Category: Web Development
Founded in 2011, FutureLab has always been focused on solving problems. Our point of difference is the way we partner with our customers. Your goal becomes our goal. We don’t just make websites, we work with you to create a custom and innovative solution that will increase efficiency, create a compelling user experience, and future-proof your brand. And it’s all packaged in beautiful, creative web design.
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Important Security Update
Dear FutureLab customer, this news is important, so please take time to read it First of all, Happy New Year. We value your time, especially at this time of the year, and we understand that a lot of the news here will be very technical, which is why you’ll find a handy summary at the end…
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Designing and Developing FutureLab’s New Look – A Guide
Recently we posted a rough guide to what kind of work goes into creating your website. It’s not all just website building – each project takes hours of planning, design, review, testing, writing, and preparation for going live. We want to now go into more detail about how we create a high-end website. To illustrate…
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My budget is… what can I get?
We work with clients and businesses from a range of backgrounds – start-ups with minimal budgets (start-ups with plenty of budget too), established businesses looking to push their online markets, high-level brands looking for one-off custom work for a competition or marketing campaign. And everyone in between, from Auckland to Christchurch and overseas as well.…
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Introducing the Q Card Payment Gateway Plugin
Q Card Payment Gateway – Connect Directly to the Q Card API from your Online Store The team at FutureLab have developed a custom plugin that connects to the new Q Card API from your online store. That means you can now offer your customers another way to pay online, without needing to pay merchant…
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Integrated Maintenance Group – Website Overhaul
One of the larger projects that FutureLab worked on last year was the website design and development for Integrated Maintenance Group, a medium-sized New Zealand engineering company. Integrated Maintenance Group, or IMG, were established in 2003 and have gone on to produce highly customised, multi-million dollar projects for various sites around New Zealand.
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The birds and the bees… website edition
Categories: Web DevelopmentDid you ever wonder how your website comes into being? The process that goes on behind the scenes or how it moves from design, to development, and hops onto your website domain? Presenting… the birds and the bees… WEBSITE EDITION
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How to Pay Double for the Same Job
I want to find out how to pay double for the same job…. Said no one, ever. Yet that’s what a lot of companies unknowingly do when paying for services such as web design and development for their business, by choosing large companies with large overheads. Read more to find out how you can minimise…
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In the balance: between dicey and pricey web design
We’re a small business and we work with small and medium businesses with a range of budgets. We often find when talking to our existing clients and potential ones that there is not a clear understanding of what kind of web design we do and how much it should cost. Large businesses may be used…
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WordPress CMS: improving the web world since 2003
We recently looked at the difference between open-source and closed-source software for websites and why we recommend using open-source software to design your business website. (If you use your web company’s proprietary software, you may end up being locked-in to high prices with no chance of walking away and keeping your own website.) In particular,…
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The number one question to ask your web developer
Forget about the pretty logo, even forget about promises of increased sales and revenue. The number one question you need to ask your web developer before going ahead is ‘DO I OWN MY WEBSITE?’ The answer you receive may surprise you. Many businesses may not realise that they don’t in fact own their website. And…
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History of FutureLab
Categories: Web DevelopmentFutureLab was created in August 2011 by Ralf Klis. Ralf’s aim for the company was to provide quality web design at reasonable prices. His plan to achieve this revolved around the concept of small business – few overheads, no unwieldy bureaucracy, and no six-figure salaries for corporate figureheads. Ralf set up the company as the…
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11 steps to increase sales on your eCommerce website
First things first – if you’re not convinced your small or medium business could benefit from an online store, catch up on website benefits and online shopping trends first. Internet shopping continues to increase steadily, even in little old New Zealand. And small businesses with online stores can benefit from watching the marketing and sales…
