Latest Hammer products & developments
It is always possible to see the biggest changes in design and the whole user experience but as you would expect of Hammer now, they have written plenty of new software from scratch, behind the scenes committed to the pursuit of excellence, and making sure that everything delivered is to the highest standard.
New features and functions
We have been pretty busy over the last few months developing and pushing new features and controls to enhance the whole user experience. Some of the more visually obvious ideas include a Flipping Book as seen in the new Hammer Design portfolio, a commentable blog, user defined RSS feeds, and an enhanced search which is both as thorough as it is fast due to the unique way in which it has been written.
Pushing the organic side of SEO and allowing the website owner to increase site content and referring links we have built some simple but effective tools such as our advanced user controlled footer menus, Web 2.0 most recent pages, recent blog, news, events and galleries. Additionally we have develped a cunning layered click away landing page for those users where a simple landing page advertisement for their website is important. While retaining the search engine visibility for the rest of their site.
Enhancing the graphical components of websites we have been busy writing more flash advertisements, developing smart advanced 'year at a view' calendars and some really clever randomised 'on, hold and off' javascript controls for users to get maximum content with maximium clarity for the user. Rollover javascript balloons and talk bubbles allow easy at a glance views of multiple pages and their summary information. High quality embedded video is now really taking off and Vimeo is a great way of doing this now - simply through our CMS.
E-commerce systems: We have rolled out a full PayPal for business e-commerce entry level system as well as several new extensive shopping cart developments for clients including multiple currencies, multiple languages and multiple price control and discounting. The big e-commerce news will come at the end of this year. So watch this space, as they say.
Software development
OSPREY TAKES TO THE AIR
Smaller businesses and owner-operators can now take control of their websites with ease and at an affordable price thanks to Osprey, our brand new entry-level website management system (WMS).
Your creative online ambitions are no longer limited by your budget because with Osprey the sky is the limit.
As your business grows you can use Osprey to quickly and effectively amend and develop your website, without the need to keep going back to your web designer. You can access your own website from anywhere in the world via a secure log in and you are then presented with a user-friendly interface, with ‘WYSIWYG’ (What You See Is What You Get) page-editing making uploading and editing text and images, pages and structures throughout the website simple and quick.
Drag and drop systems mean that menus and pages can quickly and easily be moved around the site giving you total flexibility to put What You Need Where You Need it (WYN WYN).
With Osprey it really is a “wyn wyn” situation.
v4 LAUNCH for Chameleon Content Management System
We’ve just release v4.0 of our extremely popular Chameleon CMS system, which has been developed and used extensively for over 5 years. With over 100 customers, including some prestigious clients, simplicity is at the heart of our system that our users genuinely love to use.
Chameleon puts you in control with your website and making amends is straight forward which is why our customer support hotline is always as silent as a very silent thing.
NEW for 2009 - Mail+
Mail+ is our NEW for 2009 dedicated e-mail design and delivery system that lets you control when, what and how you deliver personalised e-mail campaigns to your clients.
Whether you use our server for a fast cat fast delivery or using your own ISP’s mail servers you will be able to start creating attention-grabbing and highly personalised campaigns that will pay dividends in customer retention and new business development.
