Why are you here Today s Agenda

Why are you here?

Today’s Agenda • • • A quick Designer Success recap Introducing your toolkit Building a website from scratch with Triangle Building an Online Shop Building a web application without programming

Websites are Dead

Online Businesses, Not Websites An online business gives your clients so much more …

The 3 rd Tool - Triangle

Let’s get started!

How to use Business Catalyst

Setting the Scene • We’re about to create a $10, 000+ Real Estate site in under 4 hours • What are others doing with Business Catalyst?

Our “Real Estate” site matrix • A Site Matrix is like a site map, but with the added dimension of “functionality”. • We follow the site matrix to build our online business. Template Name Template Functionality Description Main Template • Nav Menus • Listing Search • Printer View Main template for all pages Printer Template Nav Menus Template for printing pages

“Real Estate” cont. Page Name Page Functions Description Home Email List subscription Home page for our site, with listings and email subscriptions About Us Breadcrumbs About our company Contact Us Breadcrumbs, Contact Web Form Contact page with our details and a contact web form FAQ Breadcrumbs, FAQs Database of FAQ questions Search Results Breadcrumbs A page for a listing search’s search results

Web App Design – Real Estate • Real estate listings (Buying Only) • What information is important? – – – – Location of the house (Suburb, Address) Pictures of the house (thumbnail, large) Property Type (Unit, Townhouse, House) Bedrooms (Studio, 1, 2, 3 4, 5+) Bathrooms (number) Car spaces (number) Listing Name Short and Long Descriptions

Compare: Implementing a searchable Real Estate site

What it Costs

The PAMP Program