GoForIT Web Design Studio has some distinct advantages over other firms serving the needs of non-profits and small businesses in Western New York.

Experience

GoForIT is owned and managed by a software developer with more than 25 years of experience. We have a broad and varied background in the world of IT (Information Technology), having designed many critical systems on many different technical platforms.
You will find this experience advantage to be invaluable.  We know business.  Even more importantly, we know charitable foundations. This allows us to get you to where you need to be faster.  GoForIT designers have business degrees that can help you sort through your business issues related to your web project.  We’ve encountered your issues many times before.

We Are Non-Proprietary

This is a huge issue that is overlooked by most organizations looking for a website developer.  Most firms provide their own solution.  This means you are “locked into” having them as your vendor when things need changing.  GoForIT uses open source solutions, in particular the award-winning software Joomla!, which is readily available on the internet for free.  It is considered by many as the best open source CMS software available.  We have tested and proven out the open source solutions we choose carefully. These solutions use common, non-proprietary languages and techniques that many programmers can handle if you wish to go elsewhere for support in the future. Few firms in Western New York will be able to tell you that you can go elsewhere when a software change is necessary.  Ask them.
You might ask yourself … why not just find someone to download the software and build the site?  The answer is simple.  You can - but experience and business expertise is essential in building an effective website.  It takes more than a knowledge of the general technology to build an effective, trouble-free website that meets an organization's needs.  It takes a consultancy from a partner who can give you alternatives to each challenge you face,

Affordable

Match our price with our competitors.  GoForIT can consistently produce the same or better product than our competitors at a much more affordable price.  How?

• We have none of the cost overheads of your typical web development firm.
• We are virtual. There is no brick and mortar office to pay for.
• We use free, open source software, and pass along those savings to the customer.
• We use a common, efficient process that works for most organizations.  It allows us to customize your website to your needs with less "tinkering" that wastes hours.

Design Flexibility

All GoForIT solutions use well-tested, flexible website design templates that allow for a considerable amount of adaptability to your changing requirements.  Content modules found within the template (see right) can be turned on and off instantly.  All templates are CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) compliant, which means that overall color and visual schemes can usually be changed in minutes.  They meet all current coding standards, which makes them reliable when viewed in all current web browsers.

We Go The Extra Mile

Unlike most website contractors, GoForIT offers:

• Transfer of all content from the current website for free,
• An online content management manual that is updated regularly by a dedicated Joomla! subgroup from around the world.
• Reporting of website statistics upon request for free, such as site traffic
• Creation of most graphic design elements at no additional cost.