems with the site, help is just an email away.

Database driven web site

Any site that has successfully attracted repeat visitors has to have fresh and constantly updated content. In the world of traditional site building, that means HTML files–and lots of ‘em.

The problem is that, more often than not, the people providing the content for a site are not the same people handling its design. How, then, is the content to get from your hands onto the web site? Not every company can afford to staff a full-time Webmaster.

We at TLS Web Solutions make database driven web sites a snap for even the novice website owner to use. Increase the usefulness of your website by offering events calendars, registration forms, order forms, searchable and sortable information, tabbed navigation, and even bread crumbs to help your users get exactly where they want to go. Make the content as easy to create and edit as using your favorite document editor (Microsoft Word for example). We primarily use the most widely supported and stable content management systems to allow the transition from keyboard to website as simple as 1, 2, 3.

Some of our favorite and preferred content management systems are as follows:

• WordPress
• ModX
• Joomla
• Drupal
• CakePHP

Using a content management saves tons of time and money. Where it may take hours to copy a few pages, edit them by hand in raw HTML, and upload them back to the server… may only take minutes by logging into the CMS and simply clicked “Edit”.

What are examples of database websites?

• Directories of all kinds.
• Real estate listings.
• Events calendars.
• Member directories.
• Community websites.
• Blogs.
• Portals.
• UI Applications
• Small business companies
• Wiki’s

Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing

Gone are the days when you could just throw a website online, stuff it with “meta tags” and the masses would come a-knockin’. Nowadays, you have all kinds of competition with your existing or newly built website. You’ll need to give a bit of thought onto how exactly you can go about marketing your site to your target audience.

But forget obsolete methods such as meta tag stuffing and scams such as submitting your site to “millions of search engines”. Believe us, we know the tricks of trade and doing so can only hinder your websites visibility.

We are experienced in getting all types of websites higher rankings in search engine result pages. We can craft a comprehensive website marketing plan for you that will be right for your business and budget. This plan will include some or all of the following:

• Usability Review
• Keyword Research and Strategy
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
• SEO Copywriting
• Directory Submissions
• Link Building
• Pay-per-click (PPC) Campaigns

Search engine rankings can be tracked and reported to you over time so you’ll know exactly where you stand.

For highly competitive keywords, ongoing work is required. Using a combination of constant content addition through a blog, an aggressive link-building campaign with relevant websites, and search engine optimization can take upwards of 6 months to a year to achieve page one placement.

For less competitive keywords, We can routinely get top 10 rankings quickly, especially if the keyphrases are location based. Depending on keyphrases and variations requested by the client it’s may not require any ongoing work beyond the initial search engine optimization.

Hosting, Email, Domain Names

Hosting is the bread and butter service that keeps your website live and kicking on the web 24/7. We provided reliable hosting services utilizing shared and dedicated servers.

TLS Web Solutions offers high quality hosting for as low as $4/month. If you already have your own hosting, in most cases you may continue to use it.

If your site is very complicated, requires exceptional security, is very large or very popular, you may require what’s known as virtual private hosting ($50+ per month) or even dedicated hosting ($150+ per month). In these cases, we’re right here beside you… just an email away.

Domain Names

Your website’s main URL (www.yourwebsite.com) is its domain name. As experienced creative domain name registers, will help you choose a good domain name that will be easy for you to spell and memorable.

In some cases you may want to purchase more than one domain name and have them all point to one site. For example, you can get yourwebsite.com, yourwebsite.net, and yourwebsite.org.

Custom Email Address(es)

Your hosting will come with the capability for you to have as many custom email addresses as you like, which you can check using webmail and Outlook (or Mac Mail, Thunderbird, Eudora, or any other mail software).

Every custom email account will have the option to turn on the spam filter, or off to let your software take care of the dirty work.

Our web hosting includes:

• As much disk space and bandwidth as your site requires.
• Unlimited custom email addresses.
• PHP scripting, MySQL databases, phpMyAdmin, CGI access
• User control panel.
• Comprehensive site traffic statistics.
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Hosting uptime for 2008 was 99.98%.

Basic Hosting Details may include but not limited to:

• Disk Space: Depending on need and plan, starting at 50 gigabytes
• Bandwidth: Depending on need and plan, 500 gigabytes
• Domains & Subdomains: unlimited
• MySQL Databases: Depending on need and plan, starting at 25
• Mail & FTP Users: unlimited
• Dedicated Static IP Address: $3/month extra
• Domain Aliases: unlimited
• E-Mail Aliases: unlimited
• E-Mail Auto-Responders: unlimited
• SSL Certificate: $100 per year plus Static IP ($36/year)
• Webmail
• Web Access & Error Logs
• Password Protected Directories
• Perl 5.8.4
• PHP 5.1.0
• MySQL 5
• Server Side Includes
• SSH Secure Shell
• POP3 / IMAP / SMTP Server
• File Manager
• Custom DNS Servers on Separate Class C

Maintenance & Upgrades

Your website may require periodic updating of its content or the addition of new features or pages. You have three options:

1. TLS Web Solutions can maintain and/or upgrade your site for you for a economical rate.
2. TLS Web Solutions can install and setup an easy to use Content Managment System that will allow you to make text changes right in your browser, see our manage section. You’ll also be able to manage links, upload files, and more. This option costs more up-front but then after the site launches there are no more ongoing maintenance fees.
3. If your budget for website maintenance is zero and all you want to do is make changes to your site’s text, links, images, etc. For a modest hourly rate we can teach you how to use content managment systems like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and Modx.

Depending on what the purpose of your website is for and what your budget is, certain methods may be more attractive than others. We will gladly discuss all of the options available options and the most probable solution is best suited for you during the conceptual stage.

Our Pricing

Build your own instant custom estimate with our free online quote calculator below, Or request a free estimate via our contact form, and we will respond with 24 hours or less.

TLS Web Solutions charges in hour increments based on a $25 per hour rate. If you have set project budget, please mention it when you contact us.

Websites, like cars or dinner, can be acquired with as much or as little money as you’d care to spend. In general, a higher budget equals higher quality (more time spent on testing), more ‘uniqueness’, and more custom features. “You get what you pay for.” If you have a budget please provide a detailed description when requesting an estimate.

A $300 bare-bones online store and a $3,000 highly polished online store will both sell the same products, but the cheaper store will look like thousands of others, won’t be ‘branded’ other than a simple text logo, you’ll have to enter all the product data yourself, it won’t have much if any search engine work done, and so forth. Still, it’s sometimes better to start small than not to start at all!

The $25/hr rate applies to:

• Custom forms.
• Programming and scripts.
• Consultation.
• Graphic design.
• Web / usability / interface design.
• Database work.
• Search engine optimization (SEO).
• Placement and formatting of text content.
• Copying and pasting content from one website to another, including a redesigned one.
• Data entry.
• Most Other Various Services
• Social Marketing/Blogging rates are negotiable.

Third party fees (hosting, security certificates, merchant accounts, stock photos) are extra and are not marked up if you directly purchase them.

Why PER HOUR PRICING benefits you:

1. You decide how ‘refined’, customized, and unique you want your site to be. If you’re happy with an out-of-the-box website, you can now get one inexpensively.
2. No haggling over what’s included in the price and what isn’t. If you want it included, just ask for it. And TLS Web Solutions won’t “pad your hours” doing necessary things. We take pride in speed and efficiency. We do NOT stare at a blank screen, change a font color and log it as an hour. You can count on all of our services to be provided at a fair price and delivered within a reasonable time frame.

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