Netgen Custom Software – South Africa

From Concept To Code

A Stylish Upgrade

Netgen has just completed a website upgrade for existing client Voila!. Voila! is a free monthly magazine featuring ‘all things fabulous’. Voila! gives readers the lowdown on the latest fashion, beauty, technology, car and music must-haves, and the website forms an integral part of their stylish arsenal.

 

When Voila! published their first issue over a year ago, Netgen was commissioned with building a website and supporting it monthly giving Voila! a strong online presence. The website is updated each month by adding the latest print edition which visitors can read via a flip magazine application. With the realization that their online reader base was increasing and wanting a more regular style fix, together with Netgen it was decided to update the website. Voila! also recently introduced advertising onto the website and saw an opportunity to increase this revenue stream through increased visitor numbers.

 

Netgen prides itself on building long term relationships with its clients, which is especially important in the online world where technical and structural updates are vital. By working closely with clients Netgen can find a solution that rejuvenates rather that completely changes the brands’ established presence online and most importantly without breaking the bank.

 

In order to achieve the desired goals for Voila!, Netgen created a blog space within the main central section of the Home page which is now updated regularly with events, product news, style icons and other interesting articles. Netgen also added a Twitter and Facebook stream onto the site in order to promote and incorporate all their popular social media platforms into the website, creating a nice social buzz to the site. Articles from the print edition are loaded in a top sliding banner and some of the main menu pages were given a structural upgrade making it easier to find information quickly.

 

Monthly the new issue will still be loaded into the flip magazine for readers to browse through and the colours of the site will change according to the theme of the latest issue thus ensuring a site that keeps readers coming back for more. All in all a very stylish upgrade and the proof is in increased visitor numbers!

Go check it out: www.voilamagazine.co.za

Netgen Integrates with your Accounts systems

Often clients come to us and they are looking for software to complement their current systems. Often their accounting system is adequate for producing the accounts figures but cannot cater for more complex interactions and web based front ends. Netgen’s Tradensync system is a simple example of where the front end dealer systems integrate seamlessly with the Pastel back-end. Information like stock balances and credits limits are read from Pastel and displayed and verified on the web based Tradensync system.

One of the many examples where we have integrated is recurring billing.

Often accounting software does invoicing and debtors but does not keep track of recurring items, their escalation and expiry and anniversary dates. Netgen has developed front end systems that interact with the package accounting systems. Transactions are entered with their relevant details in the custom front end and custom reports and spread sheets can then be drawn from this information. When invoicing needs to be done this is then activated from the front end and the invoices are posted automatically into the accounting system.

Another example is where you need remote users to be able to see stock and debtors balances:

Often users are travelling and only have access to a browser on a PC or Hotel or a cell phone. With the new breed of Tablets and laptops not all of these are compatible with the legacy accounting software BUT all generally can use a browser. Netgen has developed products that extract accounting data and present it to users via a web browser. Users do not require a VPN or special software to access this as the data is fully protected via a secure website by user name and password. The costs are also dramatically reduced as the software is not licensed per user like most accounting software. The data is also displayed in simpler forms without all unnecessary information that clutters and confuses.

Legacy accounting systems like Pastel have often been in a place a number of years. Sometimes it is scary to take the plunge and add to the systems but with Netgen you can take it step by step. Processing can be 100% automated with invoices and updates or alternatively you can still batch the transactions and update when you are ready and after checking. Either of  these systems work well and can be interchanged very easily and saves a lot of work and recaptures. Less recapturing – less cost and also less errors in entering information!!!!

Don’t run different systems and recapture information, Netgen has a solution to your needs and we can quickly and easily customise and integrate into your systems.

New Planet Fitness Website Live!

Netgen is very excited and proud to have been part of the team to give Planet Fitness a brand new online image and presence. The new Planet Fitness website went live in February 2012 and the brief from Planet Fitness was to create a website that gave the company an easy way to communicate to existing members as well as make it a hub of information for anyone wanting to join the wellness lifestyle community! The website is designed to make it easy for members to find the latest club news, schedules and other information relating to their fitness. The website has a blog with nutritional tips, fitness news and Planet group news. The new website reflects the Planet Fitness vision of becoming the preferred health club group in South Africa. Netgen created a website that not only showcases the Planet offering in an easy to find way but the website has also been designed so that it is easy to update information and content which is a necessity with 23 clubs spread across the country. In today’s fast paced world people want to find accurate and relevant information easily online and Netgen has helped create this for Planet Fitness. The key to the new website is the ability to add new exciting modules and features to the site. Please check the web site often as the new 3D walk through and member zone are going live soon.

Visit the new website at www.planetfitness.co.za