At Your Service: Hi, I'm Rod White, founder of Bluegatco Communications, a professional alternative to impersonal advertising agencies or design firms and to your neighbor's nephew who is a real wiz at computers.
Armed with a Fine Arts degree and 25 years of corporate IT experience I offer a refreshing approach to helping you grow your business. Discover the advantages that only a small shop can deliver. Small means you can call me at home. It means you can have one on one exchange of ideas and and see them realized with amazing speed and clarity.
One Customers Story
Rod,
Thanks again for your quick work with the web site! I've thoroughly learned my lesson... from now on always call Rod at Bluegatco first thing for all of our Internet needs!
Dan
Dan needed a web presence for a client of his, and he needed it now. After several discussions with another firm seemed to be going nowhere fast he call me. It was a Friday around five pm. Sensing his urgency I rearranged my weekend schedule, and spent Saturday collecting his requirements and doing the legwork of domain registration, DNS setup and web space preparation. On Sunday I designed the graphic layout of the site and pieced together copy from my notes. On Monday morning Dan had a functioning website. Just in time for his direct mail campaign.
Sure we've made improvements, refined the graphic design and filled out the site since then. But the point is that Dan needed action and Bluegatco delivered. Your needs will surely be different. But whatever they are, give me a chance to fulfill them. I'm sure you'll be satisfied with the results.
My Approach: Keep It Simple Stupid is my slogan. Simple is retro cool, it's what surfers want, it's what website owners need. I use the KISS principle in both my designs and in my business dealings.
You define your business requirements and design preferences. (Yes I actually keep my mouth shut and listen.) We agree on a price and I create the initial design. Together we refine the look, feel and content until you are 100% satisified. It's that simple.
My Toolbox: Over the past quarter century I've seen technologies come and go. The one unchanging constant is the need for positive business results. Some design firms sell technology. I sell results achieved through the use of suitable technology.
- HTML - The underlying language of the WEB, HTML has matured into a robust tool for delivering effective and visually appealing web sites. No site can be built without it.
- CSS - Cascading Style Sheets partner with HTML to deliver consistant and easily amendable style to your website.
- Javascript* - The common programming language of all web browsers. Javascript is used to add dynamic content and basic security to web pages.
- PHP - The most popular server-side scripting language on the web. PHP is used to deliver dynamic content and powers most shopping carts and content management systems.
- Flash* - Flash ‘movies’ bring extremely appealing visual and interactive content to your pages. A favorite of graphic designers it is often overused. But when you need that real visual punch we'll do it with Flash.
- MySql - MySql is the world's most popular open source database.
*While 90% of all web browsers use these languages we don't simply dismiss the remaining. It's not good business. I always make sure these visitors still get the required information. They may miss some of the pizazz but they won't miss the message.
Phone 704.617.1354
Mail Bluegatco Communications
2101 Lynbridge Dr
Charlotte, NC 28270