URL and name of site -- http://www.navisoft.com/
name of company/organization -- NaviSoft
physical location of site -- Santa Barbara, CA; soon to be Vienna, VA
date site first went public -- around March, 1995
name and email address of Webmaster -- Jeff Rawlings, rawlings@navisoft.com
main business goal of Web site -- Promote and distribute Internet software and services.
peripheral benefits -- Provide templates and other resources to help our customers build their Web sites.
in what sense is this site a success? -- We have raised the visibility of NaviSoft's products and services, through effective example (the site uses our products exclusively) and through promotion (free downloads and trials).
to what do you attribute your success? -- Excellent products!
nature of content -- Products and hosting services for building Web sites and applications.
target audience -- Web builders - the core of the net.
size of current audience in terms of visitors (not hits) per month -- 100,000
do you own your own Web server? -- Yes
if yes, what hardware, what software? -- Sparc 20, running NaviServer.
authoring tools used -- NaviPress
site statistical package used -- Interse, wusage
are stats publicly viewable? No
do you use outside design services? -- No.
do you use other outside services? Graphics only.
size of internal staff devoted to your Web site -- One full time, several ~10% time.
approximate quantity of browsable content --
do you provide Web-based access to databases? -- Yes
if yes, type and size -- Illustra DB integrated with NaviServer; page index.
do you allow interaction among users and with users? -- Feedback to NS only.
if yes, what software do you use? -- NaviServer and Illustra database handle form input.
and what is your mode of operation? -- HTTP forms.
biggest headache faced -- Responding to email.
most gratifying moment -- Receiving complimentary feedback from the site.
wish list (what you want to do to make your site even more successful, and what you need for that) -- Needs more graphical excitement - I need to find a graphic artist...
From: Jeff Rawlings <rawlings@navisoft.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 95 07:24:09 PST
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