Success Stories:
Coda Magazine
School is Cool Tutorial Agency
E-Security sounds sweet to Coda(www.coda1958.com)
Leading music magazine gets major system tune up
Coda Magazine Site Problem:
Hacker violations and invalid data
Coda Magazine, a leading Canadian Jazz Magazine, had an e-commerce site that was at risk of being violated by hackers. The original site lacked sufficient safeguards to ensure that hackers could not get in and attempt to modify pricing levels in order to secure free or reduced-rate product. In addition, there was no mechanism to validate data entered. This meant that useless information and unfinished applications were getting through and wasting administration time and money.
“From first glance at my website, William isolated 5-6 potential issues where people could get a hold of the credit card functions,” says Mark Barnes, Coda Publisher.
Grant Digital’s Solution:
Grant’s Digital overhauled the system for greater security and efficiency. We
streamlined and secured the Coda site by incorporating:
- Price change protection: Pricing stored in html code was changed to a product ID number – to protect against price changes by hackers.
- Incomplete form prevention: We set up a system that validates every
field before it is submitted to:
- Ensure only completed transactions get written to the database
- Provide extra site protection against hacker attacks
- Password lockout protection: We encrypted the password to ensure heightened security, creating a lockout mechanism after three failed password attempts.
- BONUS Improved site design for easy maintenance : As a bonus, we improved the design of the website by making the files smaller and easier to maintain
“It was impressive,” says Barnes. He looked at the architecture, reduced the code, created a template and made it doubly as efficient in a span of just three to four weeks.”
“Normally I would spend a day or so preparing a new issue for purchase on the website…Now, I can probably do it in an hour, says Barnes. “And if I run a special promotion, I can customize elements of the content rapidly without having to format. The architecture he designed makes everything so quick and easy to modify.”
Coda Magazine Site Results:
- Improved fraud prevention: through improved subscription system
- Faster page loading time
- More disc space on the server
- Lower web hosting costs
- Faster web updates -- through improved site design
“His approach is professional, diligent and friendly… and his business offering is very focused: Grant’s Digital will improve your website from a security and efficiency perspective,” says Barnes. “I have earmarked him as my web security consultant that I can trust to keep my site protected…and ensure it does exactly what I want it to do.”
School is Cool Tutorial Agency Goes Online(www.schooliskool.com)
Grant’s Digital creates secure website/bulletin board to improve communications, raise awareness and increase efficiency for tutoring company
School is Cool Problem:
Needed secure new website to generate new business and communicate better
It was long overdue. School is Cool Tutorial Agency needed a web presence to attract new clients and make it easy for existing clients to find them and sign up for services. Online advertising was also a draw – it was a hot new trend they were curious about. They also hoped a secure new website would be a more efficient way for their tutors to communicate with one another online.
“Grant’s Digital came to my location several times, made great recommendations and set it up right away,” says School is Cool president Sian Willard.
Grant Digital’s Solution:
Within weeks, Grant’s Digital set up a site with an online bulletin board. Tutors could log-on, view messages and communicate easily 24-7. This site/bulletin board included:
- Testimonial page – to encourage client reviews with a secure approval process and spam protection
- Animation scrolling logo
- Several design layouts to choose from
- User-friendly links to allow tutors to download information, enter student feedback and email potential clients through the site
“William is very reliable – when he says he is going to do something he does it promptly,” says Willard. “He’s also looks for better ways to service his clients –and better rates on specific services. Right now, he is switching us to more cost-efficient servers. And, of course, he’s very focused on online security.”
School is Cool Results:
- A reliable design to protect the site from hackers
- Web browser capability
- More efficient tutor-tutor communications
- Increased client feedback and sign-ups
“Grant’s Digital is a pleasure to work with,” says Willard. “I’ll continue to recommend William to my other business associates.”