Database-driven web sites without programming Startup/business
California,
United States
http://www.webvanta.com
Webvanta is hosted content management system that enables designers to deliver sites with powerful back-end capabilities, without having to contract with a programmer. We believe that web site creation will move to a SaaS model, and that the existing hosted CMS offerings are either too simple or far too expensive.
Webvanta offers the power of a CMS such as Drupal, with the ease of use of a hosted service like Wordpress.com. As a fully-supported, integrated solution, we provide a higher-quality, easier-to-use environment for both web designers and site owners.
Webvanta gives designers all the tools they need to make their sites look exactly how they want, using the same HTML and CSS tools they are accustomed to, while making it easy for the designers' clients to maintain the site. It is the first such service to make it truly simple for a front-end designer to incorporate custom database structures and sophisticated back-end features.
We're presenting tonight at SF New Tech. Come on down if you're in SF, lots of interesting stuff there. Tickets here: http://bit.ly/FA9pW
on November 18
A few months ago, we volunteered to help build a new site for West County Health Centers (www.wchealth.org). We got them started, and then the staff and interns built an impressive site. A small team of dedicated (but non-technical) folks can built a rich site with Webvanta.
on October 25
A new Webvanta site: www.alkemieicecream.com
It was a big upgrade from their blog-based site for this startup dairy-free ice cream maker.
on October 22
Today, most web designers need to add thousands of dollars to the project cost to provide a CMS solution, especially if the project requires a custom database structure. Webvanta eliminates this cost and enables designers to deliver better sites at lower cost and with less pain.
Compared with other hosted CMS solutions, such as Wordpress.com or CushyCMS.com, Webvanta offers far more power and back-end capability. We can also implement custom back-end features as needed, and the service is fully documented and supported.
Compared with self-hosted systems, such as Drupal and Joomla, Webvanta eliminates all the pain of managing a server, keeping up with software updates and security patches, backups, monitoring, and so forth. (See Webvanta compared with Drupal)
Compared with open-source solutions, Webvanta offers designers a fully supported, integrated solution that makes their job easier. See Webvanta and Open Source.
Michael Slater, CEO,
has 30 years experience creating successful startups. He was most recently
Director of Research at Adobe Systems. He was previously Chairman of Fotiva, a
venture-backed software company that was acquired by Adobe in 2001. Prior to
Fotiva, he was founder of Microprocessor
Report, which he sold to Ziff-Davis.
Christopher Haupt, CTO,
is a software architect and developer with more than 25 years experience in
both startups and established companies. At Adobe, he most recently was
Director of Engineering for the consumer online services group, and also led
the Photoshop Extended engineering team.
Webvanta's system is based on a proprietary software layer on top of a variety of open-source technologies, including Ruby on Rails, nginx, Linux, and MySQL.
Our defensibility is based largely on our understanding of designer needs, ability to craft a streamlined and high-performance system, and the tight relationships with our designer customers.
California,
United States
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