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We are going to consider this in the context of developing a Bed and Breakfast (B&B) website or an independent Hotel s website. The majority of websites for B&B s and small Hotels are made up of static html pages, often developed in editors like Dreamweaver and Frontpage, but is this the right choice? Even if you are not directly concerned with the accommodation industry, keep reading as this analysis is going to be applicable for developing websites for other industries too. Bed and Breakfast website featuresFirst off, lets think about what a good B&B website might have as key features on its website. Obviously, a good B&B website will definitely have a very clean and appealing design and layout. We found a couple that we especially liked here and here. More-a-less every B&B or independent Hotel website will probably also have a small number of low maintenance web pages, one or two photo galleries and a contact form. If the B&B or Hotel is pushing to have an interactive website which is kept up to date, they may consider having a blog which discusses local events like this example. Another key option that a small B&B or Hotel might want to offer is a room vacancies calendar and/or the possibility of receiving online bookings. The features that the owners of the B&B or Hotel will want on their website will be dictated by: the market they are targeting, how much they are willing to spend on the website s development and the amount of time they are willing to put into maintaining and adding content to their website. A static website or a Joomla website?So if we take these key features we might want to implement for a Bed and Breaskfast or an independent Hotel, lets now have a look at how Joomla lines up against developing a static website using software like Frontpage or Dreamweaver: Developing a website for a small Hotel or Bed and Breakfast
In the next blog post on this topic, we are going to breakdown this table and discuss each point in detail... Are there any other features that would be useful to Bed and Breakfast websites that we should consider? Comments (3)
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In this post, we will be discussing the advantages of Joomla, a free open source content management system over more conventional static web design techniques using web editors such as Frontpage and Dreamweaver.
