Hiring a Web Developer in Hartford, CT? Beware!

Be advised that there is a fraudulent web developer operating in the Hartford, CT area. This web developer will give you absurd quotes for features for your web site. Also this developer will develop your site in coldfusion programming which is the worst way to go, unless you have unlimited resources. Your site will be stuck on a coldfusion server. Further hampering you.

You will be better served having your site developed in PHP or another language that is more common and will take advantage of the open source community that exists in web development. RallyTown was developed using PHP and open source.

Go to: http://www.joomla.org/ and http://drupal.org/ to learn about the great open source community. The CelticsBlog.com was developed using joomla. RallyTown.com was developed using Drupal.

If this site were developed by the fraudulent web development company in the Hartford area it would have cost tens of thousands of dollars. The president of this particular company in the Hartford area will lie under oath if necessary.

Don't be fooled.

Example-The quote to have users email content from your site, $2,900!!!!
Example-To have video display in your web browser similar to YouTube, $100,000!!
Example- Telling you to go to "Preferences" to fix your web site. Absurd.

Emailing from the site is just one of the features of RallyTown. Make sure you are getting a complete content management system and do not have a developer nickel and dime you for features as common as a search box.

Take advantage of open source and check with the Better Business Bureau for complaints on web development companies. There is one on this particular web development company.

Some developers in Connecticut that have a great reputation and were honest in my dealings with them:

Fathom
XCreative

Direct Quote From Fathom:

"Thanks for contacting Fathom.

We prefer working in open source environments such as Linux/PHP. Reason being, we feel that using a proprietary environment such as Cold Fusion and Window's .net forces you to rely on those software companies to keep things up to date and progressing. Open source is easier to find resources to work on it and find code and functionality to utilize. It is also more secure and less expensive to run then any proprietary platform. Hope that helps!"

There are many more responsible and ethical web developers, but be prudent and do your homework.

Of course FusionwebFX has done a great job with this site and has been honest from the start.

Avoid this chronic, habitual, overweight liar that represents the web development company in the Hartford, CT area.

Best of luck if you are a searching for a web developer.